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Wii Fit broked! Help me!
Xaviar
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Hrm. So I have a launch wii. Haven't had a single problem with it until now. When I put Wii Fit in, (which used to work just fine) it shows up in the disc channel, but when you hit play, it pulls up a black screen and freezes. The reset button doesn't even work. The controllers turn off and won't turn back on. The only way to get it back is to hold down the power button for a good 5-10 seconds till it hard shuts down. Happens every single time. Also happens with a brand new wii fit disc my wife's boss just got. Discs work on wife's bosses wii. Every other disc works fine on my wii.
Nintendo's answer was "Send in your disc and we'll send you a new one for $20"
Ok. Obviously not the disc.
Their second answer was "Send in your wii and we'll send you a new one for $90"
God damnit. Not the answer I wanted.
Anybody have any ideas beyond the "You're screwed, get a new one?"
Nintendo's answer was "Send in your disc and we'll send you a new one for $20"
Ok. Obviously not the disc.
Their second answer was "Send in your wii and we'll send you a new one for $90"
God damnit. Not the answer I wanted.
Anybody have any ideas beyond the "You're screwed, get a new one?"
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$90 for a new Wii in exchange? Well, that's mighty decent of them.
If that is indeed the case, I would simply go that route if the usual fixes don't help. I mean, you'll spend twice that buying it again. Microsoft charges $150 for a refurb.
Actually, have you tried Wii Fit Plus? Have you tried other games too?
That is exactly what I was thinking.
Any recent updates? Is there a way to rollback an update?
Perhaps you could trade Wiis with someone who isn't interested in Wii Fit?
But did you delete the Wii Fit data from the hard drive?* It's the only reasonable solution if you've tried multiple Wii Fit discs and none of them work. You could try your disc in another console, but I guarantee you it will run fine.
The problem is with your console.
And as I remember, reverting to factory settings does revert to the original OS version. It's how homebrewers did their shit when certain updates blocked their methods.
Out of curiosity, is your Wii modded? If the Wii Fit disc is your only legit disc (which would make sense, seeing as how you'd buy it in order to get the board), that would explain everything. The update fucked up your modded console's ability to read the disc.
*Is it still called a hard-drive at 512mb? :P
I don't want to factory reset, cause I don't want to lose all my saves, but that's what the nintendo forum says.
Yeah, I deleted the save off the wii after I copied it. This was my 100% bet for what was causing the problem as well =(
I dunno, the only thing I can think of is that some obscure library that wii fit uses that most other games don't got corrupted in the update. If I get real desperate, I'll try the factory update, but I'm kinda tempted to wait for the next update, install that, and see if it magically gets fixed..
Could you transfer all of your saved games to an SD, format, and get them back?
Yes. A ploy aimed directly and exclusively at the OP, too.
It's all coming together.
Tell her that Wii Fit Plus literally has everything you did in Wii Fit, plus a ton of other stuff. It's not just a clever name—there's zero reason to rebuy Wii Fit, especially since Plus is only $20 standalone.
As far as I can tell, it does. Another bonus is that everything is available right at the beginning, no need to unlock anything.
100 percent of the content, all unlocked from the get-go. It even has color-coded boxes to let you know what was old content and what's new for Plus. Go for it!
Plus the new content is awesome. My wife loves the game she calls "butt math." (You know, the one where you do math with your butt.)
Considering it was never a Hard-drive in the first place, no.
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The knee-jerk Wii Fit slamming took this long to start? I'm disappointed in you, G&T.
Or I might just call up nintendo again and bitch some more and see if they'll take some money off
Thanks for bringing me down, man. Thanks a lot.
Are you launching from the disk or the channel? Have you tried it on other tvs? If you already answered this I apologize, as I haven't checked the whole thread yet.
Haha I thought that but then told myself off for thinking it.
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at the store buying wii fit + now. We'll see.
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Aha! WiiFit+ works fine. Also it couldn't have been a corrupt save that was the problem, because after taking the data off with the SD card didn't work, I stuck it back on. And wiifit+ found and loaded the regular wiifit data just fine.
Oh well. I'm happy now.
:^:
(I wondered whether to post this myself, so thanks)
I would try a friends av cable. If that doesn't help, you will probably have to send it in. I have recently been assured that if you do so and your data is recoverable it will be transferee to the refurb they send you back.
Unless that is something new, that's untrue. My brother had to send his launch Wii in some time ago, and although Nintendo was very cool about the warranty and shipping out a refurb before even getting the broken one, they said there was absolutely no way to transfer any data over--including all of your DLC.
They may have changed this though.
Nah, that won't have as much of a positive physical effect on his body as some good solid months of playing Wii Fit.