So, my Wii died. I sent it in for repairs and, since it was out of warranty, I paid $75.
I received it back without any explanation as to what was wrong with the system. Nothing telling me what was fixed. Did I do something wrong that broke it? Is there something I need to do to prevent it from happening again? Who knows? I called in (before reconnecting my Wii) to find out and the guy I spoke with told me it was probably nothing I did. So, I paid $75 to fix my Wii that broke through no fault of my own.
Then, I hook it up.
None of my downloads are showing up. After updating my Wii (it had been reverted to v3.3), I was able to check the Wii Shop - and sure enough, all of my purchased games were showing up. Yay.
However, none of my games that I had already downloaded and copied to my SD card would load. This means I get the pleasure of downloading every single game *again*. And moving them over to my SD card *again*.
Next up, my Photo Channel v1.0 had been replaced with v1.1 - and there's no option to revert back. This means I lost the ability to play MP3's - something I was told my WIi would do when I purchased.
Finally - and most importantly, EVERY SINGLE PIECE of my saved data is gone.
1.) All Save Files - including my unlocked stuff in Brawl and Mario Kart, my Animal Crossing file, my Wii Sports and Wii Fit records, my Twilight Princess, Paper Mario and Mario Galaxy save files - every single save file (including VC and Wii Ware saves). Gone.
2.) Every single Mii I created and my collection that had been sent to me - Gone.
3.) All of my Messages on my message board - Gone.
4.) All of my photos, including those sent to me, photos from the Check Mii Out channel and Pokémon Snap photos - Gone.
5.) All of my stats from the Check Mii Out Channel and Everybody Votes channel - Gone.
6.) All of my Friend Codes - Gone. Resetting the games up will give me new Friend Codes.
Everything - Gone.
And before someone suggests that I should have backed up my data before sending in my Wii - the system would not turn on, so it would have been impossible. Additionally, some of this data cannot be backed up because the files are locked.
For the privilege of all of this, I got to pay $75. I don't make a lot of money. The money that went to this "repair" came from what I had set aside for Wii Sports Resort and a second Wii Motion Plus. So, that's gone too.
I received it back without any explanation as to what was wrong with the system. Nothing telling me what was fixed. Did I do something wrong that broke it? Is there something I need to do to prevent it from happening again? Who knows? I called in (before reconnecting my Wii) to find out and the guy I spoke with told me it was probably nothing I did. So, I paid $75 to fix my Wii that broke through no fault of my own.
Then, I hook it up.
None of my downloads are showing up. After updating my Wii (it had been reverted to v3.3), I was able to check the Wii Shop - and sure enough, all of my purchased games were showing up. Yay.
However, none of my games that I had already downloaded and copied to my SD card would load. This means I get the pleasure of downloading every single game *again*. And moving them over to my SD card *again*.
Next up, my Photo Channel v1.0 had been replaced with v1.1 - and there's no option to revert back. This means I lost the ability to play MP3's - something I was told my WIi would do when I purchased.
Finally - and most importantly, EVERY SINGLE PIECE of my saved data is gone.
1.) All Save Files - including my unlocked stuff in Brawl and Mario Kart, my Animal Crossing file, my Wii Sports and Wii Fit records, my Twilight Princess, Paper Mario and Mario Galaxy save files - every single save file (including VC and Wii Ware saves). Gone.
2.) Every single Mii I created and my collection that had been sent to me - Gone.
3.) All of my Messages on my message board - Gone.
4.) All of my photos, including those sent to me, photos from the Check Mii Out channel and Pokémon Snap photos - Gone.
5.) All of my stats from the Check Mii Out Channel and Everybody Votes channel - Gone.
6.) All of my Friend Codes - Gone. Resetting the games up will give me new Friend Codes.
Everything - Gone.
And before someone suggests that I should have backed up my data before sending in my Wii - the system would not turn on, so it would have been impossible. Additionally, some of this data cannot be backed up because the files are locked.
For the privilege of all of this, I got to pay $75. I don't make a lot of money. The money that went to this "repair" came from what I had set aside for Wii Sports Resort and a second Wii Motion Plus. So, that's gone too.