I’ll never understand why Nintendo is so obsessed with triwing screws

This issue is inevitable, even if you use your WiiU regularly. Those memory cells in the NAND flash will deteriorate if no write action/reflash is being performed. I really hope the modding community can find a way to boot the wiiU from the SD card slot using some custom OS that overrules the NAND flash. Kinda how free mcboot works on PS2.

This is the kind of obsolescence that we SHOULD be suing Nintendo over.

The Wii U was massively underrated

I feel like the Wii U is too underrated and unappreciated. If not for that the Switch probably wouldn’t existed

It's a good thing I genuinely still use my Wii U as a regular console.

I am one of those people that had this error during the Super Smash Bros WiiU release. Had an original 32gb launch WiiU that would crash with this error if you played 8 playersmash or certain combinations of characters. Sent it back to Nintendo at that time and was repaired. Haven't used my wiiu in like 4 years so I tested it and booted up just fine.

Points for the Wii U for having an actually retro store. RIP

Took my Wii U out yesterday and booted it up and played some Xenoblade Chronicles X THANK GOD it works. I would have cried if i couldn't play my Xenoblade. Bought a few games too before the store shuts.

The Wii U is dying of loneliness :(

So I guess its only a matter of time that we have someone create a 'retail' conversion kit where the BGA chip is removed and an adapter is re-balled in its place that has a MicroSD slot. This would indeed permanently fix this issue! 👍

The SD card mod made me giggle a bit, then I remembered you can essentially do the same with the PS2 with the 2nd memory card slot.

High Key, id love to see a peripheral for PC that essentially acts like a Wii U gamepad, that'd be a good way to keep the games playable the way they were intended, even while the original hardware starts to wither away

On the point of if someone would spend the time to make a workaround for this issue despite a low customer pool, I would say there are,definitely going to be people out there who would be willing to do so no matter how niche it would be. I think this because in the last year we have seen reprints for Nuon games and a Bluetooth controller adapter for the Phillips CDi. If those systems can get new things made to fix issues or improve their experiences then a major Nintendo system is almost guaranteed to get attention to address this issue.

Prior to recent, I hadn't used my Wii U and played it. When I checked to see if it was hooked up to my new Samsung Smart TV by turning it on with the Gamepad, it worked. Yes, my Wii U is pretty much still in mint condition and still works, which is a good thing.

Memory corruption is not restricted to the WiiU. My advice is to boot up and use whatever consoles are in your possession from time to time. And make sure you store them is in conditions that don't promote the corrosion of the circuitry inside and free from dust. I think this issue with the Wii U has been overstated, but I will say when a device gets many decades old it is harder to keep them going - any number of components can fail.

Strange how this is suddenly happening once I discovered recently how to Mod both my 3DS/Wii U. I am totally not playing my Switch anymore. So much games from previous gen to catch up on.

I had this problem with my Wii U and it was very frustrating. I could not play Smash Wii U online and certain games would randomly crash.

I wonder if there's a way to see if specific model numbers/ranges have the Samsung chip included so more casual consumers can check to see if their console is at risk, or if it's merely luck of the draw that has unfortunately inflicted a good number of Wii U's with that chip.

I like the Wii U and i try to turn mine on and play something every now and then lol. Sucks there’s an issue like this though. I try to make my consoles last as long as possibke