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#137653 Nintendo Land freezes

Posted by markaaro on 24 November 2012 - 06:55 PM in Wii U Hardware

We've been playing Nintendoland for quite a few days. Been a blast, then about 4 hours ago, it started freezing. Have tried restarting it several times, but it continually freezes.... ANNOYING, especally since I was bragging up how cool the system/game is... Frustration

#135918 To brick or not to brick?

Posted by markaaro on 21 November 2012 - 11:51 PM in Wii U Hardware

yeah, it was unplugged around 5, and ran till almost 11, and nothing happened. I don't know about any autopilot, but it didn't appear to be doing anything. This morning I updated the new one, and it took about two and a half hours, but everything is good now

#135488 To brick or not to brick?

Posted by markaaro on 21 November 2012 - 12:11 PM in Wii U Hardware

For mine it was a power outage - the kids actually unplugged it from the wall to move to a different tv. It was plugged in for at least six hours afterwards, and nothing happened at all, so I took it back and got a replacement

#135392 Help - the wii won't show up on my tv now

Posted by markaaro on 21 November 2012 - 10:07 AM in Wii U Hardware

The kids wanted to move it from the projection screen in our youth room to one of the nicer flat screens. Never thought anything of it. I let it sit for about six hours, and it never did anything. On a whim I called Wal-Mart, and they had just gotten 1 black wii u in on the truck five minutes before I called at 11:30 at night. She said she'd hold it for me, so I drove the half hour, and used my walmart.com receipt to exchange for a brand new unit in the store. Yeah, I'm pretty stinking lucky. The new Wii U is just about done updating, about a half hour left is my guess. I'm manning the room to make sure no one comes in and does anything this time.

#135160 To brick or not to brick?

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 10:31 PM in Wii U Hardware

literally just took my wii back to walmart because of this - they had just gotten some in about an hour ago, and they thankfully saved one for me... gonna be very careful when i install the update tomorrow morning

#134937 Help - the wii won't show up on my tv now

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 03:55 PM in Wii U Hardware

what does "bricked" mean?

#134920 Help - the wii won't show up on my tv now

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 03:46 PM in Wii U Hardware

Thanks for the help you guys, especially Yoshi, wouldn't have figured it out without your insight... lol

#134875 Help - the wii won't show up on my tv now

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 03:16 PM in Wii U Hardware

the blue light is on, just not flashing

#134861 Help - the wii won't show up on my tv now

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 03:06 PM in Wii U Hardware

Some people wanted to see the Wii U, so I took it to a different location, and it connected to the internet, and started doing an update. During the update, someone unplugged the system and moved it to a different plug in, now the remote will not turn the wii console off, literally have to unplug it to get it to turn off. The screen remote asks to type in the card thing again, but it will not show up on the tv screen, any help?

#134701 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 12:30 PM in Wii U Hardware

its here1

#134656 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 11:53 AM in Wii U Hardware

The only reason I ordered online was that I orginally heard that they would not be shipping to stores at all at launch, that you had to have preordered. At that point, GameStops near me had already sold all their preorders, and WalMart was about the only option left. So rather than try to hunt one down and pay through the nose, I went walmart.com. There were lots of rumors in the days leading up to launch that they may not have enough to fill all the orders, but thankfully mine got filled. Now it's just waiting this last hour for it to show up. 1 more long LONG hour... lol. Got my Christmas tree set up and decorated though, so good stuff is getting done whilst I wait

#134561 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 10:28 AM in Wii U Hardware

I swear i'm gonna have a heart attack before this day is over... just heard the truck rumble up in front of my building... This time it was the transit dropping one of my neighbors off. In other news, my apartment is getting quite clean... lol

Decided to call Fed Ex,they said the driver is historically in my area from 11 to 3 each day, so worst case senerio, i'm down to 2 and a half hours.... Running out of things to clean...

#134510 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 09:00 AM in Wii U Hardware

I had to run to work to grab a wii remote with motion plus, only two blocks away, was scared I'd miss the fed ex guy and maybe they wouldn't just leave it outside... Grabbed the remote, rounded the corner back to my place, and saw the big ole truck parked in front of my building, then got bummed out when I saw it was a Schwans truck. no, I don't want fine frozen food, I want Nintendo Wii U!

#134467 Will I need motion plus remote for these games?

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 08:05 AM in Wii U Games and Software

My wii will be here shortly, and I only have a normal wii remote at home, have six with motion plus at work, but don't feel like walking the two blocks to get one. Do I need one for...

New Super Mario Bros
Scribblenauts
Nintendoland

#134104 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 20 November 2012 - 07:57 AM in Wii U Hardware

just updated again about fifteen minutes ago, it has left St. Paul. Assuming its on its way, and i'll get it tomorrow. The sad thing is,the truck will drive past my house - i live a half block from the highway, and in literally an hour and change, it'll go right past... argg

Just cuz no one cares in my real world life, I'll keep on here with my excitement. Fed Ex updated about 3 hours ago, it's at my local facility, then ten minutes later, on the truck for delivery. The local facility is half an hour away, so now I sit anxiously waiting... any minute now...

#133989 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 19 November 2012 - 07:11 PM in Wii U Hardware

At 3;41 this afternoon the website updated saying it arrived in St. Paul, which is 2 hours north of me. If i'm right, it would next have to go to a smaller town, Mason City, which is half an hour south of me, and hopefully be here tomorrow. I realize that their online updates are 100 percent accurate, but it would just be nice to know if I need to be up early or sleep in most of the day tomorrow....

#133597 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 19 November 2012 - 11:47 AM in Wii U Hardware

I don't honestly remember what I chose for shipping. Hoping for delivery yet today as I took Monday- Wednesday off of work to just chill out and play Nintendo. Oh well, I sit and wait even longer with nothing else to do (well, there's plenty I could do, but chose not to)

#133584 FedEx Rant!

Posted by markaaro on 19 November 2012 - 11:25 AM in Wii U Hardware

I ordered my Wii U from Walmart.com - They sent my system out on Friday night in Chicago. It processed out of chicago on Saturday morning, and since then, has done nothing. I live 6 hours from Chicago, hell I coulda drove there myself and picked it up lol. Realizing full well that Sunday they don't work, I would have thought that sometime from Saturday morning up until Monday afternoon they would have shown it being somewhere. I got games just sitting here waiting to be played... arggg.

Rant over....

#131357 Is The Walmart selling games yet?

Posted by markaaro on 17 November 2012 - 07:44 AM in Wii U Games and Software

I'm looking at getting
New Super Mario
Scribblenauts
Just Dance 4
and is rayman out or is that one coming up?

#131347 Is The Walmart selling games yet?

Posted by markaaro on 17 November 2012 - 07:36 AM in Wii U Games and Software

Just wondering if the walmart or any other retailers are physically selling games yet? My Wii u is set to be here Monday morning, but my tomorrow is packed and I won't be able to get away to get any games, just wondering if there is a place to get some today?

#131117 Wal-Mart Shipping of Pre-Orders?

Posted by markaaro on 17 November 2012 - 07:29 AM in Wii U Hardware

I did get an email from Wal-Mart about 2 hours ago saying that the money was refunded for Wii Fit, which I cancelled 11/03. Makes me believe that they must be processing things and getting ready to start shipping things out hopefully? Gonna check a couple more times in the morning, then head out to the Walmarket and go get in line and hopefully get one that way just in case.

Shipped
Will arrive between Tuesday, 11/20/12, and Monday, 11/26/12.
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Woo Hoo! No going to stand in line for me!

Got another email about 5 hours ago, with the official tracking number from FedEx - they say it will be here Monday! It's currently in Chicago, and I live in North Central Iowa, about a six hour drive. Can't wait!

#131112 How many wii u's will your local walmart have Saturday Night?

Posted by markaaro on 16 November 2012 - 07:49 PM in Wii U Hardware

Just wondering if anyone knows how many wii u's there local walmart will have for release at Midnight? Kinda relegating myself to going and sitting all day long... ugg

#130692 Wal-Mart Shipping of Pre-Orders?

Posted by markaaro on 16 November 2012 - 08:22 AM in Wii U Hardware

My order with Walmart shipped seperately. I had to purchase a wii remote and that came a couple of weeks after my order in September. I order Wii Fit U as the game, which they emailed and said wasn't releasing till much later, so I just cancelled that, so technically, my order was 3 complete different shipping dates/items. Will kinda keep looking at my email off and on today to see if anything changes in the shipping status.

#130664 Wal-Mart Shipping of Pre-Orders?

Posted by markaaro on 16 November 2012 - 07:04 AM in Wii U Hardware

Processing
Will arrive between Tuesday, 11/20/12, and Monday, 11/26/12.

that's what walmarts site says about my order right now...

#130471 Wal-Mart Shipping of Pre-Orders?

Posted by markaaro on 15 November 2012 - 10:52 PM in Wii U Hardware

My complaint is that if you pay for an item in September for when it comes out in November, they should fullfill the orders that they've received payment for first. I have no problem with it shipping later in the week, I mean I would love it if it was here first thing on Tuesday, but that's not reality. What I'm scared of is if they put my order on backorder and then sell units at the store, and I don't find out till 2 days later that my only shot of having one for the holidays was to be in line for it....