My family and I bought a new Black Wii to replace our old White Wii that we bought when the Wii's first came out. I didn't think they would back step technology but THEY TOTALLY DID!
Nintendo actually removed the gamecube ports from the side of the Wii and instead of being able to transfer all your game data from the SD card you have to put in each game ONE BY ONE and go into Wii settings menu then data management then wii console then SD card tab then find the game you want to copy and copy it...so freaking crazy for someone who has tons of games...So anyways.
I never liked the Lego games way of saving things because its so easy to overwrite especially with children who didn't know how to read which those days are thankfully over now but man having to restart Lego games from the start after nearly completing them was such a frustrating hissy fit by my children because of the accidental overwrite happening...I even tried saving the data to the SD card but found in the end was that I had to remove the SD card to prevent it from being overwritten on the SD card too...so a whole lot of good that did NOT. Anyways.
So I just sent an email to Nintendo and this is what my letter said:
Why did you remove the gamecube ports from the wii consoles? I bought the black one and I been down and out cause of major surgery and I am finally released from my doctor to be able to get back into my normal activities and wanted to play some Dance Dance Revolution the other night only to try and try and try to get that hatch that used to be at the top of my old white wii to find there was none there which to me is dumb instead of advancing in your technology you took a giant step back and to me that is the most stupid move you could have EVER done. I suggest you recall all wii consoles that don't have the ports so us people who didn't get around to figuring out that it didn't have these ports for whatever reason it may have been and replace them with ones that do have the ports. Another thing I would like to complain about is the inability to just copy all the game progress on all games that are copied to the SD card...yes thats a great feature to be able to transfer our game progress to our new wii's but to have to put every single game into it one by one to transfer all the game progress is a bit redundant and unnecessary and I am even more angry about that whole deal. Lastly I always have to mention the load save options on Lego games are way too easy to be written over and should be able to back up the games progress on the SD card and not be touched...but I found if I leave the SD card plugged in the new game progress overrides both the console and the SD card so all data is lost unless the SD card is removed and not accessible to the games which being absent minded is a typical users trait and should have been considered in the design of the way things operate in the system. Alright.
Please let me know if there are some type of adapters that we can get since I have invested hundreds of dollars in the complete set of DDR with multiple dance mats and am extremely angry over this, especially if nothing will be done to resolve the issues soon. You create something then take a step back in your technology, thats dumb. Advancing technology does make more sense doesn't it? Standing by your product come hell or high water is the way to get and keep customers. I hate that products today cost so damn much only to be built to last till the warranty wears out 2 years down the line so we are forced to buy new...I miss the old days where it was cheap and they stood by their products and they were built to last decades! heck my super nintendo lasted all these years and still going strong today and I got mine when they first came out just like I did the white wii...I am losing my confidence in your company and thoroughly regret my purchasing this black wii especially if this doesn't get resolved quickly. I can't help that I didn't check for ports I assumed they were there if not more different type ports cause you can't ever step back in technology but I stand corrected on that assumption.
Thank you for your time and understandings that I am very angry over the whole ordeal. I wish I hadn't have had to have that emergency surgery and could have found out sooner than now but it was an emergency and now I think I am stuck with a wii that is inoperable to suit my needs.
I will be contacting by phone to fix the sync issues with the wii balance board soon as it is not syncing even with reset buttons pressed on both console and balance board which is plugged in via battery power pack...and also reconnected through wii remote reconnect option in the menu...nothing...again fear its another step back in technology if it isn't resolved...again thank you for your time.
God Bless and do pass this on to the head people because they really need to hear this feedback if they are wanting to continue being the leading console provider to the USA
Sincerely,
Rabeka Jo
OK so stay tuned to see what they have to say to that...but I can kind of guess what they are going to say. We regretfully have to inform you that all sales are final and there are no plans of bringing back the gamecube ports to the Wii. As for game issues you will need to contact the game creators to see about getting a correction jack for your dance mats or whatever...you know the same cop out crap I always get from writing to big company's help emails...but they may surprise me and actually fix the issues...OK thats the hopeful side of my wishful thinking speaking but ya know I really have lost hope in today's technology. I swear when you buy something for THAT much money it HAS to be better than the 50 dollar Super Nintendo you bought years ago that is still up and running...and if they come out with new consoles after the first prototype its gotta be improved not degraded like it was in this case! I really wish I would have bought the Xbox 360 and Kinect set up instead of another Wii but we had so much money invested in games its sick! and anywhere you can trade your games into to get new games they rip you off so bad it makes me sick to even think about taking all my games there to get less than half of what I paid for them brand new...sure they are opened...they can be resurfaced for a buck and play like brand new...yet stupid resale shops can't give much towards your pocket...its a ridiculous world we live in where us the consumers have no choice in how much we pay for items used or new because we feel we HAVE to have some items that are really not necessarily then where it really counts like Gas and Electricity and all the things you have to have to be able to live comfortably in your own home...yeah thats where they rape us the worst...and they know they can raise it to whatever heights they desire and we will just bend over and take it because we have no choice on the matter...with games and crap we don't necessarily need them but they sure do help one escape from life for the short time we play them and give us a false sense of accomplishment when we beat a stage or total game for that matter...virtual medals and stars and prizes for our virtual treehouse or home or whatever the prizes are on whatever games you play... Farmville is one of my worst life drainers that and angry birds and Castleville trying to beat quests and beat the high score of my friends and yeah never ending crops to be mastered so I can get a sign on Farmville...yeah wow totally life draining but as I said its a great escape for many...and yeah we have no choice but to pay whatever whoever is in charge of prices decides to put on the games and systems we play them on. Anyways...
I may try and take the Wii back to Walmart and see about getting one with ports...it should state on the box that it has them or not...thats just rediculous that I didn't even notice till now but of course I haven't been able to play my games I normally play because of emergency surgery that I had to have done and just now am simi released to try and see what I can still do and can't so I am going to try and do what I love and see how it goes...I may not even be able to be able to play DDR after its all said and done but who knows I am hopeful.
Anyways talk to you all later...just had to vent about that...thanks for listening.
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