Nintendo Wii Fanboy

Maybe that's why the Wii has been such a success, Sony smacked Nintendo around a couple times in the last two gens and Nintendo finally got their act back together.

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shouldnt the title be "a good dose OF disipline"?

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This is my fallback solution to all electronic problems. Computer moniters, most of all. Sometimes you just gotta give'em five across the screen, and ask'em where your money's at.

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Early on, my nunchuk stopped sensing motion, I didn't know what to do until I read on forums about giving it a hard slap against something.

It worked!

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So if this logic is anything to go by Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles will be a great benefit to your controller, you're either using your hand to smack the remote for the quick reload... Well, I wont call it a trick... Or you're throwing the remote at the floor in pure frustration.

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Yeah, this happened to my Wiimote. My bro and I were playing bowling and his Wiimote stopped sensing motion. I read on forums and I spanked that cracka. It now works wonderfully.

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The alternative would be to remove the cartridge and blow on the connectors...oh wait, that was the NES.

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ouch! picture a wii-mote breaking tears :'-[

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It's so stupidly simplistic that it sounds like a mean-spirited joke designed to encourage people to break their remotes. But when my Wii remote's accelerometer kept veering me right in Excite Truck, I slammed the remote as hard as I possibly could against my mattress. Everything was perfect again.

It sure is funny to hear Nintendo use it as a valid troubleshooting solution!

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i would of liked to know this when I couldn't for the life of me get out of a virtual console game.

I was playing Super Star Solider and friends came by and they wanted to play something else. Well since it doesn't have save, I just exit home and it pauses the game for later.

Well I was on the LAST FUCKEN LEVEL, and after I got into the game the wiimote died and I couldn't home and out. I tried to beat the game but couldn't.

I had to turn off the system and when I came back in all my data was gone, almost a good 3 weeks of trial and error shootingup gameplay gone. I tried a code to get back to where I was but nothing. I deleted that game after that because it only brought me tears.

just hitting the controller would of fixed all this. FACE_PLAIN

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Ah, percussive maintenance! What would we do without you?

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My cure-all solution is power cycle

pop the batteries out, pull the plug, whatever, fixes it like magic usually

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Hahahaha I remember the first time I had to do this. I called up Nintendo tech support and when they told me I had to smack the thing against my hand I thought he had resorted to tormenting callers to stave off the inevitable insanity that comes from working customer service. Well I tried it and the thing has worked perfectly ever since. Turns out the pins in the accelerometer get misaligned and just need to be jarred back in place. Who knew?

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Heh, so this actually works does it? I was told the same thing by the braindead tech support person when my Wiimote stopped working. It really does sound like a joke except she told me to do a very light tap.

All I could think about is how stupid it was, considering people have thrown ttheir Wiimotes at walls with no damage to the controller at all.

You read some more if you want
http://neonblue2.blogspot.com/2007/07/lets-just-clarify-few-things-nintendo.html

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LOL We all knew hitting electronics made them work and now it's finally a recognized method by technical support people. I used to think a little wiimote would break but next time I'm going to spank that sucka!

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Heh. He spanked his wee. LAWL.

>.>

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This happened to me too once. I eventually hit it for some reason and it worked again. I figured that the accelerometer got stuck and a good smack jiggled it out.

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I've got the Arnie quote from Kindergarden Cop stuck in my head now.

"You lack discipline."

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I had the exact same conversation w/my pharmacist when my Viagra wasn't working.

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same thing happened to me!

it was shortly after I got my Wii, many many months ago...I had my cell phone in my pocket and I was playing bowling or Wario Ware or something, and smacked the remote into my cell phone laden pocket. The remote was still responsive afterwards, but if I remember right it wasn't working on one axis or something (eg I could move it up and down and not side to side)

Long story truncated, I smacked dat and it's been a-OK everyday since.

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I don't believe it. It actually worked. My Wiimote hasn't worked for 2 months and after doing exactly what the post said, it worked. I had hit it before and it never worked. Well thanks a lot Nintendowiifanboy. You just got me a second Wiimote.

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Word to Patrick. One of my wii-motes failed on me quite awhile ago, and I tried this method and it now works again! Once again I can play three-player co-op in Mario Strikers.

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