Wii Save Data and SD Cards

NiGHTS. Eledees. Pokemon Battle Revolution. Endless Ocean.

The Wii won't let me copy the save data for these games on to an SD card. Why the hell not? As my Wii's GPU has fried (again), I'll be sending off for a new one soon. So obviously I'll be moving data across via SD card. Except, for these 4 games, I'll have to start all over again. Which completely puts me off playing them until I get a new Wii. Although, I won't be sending my Wii off to Nintendo in a hurry, as I don't want Brawl to arrive whilst I have no Wii to play it on... :p

erm...

what good is a wii without any gpu, brawl or no brawl?

If this is the second time I am inclined to think that you aint treating her right, your ventilation around your Wii must be bad. Do you have your Wii vertical without using the stand?, because that is a cause. The stand guides air up into the console without it you are asking for trouble if playing for long periods like that. Make sure you have adequate space around the back and do not place your console on the carpet if you do.

If it's broken why are you hesitating to send it back if you want to play Brawl as soon as possible?

Does not make sense...

erv said:
erm...

what good is a wii without any gpu, brawl or no brawl?

Crumbley said:
If it\'s broken why are you hesitating to send it back if you want to play Brawl as soon as possible?

Does not make sense...

The GPU overheating doesn\'t make anything unplayable, just gives a few glitchy blotches after a while. I get Brawl, play it, and send off the Wii once the novelty of Brawl has worn off. The GPU has been gone for months, I\'ve just not bothered to send it back yet, as last time Royal Mail lost it in the post, and everything is still perfectly playable...I\'ll just want to get it swapped eventually.

Linkyshinks said:
If this is the second time I am inclined to think that you aint treating her right, your ventilation around your Wii must be bad. Do you have your Wii vertical without using the stand?, because that is a cause. The stand guides air up into the console without it you are asking for trouble if playing for long periods like that. Make sure you have adequate space around the back and do not place your console on the carpet if you do.

It\'s upright, its on the stand, its on a desk miles from a carpet with nothing around it. My room does get rather warm, but not THAT warm...methinks I\'ve just had pretty bad luck.

EDIT:

See?

The GPU wasn\'t really the issue I was trying to rise... :p

( Edited 18.03.2008 15:05 by Ikana )

Bit like how you can't transfer original xbox saves on the 360 =/ 'tis very gay.

hold on, when do you expect the novelty of brawl to ware off?? you must be mad ikana, reveiw your testimoney.

Prosecutor Echoes has a point thar.

Nothing looks wrong with your console layout, it looks less mangled than mine, and my Wii has been fine since launch. Bad luck I say, it's a shame too.

As for the games, go figure that 2 of them were probably ones you wouldn't feel like playing through twice... (NiGHTS + Pokemon)

Yeah, I don't think you can copy Brawl data either.

nope can't copy brawl/transfet save data either... I don't think it has anything the wii I think it's just how the save data is... you can however transfer/copy custom stages though. I hope thay can change that with an update.

When my Wii broke I was told if I sent my console off, all of my games saves would be fine.

Consequently, those fuckers lied. I recieved a completely different referbished unit and there was no sign of any of my saves at all.

If Galaxy wasn't so great, I would have shoved it up their arse by now.

Can't you demand your old console back? And then make sure you save all your data?

In any case, your VC games are fucked. I have 12+, I sure hope my Wii never breaks.

SuperLink said:

Yeah, I don\'t think you can copy Brawl data either.

ARGH. >.<
WHY?! I don\'t get it at all. On the \'Cube, you couldn\'t copy stuff like Animal Crossing and Pokemon Colosseum, obviously to stop you cheating and cloning items/pokemon. There\'s no sense behind not being able to copy the save data for these Wii games though. And only being able to copy, not move, and not being able to read directly from the SD card are all annoying flaws the Wii has... >.<

In any case, your VC games are fucked. I have 12+, I sure hope my Wii never breaks.

( Edited 18.03.2008 17:03 by Ikana )

I guess to prevent cheating... Brawl has lots of unlockables. I can't imagine why anyone would want to cheat, but some do.

I guess. Still doesn't make much sense...

Just logged my request for a repair with Nintendo, they're sending me a thing to stick on the parcel so it's free postage...figured there's no point putting it off any longer if I'll just have to start Brawl again if I start on my current console...

I'm starting Brawl again when it comes out PAL anyway I don't think I'll be that pissed off about it either...

So your GPU is damaged but still allows you you to play games with some issues, and you are getting the same exact same problems as you had last time?. The last time did Nintendo confirm it was a GPU fault? If you have had this exact problem twice it has to be down to the same cause.

GPU overheating is a rarity with the Wii, some early machines were prone but they are likely out of circulation now. The Wii has excellent cooling and it\'s GPU runs at a low temp as does all it\'s semi conductors. However, I have noticed that in long periods of standby (numerous days) it can get very warm. I have found it is actually beneficial turning the console on to get the fans running. Tell me this, is it anywhere close to a radiator or another heat source?.

It could also be your electricity source also, a surge may have cause the damage to both your consoles and not heat, and you would have been none the wiser. If that is the case, it is due to another device either in the room or the home or the actual wiring causing the surges. You can take precautions by getting a surge-master extension (cheap). I use one for my Wii and PC and only just for them.

In all honesty I would say move your Wii, or at least move any stuff that is behind and around stopping good air flow, also be a bit mindful about playing for long periods when the central heating is on.

( Edited 18.03.2008 17:36 by Linkyshinks )

Yeah, it's definately the same problem as last time, and I posted a thread here at the time, and everyone confirmed it was the GPU. It was a launch console aswell.

The radiator is the other side of the room. Look at the photo. It couldn't be better ventilated.

Unless it's a power surge as you say, it must have just been bad luck. Would a power surge not damage any other things though? Never had any problems with any other consoles or my laptop. Methinks it's just bad luck, tbh...

*goes and touches Wii*

Jesus fucking Christ....it hasn\'t been turned on in over a month and it\'s boiling hot. It\'s sitting on the floor with loads of space around the side in my cold room. It\'s ridiculous. I\'m scared my GPU might overheat again. Conversely my 360 has been on all day and it\'s barely even warm.

( Edited 18.03.2008 19:47 by knighty )

Well, at least I won't be leaving mine on standby anymore, mainly to prevent Freeloader-blocking updates.

Ikana said:
Well, at least I won\'t be leaving mine on standby anymore, mainly to prevent Freeloader-blocking updates.

I cannot see how you are going to be able to avoid it, when it\'s on it\'s in Wii Connect mode . No, thing is you have the choice whether to update or not from your message board, just refuse, for a long while.

You will likely miss the ENC and Wii Ware as a result, you cannot afford to get those updates. ENC is coming at the end of the month, Wii Ware is here in June looking at the UK release date of FFCC. Nintendo could if they wanted to include that specific update to all future firmware.

EDIT:

Knighty, when it\'s in Wii Connect mode it\'s not using the GPU so it\'s safe. Switching it on and playing for a long period without letting the console cool down via the fans I think is the danger. I have a first batch console so I take these precautions, I could do without the hassle of losing my Wii, even if only for a short while.

Unless your expecting Wii messages there is no need to keep it in standby anyway.

( Edited 18.03.2008 20:39 by Linkyshinks )

when the console overheats what exactly happens? Im just asking because my wii froze for the second time there 2 days ago in the space of 2 months. If it's not a problem with the GPU does anyone have an idea whats wrong?

iangennery said:
when the console overheats what exactly happens? Im just asking because my wii froze for the second time there 2 days ago in the space of 2 months. If it's not a problem with the GPU does anyone have an idea whats wrong?

Don't think its a problem with the GPU. When the GPU overheats, everything still runs fine, but you get pixelly blotches over the picture. I don't know what your problem is, I'm afraid...has it been the same game each time it froze? Might have been a software glitch...