As some of you know, I had an issue with my wii that kept me from logging into the Wii Shop channel (store where you buy old games and download stuff like the web browser). Mostly it didn’t bug me that much since it didn’t effect me playing games.
But, I know at some point (read when they release Mario Kart 64…which they did like a week ago) I was going to want to be able to get on the shopping channel. So, I researched this issue, and it turns out that it is some odd tandem internet/memory card bug, that prevents me from saving my saved games out to my memory card and then just exchanging the thing for a new one (which Nintendo is happy to do btw, they will even allow you to wait until you receive your new one before sending back your old one, and they give you postage to send the old one back). This actually requires me shipping the whole thing back, having it repaired, and being without it for a couple of weeks round trip.
Well, it turns out that I’ve been super busy at work since the new year started, so I decided that a good time to send it back was when I’d be at my most busy (this week is that week btw, so I actually sent it back a little early).
I hadn’t quite finished Zelda yet, but I was 45 hrs into it and at the last castle. But I was about 5 or 6 hearts away from maxing out my life bar, and still had lots of bugs to collect, so I decided to not beat the game before sending it back. I’m also pro level in bowling and have a high score recorded at 247.
I received my Wii back yesterday. In it was a note stating that my saved games, settings, and just about everything in general was unrecoverable, and they pretty much replaced my entire Wii. So I wasted 2+ weeks without my Wii, lost 45 hrs of an uncompleted zelda game, and now have to rebowl 9 strikes in a row to get my high score back.
I was gonna eventually play through zelda a second time anyway, cuz it is just a fantastic game. But i wasn’t particularly in the mood to do it any time soon. Now, just to see the ending (which I hear is excellent) I have to replay the WHOLE FREAKING THING!!! I’m sure I can do it faster a second time, but still, it is very frustrating.
To make matters worse, I left the A/V cables at a friends house last time I was there and I still don’t have them back, so I still can’t play the thing.