I Bought a Wii U... and Goodwill sent THIS? 😮

[@jrob0021]

This might be the craziest find yet in The Hampton Haul. What do you think?

[@FazeROCCo]

Definitely is!

[@itisliamhfjone22]

2st

[@code2519]

100%

[@CanisMythson]

If I were you I'd play it before selling it, Pokémon XD is legendary

[@That_1UP_ConsoleModder]

That rare wii with the black washed out screen is a capacitor issue, You need to replace the exploded capacitors/screen filters inside and it will work. Worst case scenario you gotta remove the chip from a less profitable wii and put it in that one

[@PowerSynopsis]

Getting *_that_* GC game in a used Wii that nobody wanted is wild!

[@PandaSingstheGames]

Found a $20 Wii at a garage sale with a copy of Super Mario RPG for GC inside of it

[@PowerSynopsis]

@@PandaSingstheGames 1000 Year Door? Nice

[@tompeter717]

I Just think ITS funny how that Game in the Wii IS worth Like 7 wii's

[@vichilltime]

Fr omg

[@weegeenumberone2]

@@LatteWiiUprobably meant Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

[@R3troZone]

It boggles my mind that people don't factory reset and wipe their hard drives before selling electronics. If you ever bought one of my old consoles, not only would there not be a game in the drive but it's memory would be blank.

[@thomasrecyclingendeavours]

Same here especially with cell phones and tablets like just randomly donating or recycling your phone with all your personal data pictures and info on it like why reset that stuff people before donating the old phone or tablet

[@PremieressSensei]

was thinking the same thing. never know who is going to buy it and go through your entire account messages, and all.

[@GodKitty677]

You cant use their account legally. Most of the time account sharing is against the T&C. Any digital games are worthless because you dont own them and cant transfer them. You have to delete the old accounts.

[@thisisabsurd7420]

a lot of consoles are donated by parents who have never once ever played their children's consoles, and wouldn't know to factory reset them in the first place.

[@THESAVEROFYOUTUBE70]

Like oh wait you will need my password to even get past and finish the setup

[@WeirderComaOnTwitch]

Imagine someone has a bookshelf of physical discs and they decide to open all the cases to make sure all the discs are in a good shape, and the only one that's missing is being reviewed by a KZbinr saying that the console with the disc you were looking for is roasting is roasting it.

[@Gogoseit]

this litterally was my wii and thats pretty much exactly what happened. i noticed it was gone awhile ago... i had like 20 broken wiis and istg i checked them all for disks but this is indeed my wii, the faint bit of home screen i can see proves it. this specific wii i leant to my grandma and i have no clue what she did to it. sadly that copy had a bit of sentimental value since it was my first game i played EVER, but i donated it quite awhile ago and have come to terms with the loss. i definately will remember to be more diligent in the future. i still have the box on my shelf as a reminder. if the person who bought the game happens to be reading this, i would be willing to pay double whatever you bought it for, due to the sentimental value. edit: no these consoles where not donated together as i have never owned a naruto game, nor WANTED to

[@Gogoseit]

im pretty sure that the name of that specific wii was carl wii-zer

[@Gogoseit]

@synammonbutbad woah I forgot all about this post. yeah, I am over it tho, the game was nice to have but its just that, a game.

[@anthonynugget701]

​@@Gogoseitwhat was the game I got kinda confused

[@Justin_Ebright]

I've seen both the blacked out screen and washed out white screen a few times and there's a couple of repairs you can try. Since you've covered the cable and settings you're going to have to look inside at the AV board area. It might be a capacitor for either issue. So if you see one bloated with it's guts leaking out then that's obvious. But it could also be the chip itself that fried. One other thing to try first is to clean the av socket really good with iso alcohol and blow the wii out really well. You'll be amazed what a stray pet hair or build up will cause to happen. Hopefully the cleaning works and it's not more invasive. If it's the chip then you're better off just Frankensteining a wii out of the one with data and possibly another with other issues and putting a whole one together while the other becomes spare parts.

[@jrob0021]

Thanks for the tips! 👍

[@TotorRuns]

yeah i think the capacitor's faulty. Matt KC had a similar issue

[@L0tsen]

@@jrob0021 you can hijack the signal like Matt kc did to easier diagnose the issue

[@flyingsquirrel64]

Matt kc's video was called "1 yen wii from japan" I think

[@L0tsen]

@@flyingsquirrel64 fixing a 1 $ nintendo wii

[@helpfulplaylists3933]

I really enjoy these types of videos from you so much. It always interesting seeing an old wii from the previous owner and what they did on it. Its so cool to watch and looking at stuff with you from back in the day. I hope you keep it up with this type of content. There also really unique as well compared to others on youtube.

[@PandaKingYTLol]

i think the problem with the wii is with capacitors, because its black and dark, MattKC had a similiar problem when he bought a 1$ wii from Japan after that it look normal, so you can try replacing them!

[@DarkTails256]

its either that or the GPU is fried 💀

[@PandaKingYTLol]

@@DarkTails256 welp that would be a lot worse💀

[@DarkTails256]

​@@PandaKingYTLol Fr bro

[@the_iancu]

both of those wiis have capacitor problems. Notice how it was normal at the beginning and it got worse after time. That's because capacitors charge over time, and that explains the problem perfectly. I hope I helped you! MattKC has a video with a 1$ Wii that had the same type of problem.

[@paulhudalla9527]

Yeah, I've seen the dark Wii menu before in MattKC's video, but I didn't know the opposite could happen where it's too bright.

[@the_iancu]

@@paulhudalla9527 samee!

[@Tpayne80]

I must say i do miss you fixing or opening like one of the consoles but can't wait for the EP when you open them all up! Loving seeing whats on all these consoles

[@ItsSamMann]

Same idk why the change

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

4:37 The many hours we spent playing New Super Mario Bros Wii. Funny I had the same Wii U. Maybe my family gave it away, if so, nice to see it in the video

[@gregreed247]

Love this channel!! It’s like a Storage War gameshow but about stuff I care about! Also love the almost archeology-like aspect of going through old accounts! Makes me want to give you mine to analyze randomly! Great idea!! I watched a lot of these so I’m not sure this is the episode someone played Wii for 25 hours in early November, but I bet that was daylight savings time! Great show, great content! Thanks!

[@thephantomboy9073]

8:08 that looks like a capacitor issue, one of the video output capacitors is likely failing and you would have to fix it.

[@GUCFan]

The Wii with the AV problem is an issue that's popping up more and more each day. Its caused by the capacitors by the AV output. Crazy to think though that Wii's are being plagued with capacitor issues at the AV output level while Wii U's are having issues with the NAND chips corrupting themselves and leading to unbootable consoles.

[@bhume7535]

Good thing Dolphin emulation is literally flawless and even supports real Wiimotes.

[@RipVanFish09]

I mean like... Having an actual console is usually better than just an emulator. At least in my opinion@@bhume7535

[@SweetTodd]

@@bhume7535 After reading that. I'm glad the AV out on my Wii is still fine so far.

[@axethepenguin]

The NAND issue is mostly on the black models and shouldn’t be an issue if your Wii U is plugged in

[@nubatman]

I had to test Wii systems at my job and found Gale of Darkness, too. I think that's the highest priced game I've found in a console at work.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Pokemon XD is an insane find, i own a lot of GameCube games, but that's one of the few still missing from my collection, what a legendary find!

[@sharker102s]

since you don't own pokemon xd and if you played in past or want to play it again if you have wii you can always mod wii and get nintendont emulator on it along with this game and many others on your wii

[@FrancisHD]

I sometimes forget his excitement ain't real excitement and just money excitement

[@DragonProtector]

sadness

[@garyhart6421]

"Johnson --- must have been his last name" How innocent

[@X_Niaxx_X]

8:05 - Nice blown caps, it was worth it just because the Wii works and the fix it’s not that expensive + the game inside is pretty nice and haves i nice value (honestly I would just keep it as it would be pretty nice to have one of those on your game collection) EDIT: I might be late and maybe you already know this but capacitors have two ways of getting worn out: A: The capacitors start to lose the capacity of storing voltage so their max voltage will be lower than what the console needs as they are starting to “leak current” acting themselves like a resistor wich will discharge themselves and sometimes the rest of caps (you might have to check the board in case anything shorted out the power lines and made the capacitors start to discharge too quick making them to wear down) B: The capacitors start to gain more capacity than they should, they can sometimes get “fat” on the inside wich is a risk of them exploding, as the Wii doesn’t use the typical cylinder caps if it does so you’ll hear nothing (on other consoles like the Xbox 360, if a cap blows up it will make a sound simillar to a small firecracker), if a capacitor blows up while the Wii being plugged in you might see the screen suddenly go dimmer You will have these symptoms if the caps are bad: When the case it’s A these can be the symptoms: If the screen it’s dimmer than usual, let’s say whites are gray, the capacitors max voltage it’s less than 95-100%, if they are dark gray then its max voltage it’s less than 45% and if it’s almost pitch black they have a pretty low capacity (less than 20%) or they are straight dead. If the caps are like this you will see the screen being darker than usual or pitch black (depends of how bad they are) and as the console is on they will be forced to charge the longer the console is on, so you will see the screen get brighter till it’s almost normal or playable. But when the case it’s B you are gonna have this only thing going on which is the screen being too bright or getting brighter the longer the console is on (the console only outputs the correct voltage but will overcharge up the caps with current fluctuations) Hope you can fix more consoles with this knowledge!

[@bean6344]

Nothing better than powering on a console, hitting eject and seeing a game come out. 2 Wii Sports and a Pokémon XD is pretty crazy.

[@Pixelman0]

10:39 even though its only 1 second, it showed the blured picture unblured

[@Scrofrogoly]

Love buying used consoles and memory cards and checking out their old saves before using the card. I remember I bought a PS1 memory card for Gran Turismo 2, and the previous owner had a Gran Turismo 2 save that had all the licenses unlocked and a bunch of money. I also bought a copy of Majora's Mask which had a 100% complete save.

[@Mr_CutieMark]

Person who left that GameCube game in the Wii: 👁️👄👁️

[@itbwen9672]

2 things. 1 I didnt know that game went for so much. I believe I still have mine, and the case for it too! 2nd, that was one of my favorite pokemon games growing up. So many memories, and getting pissy when I couldn't catch pokemans to transform em back.

[@funneldude524]

Ah yes, the POKEMANS

[@virgilwalker683]

only reason why I clicked on your video, because you shown the heading, that a message for you to give it back. Where is this in your video?

[@lucitechrepairs]

Yeah, this guy's video titles and thumbnails are really clickbaity.

[@ChakatNightspark]

One reason to Format your Hard Drives before Donating them or Selling them. So people Can't Use your Old Profiles. Better Yet, Just Keep Your Consoles, Zero Reasons to Sell or Donate them.

[@kaieastty8948]

9:57, had no idea that my Pokemon XD that I got at Blockbuster going out of business sale could be $180 because I still have the case for it.

[@HavenKnight93]

Some later gamecube games including Zelda: Twilight Princess, and I believe Mario Party 7 have the warning health and safety messages.

[@CombustLemon]

some later GBA games also had ds-like health screens i believe

[@N68dodgeboy]

You getting Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness from that Wii is what I am trying so hard to accomplish when I buy loose Wii consoles like this.

[@Effedup]

17:01 the message is in Filipino...says "nothing yet...maybe later....I will borrow it from my brother" in case anyone was wondering :)

[@geeksquad4963]

When the screen is that light on a Wii that means one of the capacitors are going bad and also that way that was very dark on the screen. That's not AV cables going bad. That's the internal GPU dying

[@geeksquad4963]

I see this a lot because I work at DK oldies so we get a lot of wiis in that have issues like that

[@Minecrafter124-x1y]

​@@geeksquad4963 question, do you fix those broken wiis?

[@ToxcynTV]

5:20 im pretty sure they had an external drive with all the games on it and thats why there are so many folders but empty since the drive isnt plugged in

[@jrob0021]

I had no idea you could use an external drive with a Wii u

[@KaptainKharisma]

The Wii U is my favorite console ever thanks for making a vid on it!!!

[@warriorgrl3076]

@8:42 i love that game!! me and my Sister used to play that game together all the time!

[@NikLindsey2050]

11:56 thats the consoles morse code for help me 😂😂😂

[@BlakeBowes]

what a find! Sucks I had the case like a month ago from a storage unit, and manual for that game I would have sent it over! And that wii issue is most likely the capacitors for video!

[@oOignignoktOo1]

The wii at 8:09 with the black screen likely has bad capacitors and the motherboard just needs to be re-capped. The caps are on the back of the board near the rear exhaust fan. Sadly they are surface mount caps. Best way to remove those is hot air rework tools.

[@marscoric]

The Wii with the dark weird screen should be a capacitor issue- MattKC made a video about a Wii with a similar issue

[@PupleKoolAidInDaHood]

Bro turned on the lawnmower with that ps3 disc drive 😂

[@Jgamerz12]

I love how on the last video, you're like "I never got a GameCube game from a used console before." And then BAM GameCube games galore 😂

[@connerray2431]

This gives me motivation to never leave a game in my console if I'm going to sell it

[@abdelali9279]

The GC games really came in clutch, made the goal of the episode mostly by itself.

[@Satsuma1]

15:57 sounds like a chainsaw lmao

[@SirBee1]

Wow! That Pokémon game find was incredible. Never thought that would appear in a Wii!

[@CardboardFoxAnimations]

I’m still gabberflasted about that GameCube game that was casually chilling in that Wii…

[@Texascowboy68]

Yo the fact that first white Wii had XD gale of darkness in it was super lucky dude, I wish I had that game because I would play the heck out of it.

[@sickindahead9226]

I'll never fully understand how there can be 20 gamer profiles on a system. It's like none of the previous owners friends had their own consoles

[@Trinity_BLiGHTS]

That Christmas card channel on the Wii woulda been LEGENDARY to send stuff to my cousins!

[@Quawa1]

Matt kc actually made a really good video on repairing a Wii similar to the issue you had. I’d suggest you watch it, it’s really good and kind of explains the issue!

[@DarthCrust66]

I’m getting addicted to this channel

[@megaman37456]

Clash of Ninja 2 is a certified Gamecube classic! I actually have it on my Steam Deck, don't play it much outside of a trip down nostalgia lane but man that game was my childhood.

[@Tjoeb123]

Late GameCube games always had that Health & Safety Warning before it was built into the then-following consoles, the Wii and DS.

[@brycnaird6210]

It’s amazing to me how many people don’t do a factory reset before getting rid of them.

[@eupher2]

I just find it amazing how many Fat PS3's don't work. When I still have my 60GB model, that's been heavily used for years, and it's still working just fine. I'm not bragging or anything, but it just surprises me.

[@kbhasi]

(9:35) Nintendo's last few games for their GameCube and Game Boy Advance systems had health and safety warnings in the style of the Wii and Nintendo DS respectively but as part of the game.

[@Briansm15]

Funny how Netflix still works in 2023 on an unmodded Playstation Vita OLED

[@LimeAtions]

I love these videos man. Good job getting that gem of a find. Keep it up!

[@jdh21403]

Pokemon XD is a really good game, childhood classic of mine

[@DUSKvsDAWN]

lmao that MSN kiss sound at 9:08

[@jpp4436]

Those PS3 consoles get that red light when they are full of dust. Sometimes you just need to hook a little vacuum hose up to the air vents on the side of the console by the Blu-ray drive and try and turn the machine on and off a voi

[@jpp4436]

Just keep hitting the power button while the vacuum is on the vent and once the machine turns on you can turn the vacuum off. You'll have to do it every time you restart the console but it may still turn on. I think The red light is just the machine going into an overheat mode

[@Mavon2]

The reason so many have Wii sports is because it came in that paper case and people probably destroyed that and just left it in to keep it out of the way

[@WillPlaysGames1993]

in the mii channel you can line the miis up by hitting the whistle (well you use to idk if its still a thing anymore since mine use to and i didnt really get to connect mine to good internet back when i had mine)

[@toytimesfuntimechannel]

I love how when jackobs reaction to when the ps3 made that noise 😂 (time 15:45)

[@theholymeep]

15:59 it sounds like that time, my lawnmower got a bunch of sticks, stuck in the blade

[@lukedavis436]

The Wii has the same fault as a console MattKC bought in japan...it was down to the capacitors on the video circuit dryinf out.

[@ViaCristero]

MattKC is awesome I don’t remember that video can you send the link or video name please you’ve caught my interest thank you!

[@lukedavis436]

@@ViaCristero 1$ Wii from japan

[@ViaCristero]

thank you so much @@lukedavis436

[@Wii1235]

8:27 Thats a capacitor issue, if you let it on for a couple hours the screen should brighten back up

[@laprasking]

God, so lucky. To think that Wii could have been thrown in the trash without checking the game inside.

[@fangem2]

that wii graphics problem is usually caused by capacitor near AV output, it must be replaced

[@LG1ikLx]

After doing some digging I found something on that Wii image. Try going settings, Picture, Colour calibration and switch to SMPTE test pattern and switch that on and back off apperantly that fixes it. The setting sometimes doesnt save thou. Mite be a bug in the software.

[@gabriellejacquiet9925]

It's crazy to get a game like Pokemon XD GoD. Not only an amazing game but also really valuable. A golden gem.

[@Nathan93Baker]

Do you check to see if the streaming apps are signed in?

[@frylock428]

it wontwork on wii anymore

[@sonoma4525]

15:59 Sounds like a chainsaw

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

I'd pop Minecraft WiiU Edition in the WiiU with all those Minecraft hours clocked, and check out all the world saves they had, lol.

[@ktg5]

The Wii with the bad AV output is (from what I remember??) something that needs to be re-solded. Nothing like replacing a GPU/CPU on the 360, just a few points

[@chrisvw352]

My PS2 makes a wicked clicking sound when you first start playing that rivals that PS3. When I first heard it I thought the system turned into a bomb of some kind.

[@CrashFan03]

5:28 that bundle had the games physically not pre-installed so the previous owner must have bought them from the eshop

[@TheViper4Life]

Pokemon XD is a score...and I've never heard a PS3 do that before lol.

[@HavenKnight93]

Best Season 2 episode of Texas Load so far

[@Elegant_fries]

15:44 It sounded like the didc was shredding lol

[@austin_sanders]

8:07 bro really got the wdy's wii 💀💀💀

[@byte-sizeinfo1638]

Just so you know, you can skip the Wii U password prompt. The Nintendo Network has been shut down, so you won't be missing anything.

[@3ftninja132]

8:06 Bro got the limited edition creepypasta Wii U 😲

[@maybeifyoustannedloona]

i feel like im the only person who never had a wii as a kid😭

[@destroyermcw626]

Oh no! But it’s never too late

[@djwickedrem1x]

16:05 Sounds like a mixture of an engine revving and a garbage disposal

[@Ridley1911]

Wiis with overblown and dark pictures are almost always suffering from bad capacitors, easy fix as long as you know what you're doing

[@patrickroberts5791]

One man’s trash really is another man’s treasure

[@local_waver]

8:06 I have never seen a Wii (or an console really) do that before, insane

[@osfanbuff63]

Somebody in the Wii modding community revive that Christmas card channel! Lol

[@ManicallyMetal]

I still have my copy of Colosseum and gale of darkness. I didn’t realise they were so valuable.

[@ChicagoMel23]

Same but I knew. All the Pokemon games are way too expensive now

[@rfmerrill]

In French "blond" and "blonde" are the masculine and feminine versions of the same word. I think both spellings are accepted in English and some pedantic people will insist you use the correct gendered version.

[@BopDiva]

20:28 funny thing is, I knew someone with that first and last name years ago. He’s way too old to have a Wii though.

[@TerraHv1]

What a great cautionary tale to wipe your hard drives.

[@jamesgasparotto1998]

15:59. Sounds like a giant lawnmoar

[@Nubafoxy]

Let’s get him his Xbox! Leave a like guys!

[@BLKW4RDR3M0N]

Bruh when he held it up I thought I was bugging because I saw the back was warped.

[@falling_]

13:24 The Mii is the send Mii feature in the Mii channel which you sent to Wii friends. (discontinued)

[@gamerboyofficalyt]

these thumbnails get crazier and crazier I swear

[@IMDYT420]

I believe the issue with the Wii is the capacitors I can’t remember if it was by Matt KC but I’ve seen an issue similar to that but I believe it’s capacitor related. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

[@RipVanFish09]

That weird health and safety thing with Pokémon DX is part of the game. Some GameCube games just had that.

[@janluofficial]

that ps3 sounded like a lawnmower and a car. that xbox 360 was makin printer sounds

[@Just_Vinni]

MattKC has a good guide to fix that dark wii screen