Nintendo is officially no longer accepting Wii U consoles for repair.
Earlier this year, Nintendo announced plans to stop offering repairs for Wii U consoles in Japan. The plan was to continue to do so as long as the company still had the required parts, but it seems that day has now arrived. An official Japanese Nintendo X/Twitter account states that Nintendo has run out of the parts required to fix broken systems, and will no longer be accepting any more consoles for repair as of July 3rd.
Normally, opening a video game system voids the warranty, but since Nintendo isn't going to be repairing any Wii U consoles anyway, it's a moot point. Given the general unpopularity of the system, and the fact that Nintendo has been focused on Switch for more than seven years now, it's not too surprising that the company is moving away from Wii U repairs, but it will still come as a bit of a disappointment for anyone that needs their system fixed.
Released in 2012, the Wii U quickly became one of Nintendo's biggest commercial failures. The system played host to a number of critically-acclaimed games, but failed to find a significant audience during its time on the market. The system only managed to sell about 13.56 million units during its time on the market.
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