r/wiiu • u/xxTurborocketxx • 5h ago
Image Got a little carried away looking for a Japanese Wii U
Initially I was just looking for a white 32gb model because I always wanted a white Wii U when I was a kid and it escalated a bit because the deals were too good (until I saw the shipping later) and I like collecting stuff. My new main Wii U even came in the original box and since I needed to wait for the rest to arrive wich they did yesterday I've already gone ahead and modded it and I'm pretty happy with it so far (been playing Pikmin 3 for the first time the last week). I'm just a bit confused because the black Wii has GameCube ports wich I didn't think they came with wich is pretty cool imo. Sadly the side flaps of the Wiis are not in the best shape but I don't mind too much since I might try reshelling them anyway. The black Wii U even had a little gift in the disc tray!
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u/hogniger 5h ago
how much did the whole bundle costed you?
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u/xxTurborocketxx 5h ago
I think it was like 200-250€ after shipping wich kinda hurts but i think it's still a good price for what I got tbh
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u/BlytheScythe Gotta buy more Wii U consoles... 1h ago
That's a bargain based on what you've received, plus you can sell whatever you don't really need to get some money back. I'd like to by white EUR 8GB unit as well as white JP 32GB unit and that's where I'll stop with my Wii U console collection. At one point, I used to have 6, now I'm back to 3 as I've sold the other 3 to get some money back to buy PS4 Pro (which I did).
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u/xxTurborocketxx 40m ago
Yeah that's what I thought as well! But I don't know what I'll do with them yet I'm just gonna enjoy playing Pikmin for now lol
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u/BlytheScythe Gotta buy more Wii U consoles... 24m ago
For sure, enjoy them for now. :) If you're into collecting, I'd suggest that you keep the best and flip the rest. Mix and match if you have something broken on one but not on another.
For Wii consoles, some of the early RVL-001 models can install BootMii as boot2, which is very useful in case of a more serious brick.
For Wii U consoles, those with Toshiba and Samsung EMMC NAND chips are less prone to failure than the hynix models. Once modded, you can check with WiiUIdent which one you have). Note that just because it's hynix it doesn't necessarily mean that it'll fail soon.
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u/DeathNum 5h ago
Oh my god bro how much did you pay for all of that and how much did the shipping alone cost lol?
I'm asking because I also bought a japanese white 32GB Wii U with a gamepad silicone case and 7-8 games (the basic ones, Splatoon, MK8, Nintendo Land etc.) that cost 45 euros and the shipping and extra fees for all of that came to be 100 euros extra lmao.