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The Wii U‘s successor, the Nintendo Switch, has been available for years. However, there are still Wii U games, as well as Virtual Console retro titles that aren’t available on Nintendo Switch Online yet, that can’t be played on the hybrid console. Because of this, there are still some benefits for playing the Wii U.
Unfortunately, many players that haven’t used their Wii U in a while are discovering that, when booted up, their Wii U isn’t working anymore. The Wii U seems to have lingering memory system errors, especially the memory error 160-0103 that can occur on the GamePad. None of the Wii U consoles impacted were modded or tinkered with in any way, but all of the user reports mention that they had not played their Wii Us for years.
The corruption that leads to the errors seems to be related to the NAND. Users that have bricked Wii Us are reporting that a factory reset of the console doesn’t fix the problem. So, it has become quite clear that the only method that could possibly save the player’s console is a NAND backup. Sadly, even having a backup saved beforehand would result in a tricky process, because Nintendo is no longer providing official support for the Wii U.
In fact, due to the Wii U’s age, players can no longer send the console in for repairs. Nintendo UK does have some instructions for the error code previously mentioned, but users that are dealing with the error are reporting that these instructions are not working. For now, it is being suggested that Wii U players turn on their console every once in a while to avoid the issue.