New Super Luigi U Community

Georgegeoluigi

07/28/2017 5:04 AM ·Spoilers

I have bad news. Yesterday, my Wii U gamepad became unresponsive. The home, power, and tv buttons work, but all the other buttons, analogue sticks, and even touchscreen have stopped doing anything. This will severely limit the use of my Wii U to games I can play with a Wii remote...

Yeahs25
Comment17

Interest-Based Ads

Contact Us

Privacy Notice

Advertisement

Comment

This post has no comments.

  • Jotaro

    07/28/2017 5:06 AM ·Spoilers

    Or you could use a pro controller or a Gamecube controller + adapter

    Yeahs1

  • George

    07/28/2017 5:07 AM ·Spoilers

    I'm saving up for a Switch at the moment, which should take another 2 months or so, but it'll probably be awhile after that when I can buy a new gamepad. Unless I can find some way to have it repaired.

    Yeahs1

  • hallow3en

    07/28/2017 5:08 AM ·Spoilers

    Your Gamepad turns on? The internal battery in mine is completely dead.

    Yeahs1
    Played

  • Jotaro

    07/28/2017 5:11 AM ·Spoilers

    hell, one comes WITH your Wii U, unless you've managed to break, sell, or lose it by this point.

    Yeahs0

  • George

    07/28/2017 5:15 AM ·Spoilers

    A Wii U pro controller did not come with my Wii U, but I have a Wii pro controller. Yes, it does still turn on. I just doesn't do anything useful.

    Yeahs2

  • George

    07/28/2017 7:29 AM ·Spoilers

    Ok, I've done some testing, and the problem isn't as bad as I first thought. On all the home menus, and miiverse, internet browser, etc, the gamepad is useless. The Wii remmote is behaving better, allowing me to navigate menus and such, but on miiverse it's being just as useless for some reason, meaning the problem is also with the console, not just the gamepad.

    Yeahs0

  • George

    07/28/2017 7:31 AM ·Spoilers

    When playing games, however, the gamepad functions almost normally, except the touchscreen still ain't doing squat. My Wii U seems to be picking and choosing where it wants to work... This is both strange and frustrating.

    Yeahs0

  • George

    07/28/2017 7:34 AM ·Spoilers

    I can still use miiverse on a mobile device or on my 3DS, like I'm doing now, but I'm gonna have to learn to draw my art on here for now, and, I have no way of seeing my friend's messages...

    Yeahs0

  • DA:Emma-LL

    07/28/2017 9:01 AM ·Spoilers

    Sad news. I hope you manage to draw well with the 3DS!

    Yeahs0

  • Bastian

    07/28/2017 12:05 PM ·Spoilers

    That's frustrating! Our Gamepad is starting to break,too. Without charging while playing, it barely lasts 30 minutes. I hope you will find a way to repare your gamepad.

    Yeahs0

  • abdullah

    07/28/2017 3:51 PM ·Spoilers

    Is there anything stuck on your gamepad screen cover inside it even a glitter can cause this happened to me

    Yeahs0

  • George

    07/29/2017 8:27 AM ·Spoilers

    @Abdullah THANK YOU! I think that may have been the problem. If the touchscreen is being touched in one spot, (in this case because of a dirt buildup, none of the buttons activate, because the touchscreen commands take precedence. When I tested if Minecraft would work and the gamepad was co-operating, it's because it doesn't really use the touchscreen functionality much. Problem solved.

    Yeahs1

  • Jacob

    07/31/2017 5:17 PM ·Spoilers

    Yay! So does it work?

    Yeahs0

  • abdullah

    08/01/2017 2:21 PM ·Spoilers

    Glad I could help (for some reason I didn't get the notification)

    Yeahs0

  • George

    08/01/2017 4:06 PM ·Spoilers

    Yep, it works just fine now.

    Yeahs3

Add a Comment

You must sign in to post a comment.

Sign in using a Nintendo Network ID to connect to users around the world by writing posts and comments and by giving Yeahs to other people's posts. You can create a Nintendo Network ID using your Wii U console or your system in the Nintendo 3DS family.

Use of Miiverse Details about Miiverse

Report Violation to Miiverse Administrators

You are about to report a post with content which violates the Miiverse Code of Conduct. This report will be sent to Nintendo's Miiverse administrators and not to the creator of the post.

Violation Type:

Post ID: 3DB-NBL7-DPU-2NL3-BLZ-KCMT

Report Violation to Miiverse Administrators

You cannot report posts made automatically by a software title.

Edit Post

Select an action: