Yesterday morning I got a surprise package from my friendly UPS man: my Wii back from Nintendo. That’s what I call a speedy turnaround; a total of 4 business days from shipping to receiving.

My Wii came back with a new serial number, meaning they just replaced it with a refurbished unit. All of my content and settings were transferred over, including all Mii’s, game saves, and wireless settings. I was worried my Super Smash Bros. Brawl save wouldn’t transfer over, but everything is there, all good to go. I had to download all of my Virtual Console and Wii Ware titles again (well, the ones that were stored on the Wii to begin with, others are already on my SD cards). Not a big deal and didn’t take much time at all.

The only thing that sucks, a little, is having a new Wii friend code. Had to get in touch with a few PR firms and any friends that I exchange messages and Mii’s with, but that’s about it. All in all, I’m very happy with Nintendo’s service from start to finish when it comes to Wii repair. Wish I could say the same about the competition (Microsoft in particular, I haven’t had a PS3 die on me).