Last night, Wii U gamepad failed to power on my console and displayed an error message. This happened before, and eventually became so commonplace that I sent it to Nintendo for repairs. Gamepad came back, but the console had a different serial number and presumably was replaced.
Following the instructions sadly doesn't work, just as before. The only way to turn on the system after this displays is via the console's power button or a Wiimote. Last time, the problem was very intermittent at first and progressed over a few months to a point where the console never responded to the gamepad's power button (Except when turning the system off, which always worked 100%).
I wonder if it's worth sending it in to Nintendo again. I believe my warranty is still valid. It was only six months old when this started the first time, and it's barely been that long since it was sent in for lengthy (And rather sloppily handled on their part) repairs for this issue the last time. Might be easier just to pretend that the gamepad doesn't have a power button...
What would you guys do? Live with it and hope it doesn't become something more serious, or see if they finally can make a lasting fix?
The gamepad is correctly synced. While I haven't done so this time, the last time around, I even forced it to lose sync with the console and re-synced it, hoping it would fix it.
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