KC’s Log: The Ark
And lo, KC looked to the sky and it was a broken sky. Darkness tore it asunder and he knew the time of renewal was at hand. Thus, KC herded the pokémon two by two onto the ark so they might weather the storm and find a brighter future when the storm subsided.
Okay, enough of that bible talk. What happened last week had me worried about the safety of quite a few of my mons. For about six months now, my Wii has had a problem where bright backgrounds broke up and made black splotches in games. This had an effect similar to black pixelated vortexes tering open the sky, just like the contaminated fields in .hack.
I used to think this was caused by my old TV, but since recently buying a new one, the problem persisted and I knew the Wii was at fault.
Luckily, I bought my Wii less than a year ago, so it was still under warrantee. Nintendo is very accommodating in how easily you can set up a repair on their website. I didn’t have to pay shipping, just box it up and slap on a sticker. But when it came time to actually pack the old girl up, I suddenly thought in a panic, “What’s going to happen to My Pokémon Ranch? And what about my Miis other saved data?”
A while ago I sent Nintendo a faulty DS and they simply exchanged it for a new one. The same thing happened with my busted PSP. So I did the only reasonable thing: I unloaded all my ranch pokémon back onto my DS (I barely had enough space). I couldn’t get the ones Haley brought there, or the ones I had traded her, but I guess they could be considered acceptable losses should anything happen. I also stored a bunch of Miis on my controllers (10 can be saved on each, no memory card needed).
The biggest problem, however, was the fact that you cannot copy your Battle Revolution data onto a memory card. Neither could I copy my Mario Kart data for that matter. This ticked me off, but I couldn’t help it. So then I packed up the Wii and sent it off wondering if I would ever see my ranch again…
While Nintendo says the process may take 2–6 weeks, I actually got my Wii back within five days. Nice work guys! I was also grateful that instead of just replacing the Wii, they fixed the problem and sent it back with all the data in tact. The ranch survived the storm, and now my pokémon are all back in Haley’s gentle care.
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but at one point the Nintendo site asks you if you are concerned about keeping your data. That may be the only reason I didn’t get a brand new Wii and my ranch was spared. So while my caution was not necessary in the end, it is still feasible to lose everything due to some simple carelessness. Hence…
KC’s rule #3 : A trainer always knows where his pokémon are.
Do you know where your pokémon are?
[Nintendo.com ]
WOW KC! That is really lucky how you got fast shipping AND you got to keep your data! I guess Arceus was watching over you;)
I think KC and Jowy are old enough to still catch this reference:
It’s ten p.m. … do you know where your Pokémon are?
LOL, JoeC. Nice PSA.
Either way, I’m glad I have never had to experience this dilemma. Thank you Nintendo for your great Customer Service.
Close call! Awesome log!
Nice! This was a very good entry!
@joec: I know what that’s from xD
> I know what that’s from xD
Yes, I know, you young punk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_you_know_where_your_children_are
They have a page for that? lol.
I thought it was a Hitchhiker’s Guide reference!
You know, I don’t think it technically counts as an old reference, since they still do it on certain channels. But nobody watches the 10 p.m. news anymore I guess.
Epic story. I had a similar thing happen to me, too!
Hmmmm. It took them 3 weeks for them to fix my DS and send it back. And I only live about a 300 miles from where they repaired it. Nintendo likes u better.
god, you sure dodged a bullet with that one, all the games should be able to store on you memory cards or a sd card, well lucky you KC
Woah.
Lol, lucky KC on that one! It reminds me of when Arc got lucky at Pax. :p
What well my DS did brake but its not under warentie…
Well, this could be an interesting thing for nintendo to check out.
ha ha ha thats a cool name! you need to join the christian pokeplayers!