Wii U Battery Swap and Teardown

Wii U Battery Swap and Teardown
Easy enough job, even came with all the tools! Easy How to change the battery on your Wii U console.
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[@borisdg]

The M logo is probably Mitsumi. They are common partner for Nintendo parts. Many Switch adapters were made by Mitsumi. I remember some of the motherboards of the Wii/U and Wii Remote were theirs.
edit: I watched carefully this part of the video and yes, it's indeed Mitsumi.

[@backofficeshow]

That makes a lot of sense, thanks!

[@wimwiddershins]

When you took the blade to the new one, I was thinking, this may not end well...

[@backofficeshow]

It so easily could have. I wouldn't recommend it 😂
It looked somewhat possible to make your own battery if you removed their wires. I suppose that's a good thing to know in the future if they ever run out of replacements

[@emmettturner9452]

I ordered the expanded capacity battery pack from Nintendo themselves and it did not come with a screwdriver.

[@sidoo5434]

Hi Matt 👋
I really enjoyed watching your video 😊
Actually I searched everywhere i didn't find the answer
Now am closer ☺️
The issue is the 4 wire's
B, R, G, W
Black i guess is -
And the Red is the +
Gray and white are the ground wire right
Ok then I should put 3 cable B, R, W
The gray wat does in particular 🙂
Sorry for the long explain

[@lesbananes671]

I want to do this as my Wii u controller holds no charge at all. Concerned though because all the reviews of the batteries online suggest they're rubbish, not nearly the capacity they claim to be and short-lived. Can you still get official Nintendo ones?

[@backofficeshow]

Probably, ask Nintendo. No issues at all so far with the aftermarket battery

[@RetroRespawn]

I recently went inside mine to replace out the wireless module. Apparently they go quite commonly.

[@backofficeshow]

What are the symptoms of that, perhaps that is what was happening to this one. It would occasionally day it was losing wireless signal even when next to the unit

[@RetroRespawn]

@@backofficeshow I would get anomalous movements on the controls, like a movement continuing after I'd let go of the direction, followed by a loss of connection. It would throw a wobbler if it was more than 3 feet away and not in direct line of sight.

[@bigbrungus5284]

I've heard pretty bad reviews of those third party batteries. How much life does the new battery still hold? Does it even work at all?

[@backofficeshow]

It works absolutely fine, not really sure how long it lasts as we have never had it die mid session.

[@leecollins5479]

i had this replacement battery and it was crap! went with a bolt on pack instead

[@backofficeshow]

Oh no!! I like the idea of a bolt on. I'm not entirely convinced that there was a battery issue as this one still lasted for ages, but I'm hoping to not have to go in and investigate something in likely not going to be able to repair 😂
Such an under rated consoles the poor Wii u

[@DiyintheGhetto]

I had to replace my battery on mine.

[@backofficeshow]

What size battery came out and what size battery went in? 😂

[@DiyintheGhetto]

@@backofficeshow I forgot what came out and 2 of the 18650 went in. I modded mine.