Any Problems with your WaveBird?

I wanted to see if anyone had any problems with their wavebird controllers. Mine seemed to work fin when I bought it and I have used it a few times. I picked up Starfox Addventures and went to play only to find my on /off switch not prorperly working. it seems it will stay lit (on) for a few seconds and start flickering. I used 3 sets of batteries and 3 channels and no luck.

I called Nintendo and they arranged for FedEx to pick it up , they will repair/replace it since it is within the 1 year warrenty. I can't find my store receipt.

So no starfox for about 2-3 weeks:sweat:

Anyone else have a problem like this?

I for one am impressed that Nintendo's sending FedEx straight to your door. And as for me, the problem with my Wavebird is that it hasn't been liberated from the store yet.

I was impressed too, good customer service all around so far. If they turn it around in 2-3 weeks I will be impressed

No problems here so far. Thankfully I've got some alkaline rechargables ready for all the play time my WaveBird is going to be getting (and already is!).

-Kevin

No problems. As a matter of fact, my Wavebird is still on its orriginal batteries. :)

guess I drew the short straw

The only problem I have had so far is that after many hours of mario sunshine, my wavebird has developed sort of a dead spot in the middle of the analog stick. It works fine, but i'm seriously considering bringing it back to good ol' walmart.

I haven't had a single problem with mine either.

no problems here and its gotten tons of use

On occasion the signal doesn't seem to be recieved properly. In Animal Crossing, my guy will stop running all of a sudden. Its not a big deal, and I don't think its the batteries because i've had to change them already.

Mine was virtually unplayable , which is strange because I had it for about 1 1/2 months or so. It was never abused or dropped. It worked great when I first got it and it sat for a few weeks. I went to play my new copy of Starfox and it was unplayable. the light was flickering on and off. I switched channels and batteries. The only way the light would stay on was if I lightly pushed the on/off switch. Almost like the on/ff switch would not stay in the on position. Glad to hear everyone else is not having problems so if they send a replacement or fix it, I should be good to go. My wife confirmed that Fedex picked up the package already

I haven't been using mine much lately, I guess cuz I don't want to waste batteries since I can use the wired controller without much problems. When I go back to college though... that's a different story.

My only problem came when my cordless phone would ring... the wavebird somehow got set on the same channel and wouldn't function if the the phone was on... but that was simple enough to fix once I put two and two together.

Heh. A couple weeks ago, my receiver just simply stopped working. I've tried switching channels, trying it on other GameCubes, nothing. It's just dead.

I've been meaning to send it back to Nintendo for a replacement. Hopefully I won't have any more problems, since it was a nifty unit while it lasted.

Genouille, wavebird works on the same frequency as a wireless phone..

Can you use more then one wavebird? Id imagine not....

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Originally posted by Mman
Genouille, wavebird works on the same frequency as a wireless phone..

Can you use more then one wavebird? Id imagine not....

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Yes, you can use multiple wavebirds by changing settings on the receiver unit. I've only ever used one but heard that there is no trouble when using more than one.

I would love to have multiple WB's going with some multi-player TimeSplitters...might have to invest in a few more :evil:

-Kevin

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Originally posted by Mman
Can you use more then one wavebird? Id imagine not....

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Of course you can.

Thats what that little dial is on the bottom of the controller. It allows you to set diffirent frequencies for the pad so multiple controllers can be used in conjunction.

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Originally posted by Kinopio
On occasion the signal doesn't seem to be recieved properly. In Animal Crossing, my guy will stop running all of a sudden. Its not a big deal, and I don't think its the batteries because i've had to change them already.

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That happened to me, but after I switched frequencies, it worked fine.

Mine has worked like a dream. I got mine on release day, and I've never had so much as a hiccup from it. It wigged out when I used up my batteries, but that took an amazing amount of time. Finest controller I have ever bought.

I've used 3 of them at once with no problem, by the way.

Sometimes it seems like it loses reception (button command won't go through) but it's really rare. Not sure if it's the controller or the receiver, haven't changed the batteries yet. Besides that it's worked like a charm.

No problems here.

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Originally posted by Dustin
So no starfox for about 2-3 weeks:sweat:

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Didn't your GC come with a normal controller?
Are you afraid of the big bad rumble?
Do you like to spin around in cicles when you play?
What gives?

My Wavebird's been through hundreds of hours of use, only on it's second pair of batteries, and has always worked like a dream. Best controller...ever!

Same here. No prob.

I have a problem with mine. I've had it for more than a week and it has worked fine with all my GC games or so I thought. I started Metroid Prime over again yesterday, and an hour or two into the game the problem started. Sometimes when I turned left Samus would turn as if I had left set on rapid fire. Every now and then I'd turn left, and Samus would have a seizure. I was fighting the plant boss, and a couple times I got nailed because Samus would get stuck turning left =/

I've had a problem as well when playing Metroid Prime.

Try changing the channel (or whatever it's called) the Wavebird's set to? Or the batteries? Everytime I've had a problem like that doing one of those fixed it.

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Originally posted by Kinopio
On occasion the signal doesn't seem to be recieved properly. In Animal Crossing, my guy will stop running all of a sudden. Its not a big deal, and I don't think its the batteries because i've had to change them already.

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I have the same issue, but with PSO. It seems to happen more often when I'm sitting at a weird angle from the receiver.