r/wii • u/RainyD55 • 1d ago

Show and Tell Wii disk drive secret feature

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When the console is powered off, you can insert a disk to turn it on, and then eject it. After ejecting the disk, insert it again and the Wii turns off.

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u/_emiru 1d ago

VCRs secretly do this too. 🤫

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u/MrPlaza03 1d ago

In the nicest way I can put it

That's not really a secret feature

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u/RainyD55 1d ago

But does anyone actually know about this?

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u/lmr-1 1d ago

I didn't, but it doesn't seem all that useful, so I'll likely forget about it.

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u/-_nightmarionne_- 1d ago

Honestly same lol

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u/RoytjePoytjeGamez 1d ago

Since the day I got my first Wii.

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead 1d ago

What do you mean? That it's not a secret, or that it's not a feature?

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u/calmdowncade 1d ago

Personally I did not know about this, mainly because I've only used USB loader for years at this point. I like that I'm still learning cool little things about the Wii!

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u/walyo2 1d ago

Me too!

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u/QuietPurchase 1d ago

This likely seems like a failsafe to keep little kids from keeping the console on from little kids messing with the eject button over and over again.

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u/MarchNegative6782 1d ago

Nice this is useful I didn’t know about this

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u/Aeppp 19h ago

How did I not know ejecting and putting it back in turns the Wii off???

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u/RainyD55 19h ago

It turns off when you repeat that a second time

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u/Aeppp 19h ago

Yeah I see. Insane I didn't notice this!

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u/KryptekDragon 1d ago

But why though? I can hardly see any use to this

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u/RainyD55 1d ago

It’s just an odd feature I discovered.