Nintendo Wii Remote Not Working? Try This Simple Fix

The Nintendo Wii is quickly approaching its 20th birthday and broken Wii Remotes are becoming much more common. Let's teardown this Wii Remote, check out this typical cause for malfunction, and see if we can repair it!

Music (In Order of Appearance)
Intro Music: Win SFX - Pixabay https://pixabay.com
Egg Planet - Super Mario Galaxy OST (Wii)
Bowling - Wii Sports OST (Wii)
Outro Music: Retro Game Attic Outro Theme

Timestamps:
Tools/Items Used: 00:55
Wii Remote Not Working: 01:30
Teardown: 02:39
Cleaning Contacts & Motherboard: 04:07
Cleaning Buttons and Remote Shell: 04:45
Reassembly: 05:19
Wii Remote Working Again: 05:39
 
 Sources:

Wii Sports Gameplay - @AwesomeGamerland
   • Wii Sports - Bowling: 4-Player Match #1  
 
Date filmed: 7/6/2023
 
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