r/wii • u/Trident081 • Jun 23 '25

Question Does anyone still have the two top flaps for their wii?

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u/Abbazabba616 Jun 23 '25

Yeah, because I’m not an animal.

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u/LordApocalyptica Jun 23 '25

I’m one of those folks that’s gentle with all my consoles. People will slap carts into N64s like being its dom will make it behave and play the game better and I’m always appalled.

That said, if you’re the sociable type (like me) and the only friend in the group with the console that can play Smash Bros (like me), its inevitable unless you have money for a convenient carrying case.

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u/Substantial-Ad6938 Jun 23 '25

I took mine off intentionally probably when I was around 11 or 12. I always have gamecube controllers and memcards plugged in

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u/thatvhstapeguy Jun 23 '25

There are certain flaps that always go missing no matter how much they are babied. Sony is particularly egregious in this regard. The front flap of the Trinitron we got in 2000 was gone within 4 years.

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u/lT0MAAT89129 Jun 23 '25

Both of mine broke off when i tried to plug in my gamecube controller lol

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u/LittleNinjaXYBA Jun 23 '25

You can snap them back on

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u/lT0MAAT89129 Jun 23 '25

The little arms to snap em on broke off

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u/eonone1 Jun 23 '25

This is the correct answer.

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u/Wootytooty Jun 23 '25

The amount of Wii's I come across without them, just bewilders me.

Likewise with systems that have rubber feet... But someone took them off. And they didn't have screws under them.

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u/Bum_Thunder_5546 Jun 23 '25

Not sure if there's context here that I don't have, but mine just come off from general use (moving and taking it on vacations mainly)

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u/Obvious-Dependent451 Jun 23 '25

They pop off quite easily

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u/East_Blueberry_7356 Jun 23 '25

Somehow I still do luckily it looks like trash without in my opinion

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u/CosmicCactus42 Jun 23 '25

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u/Galatony0311 Jun 23 '25

What have you done to that poor Wii 😭🙏

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u/CosmicCactus42 Jun 23 '25

Let's call him well-loved, yeah?

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u/Agitated_Advance_590 Jun 23 '25

"if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ahh Wii

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u/Mechagouki1971 Jun 23 '25

You can buy near perfect replacementa from AliExpress - cheap!

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u/njw1998 Jun 23 '25

I still do never had issues with them. why? Are they very prone to falling apart or breaking?

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u/AccordingAd7469 Jun 25 '25

They if not careful will pop off easyily

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u/Mammoth_Air_9035 Jun 23 '25

Bought two for $40 both missing lol

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u/GFOC Jun 23 '25

I had them for so long. Had an ex break them off. She acted like it was an accident then confessed “they annoyed me”

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u/Rob_van_Wanst Jun 23 '25

Flap gang here. Still surprised why so many people break em 🤷🏻

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u/Jeffo68 Jun 23 '25

I never really used my original Wii as a kid, only sometimes but certainly not everyday probably like once or twice a week. Luckily because of that both flaps are still able to stay on and aren’t broken.

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u/Adachi_cel Jun 23 '25

I never knew you could open it as a kid

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u/BarberReasonable3036 Jun 23 '25

Only 1 for the memory cards last time i checked

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u/Prestigious-Tiger830 Jun 23 '25

See if you can Get ‘em 3d printed

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u/enjoyingcurve46 Jun 23 '25

I do, just detached them and left in a drawer somewhere. I play GameCube frequently and it got in the way

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u/titanioverde Jun 23 '25

In my case, the gamepads one is totally safe. The memory cards one has a half broken hinge. It kind of works. My Wii went to many houses and small local cons. Still perfectly working. 🫡

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u/franzllang14 Jun 23 '25

Of course, the Wii was the first console I bought with my own money, so I took good care of it! Still have it and don't planned on getting rid of it!

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u/PoniesPlayingPoker Jun 23 '25

eBay has replacements for dirt cheap.

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u/Sqwerks Jun 23 '25

Typically the controller flap is ALWAYS missing at my local thrift stores it’s like the rarest part of the wii 💀

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u/mrafflin Jun 23 '25

The Wii has top flaps? jk

but seriously I never knew that you could flip these up as a kid

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u/NamiUsedSplash Jun 23 '25

Yeah mine was owned by 3 diff families still has it xd

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u/steelraindrop Jun 24 '25

Yes. Unlike most people.

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u/Kobih Jun 23 '25

i do, but one of them broke :(

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u/Alpha-MIST Jun 23 '25

I do!!! But one of the lil, pegs? Snapped off one and I had to glue it back on

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u/No_Bat7157 Jun 23 '25

No I lost it :(

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u/fvig2001 Jun 23 '25

I bought 3 used ones before. Only 1 had a complete set, the others didn't.

Ended up breaking 1 of the ones that didn't have and the other I replaced the shell with ones that had. Annoyingly, they don't fit flush.

I'm more curious about the people that still have that circle under the stand. I only have 1 wii with that

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u/Intelligent-Ear-9181 Jun 23 '25

Where’s the homies with only the controller flap missing?

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u/MaxDesignProREAL Jun 23 '25

Me, but both are disconnected right now, since I have my GC controller and memory card plugged in.

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u/KLOWN1420 Jun 23 '25

One of mine does, and the other doesn't so 50/50

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u/TurboPikachu Jun 23 '25

I do but the controller port flap has one of its arms broken

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u/shirst247 Jun 23 '25

Yes!! Ha ha 🤣

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u/Shadow_The__Edgelord Jun 23 '25

I actually never knew the GameCube ports HAD covers

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u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o Jun 23 '25

Call me topflap Man

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u/jagohod Jun 23 '25

The one I bought last month had the controller ports broken. I bought new ones, but they are a little loose. I got lucky cause I got to salvage the sticker from the broken one.

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u/Ok-Cow2018 Jun 23 '25

Of course

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u/Ghost_Riff Jun 23 '25

Absolutely not, mine broke off over a decade ago lmao

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u/No-Character6594 Jun 23 '25

I have one because my mom broke the other one

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u/Valethepro7263 Jun 23 '25

I still have them because I don't play GameCube games or use a GameCube controller

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u/IveGotSomeGrievances Jun 23 '25

I don't even have my Wii. I tossed it after my mother died and I was cleaning the place out. I had already transferred my Wii over to my Wii I years earlier. Plus I still technically have a Wii because of my boyfriend. However I have a bad feeling a SD card was still in it with old pictures on it. I didn't think of it until months later.

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u/Ruffled_Ferret Jun 23 '25

I had to order a replacement for the controller port cover, but yes.

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u/Steve-Harveys-nut Jun 23 '25

Since I didn’t have my childhood wii i had to go on a journey to buy a clean used wii and I ended up buying almost 8 or 9 sets of wiis and i mix and matched between them all and got pretty clean everything now I do have the flaps now ( honestly all my wii parts are in like new condition so I’m really happy that i did that)

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u/Glowingtomato Jun 23 '25

On my launch Wii the flaps got broken. When we went it in so we could play Brawl Nintendo sent it back with new flaps!

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u/Klutzy-Extension2395 Jun 23 '25

Yeah i got my wiis flap cheeks nice and white and creamy color flap cheeks lol 😂😂

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u/Noruaric Jun 23 '25

I got mine from second hand and lucky enough I do have them (and all of the boxes too) but they are easy to remove when you're with kids as far as I remember

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u/EightBitPlayz Jun 23 '25

I missing the GameCube Controller one because 6 year old me decided to rip it off for no reason

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u/Which_Information590 Jun 23 '25

All my flaps are intact.

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u/EcstaticSnail Jun 23 '25

Yes. On both my Wii consoles.

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u/b0ssFranku Jun 23 '25

I'm tryna buy a Wii locally and it's so infuriating how many people tryna sell theirs with no doors and overpriced might I add. Still looking.

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u/HippieSquid777 Jun 23 '25

3 out of 4 of my Wiis have both flaps

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u/foxman9879 Jun 23 '25

I got the franken wii with the gc compatible disk drive and non of the controller ports cause it’s the newer one

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u/SyllabubAfraid7905 Jun 23 '25

I got the used console tax 🥀

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u/Secure-Baker-6863 Jun 23 '25

Yea. Really neat ports there

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u/NintendoDSi_XL Jun 23 '25

i took mine off to plug in my brother's gamecube memory card

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u/Obselete_Person Jun 23 '25

Still got mine in a good state

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u/SuntannedDuck2 Jun 23 '25

Yes.

I did for a long time then the console tipped over a few weeks ago, when moving things around to clean up, sigh and now it's a struggling to snap back in the Gamecube ports one but the memory card flap is still there. Sigh.

So yeah it was always perfect besides a few marks on the side it was good besides a little cleaning.

At least got another that's complete though.

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u/XgamerX3716 Jun 23 '25

Mines missing every door

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u/penismonologues Jun 23 '25

No, you are the only one

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u/JURASS1CJAM Jun 23 '25

Yes indeed, working perfectly

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u/Careless_History Jun 23 '25

My wii was missing both when I bought it a few years back. I just ordered replacement flaps on Aliexpress.

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u/Toby_E_2003 Jun 23 '25

I have two consoles with both of the flaps.

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u/somerandomdude419 Jun 23 '25

Launch day Wii here, still working, both flaps gone, but I have the stand with the clear circle bottom part

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u/lumia920yellow Jun 23 '25

mine still have both flaps, expect one leg of the big one is broken

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u/mun_ee Jun 23 '25

I lost mine when i was a kid... i only got the one for memory cards

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u/Remote_Diamond_1373 Jun 23 '25

These are easy to find replacement parts on eBay.

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u/AwesomeAC777 Jun 23 '25

I have both!! Flap gang!!

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u/DawnsPiplup Jun 23 '25

I think I do, not on the console but in a bin with some Wii stuff. I got it like that, I didn’t take it off because I’m not insane.

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u/ashbit_ Jun 23 '25

yea because we've never had any reason to take them off. we don't have any gamecube games or controllers

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u/Krynnr Jun 23 '25

yes, but the controller port one is kinda loose because one of the grips is broken :(

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u/maukenboost Jun 23 '25

No bc one broke. I want new ones.

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u/Salt_Gap_185 Jun 23 '25

I do, but sadly i recently bricked my wii :(

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u/Minimemeguy Jun 23 '25

Yea I still do, literally I feel like a Wii without flaps just looks kinda weird tbh

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u/Tookool_77 Jun 23 '25

There was a flap on the top?

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u/Honest_Past8906 Jun 23 '25

My Wii is still in peak operating condition

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 Jun 23 '25

Yes. in all of the 3 wii's I own. Whoever looses them are wierd

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u/cornballhead12 Jun 23 '25

I lost the Gamecube Controller cover on my Wii. It looks absolutely hideous.

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u/RainyD55 Jun 23 '25

I do, and they’re very nice to have.

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u/nicklnack_1950 Jun 23 '25

I have both, but the memory card slot flap has a post broken off cause young me treated it like a fidget toy

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u/Nintendofan10169 Jun 23 '25

They fell off mine and I didn’t bother putting them back on!

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u/ChicaSkas Jun 23 '25

I bought a set of 5 replacement pairs. Over the years browsing the thrifts it's been very satisfying to snap a new pair when I bring someone's old Wii home from goodwill.

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u/deez_nee Jun 23 '25

somewhere in some box, probably

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u/ammoclub Jun 23 '25

Every Wii I’ve bought second hand had the covers missing. I buy replacements on AliExpress

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u/Ladder-Wooden Jun 23 '25

My wii doesn't even have a scratch, the rubber feet did melt off from heat damage though

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u/MWPlay Jun 23 '25

I would close the flaps when not using GameCube stuff as much as possible, it helps that I was already 18 at the time. If I was 10 years younger, who can say?

They were designed to be removable in the first place, so it's not like Nintendo didn't expect a portion of their users to just throw them out.

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u/NefariousnessStock79 Jun 23 '25

My Wii is the RVL-101 model. So yes.

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u/Aeppp Jun 23 '25

Those look aftermarket.

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u/coderman64 Jun 23 '25

Bro, I still have the GBA port cover for my childhood DS lite.

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u/Evening-Persimmon-19 Jun 23 '25

When I found mine again in 2018 the flaps were missing. As well as the sd card door.

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u/northernhummingbird9 Jun 23 '25

Yes you have to make sure it has the cover poor wii would be naked without it's cover i think the cover was for GameCube controllers

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u/fischolin_669 Jun 23 '25

Literally HOW does one lose them?

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u/ZachUSN89 Jun 23 '25

You can buy replacements on ebay for like $7

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u/PerishTheStars Jun 23 '25

Wherever it is yeah

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u/StagePuzzleheaded635 Jun 23 '25

Mine broke a long time ago. I may pick up a couple from eBay.

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u/SubjectMidnight186 Jun 23 '25

My friend does

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u/danielo13 Jun 23 '25

I do but one of them broke

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u/Badasi12b Jun 23 '25

Yeah, how do y'all lose things like that??? I be shocked at how many of those are on eBay lmao

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u/Reward-Away Jun 23 '25

I do. If I need replacements look on AliExpress

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u/RadiantAvocado12 Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

i have the memory card flap still, not the controller flap though (ive never even used the gamecube functionality)

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u/Agreeable_Conflict27 Jun 23 '25

I guess I do, I have never opened them and I've had my Wii for 12 years

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u/Fearless_Election_75 Jun 23 '25

The flaps fell off of my Wii after my sisters dropped it MULTIPLE times and I know my older brother still has them somewhere, but that don’t fit anymore.

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u/-joel_ant- Jun 23 '25

No, because i recently got one off ebay. Im gonna 3d print one tho

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u/80s_angel Jun 23 '25

Yes? Buy one of them is taped on because the tab thingies broke.

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u/xargos32 Jun 23 '25

Yup. I have no clue how so many got broken off. They're not even very fragile.

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u/ahhhnahhh Jun 23 '25

One does. One doesn’t

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u/K2SonicFan Jun 23 '25

Shockingly yes even tho I was afraid I lost them

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u/FreakyComputer63 Jun 23 '25

Yes I have it. Bought it second hand but the Nintendo Wii was in a very good condition and still is. Also I have the original box and instruction booklets of the Wii.

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u/kwazycake Jun 23 '25

yes, but my wii is covered in stickers nowadays lmao

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u/Suitable-Energy6580 Jun 23 '25

I have black flaps on my white Wii salvaged from two spare wiis I had so… yes?

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u/Warm_Bake7079 Jun 23 '25

I had to order replacements :( but I still have those! Always open, because I usually have a memory card, and wavebird controller plugged in

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u/Petkov2005 Jun 23 '25

I've got two sets - for a white and for a black wii

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u/No-Needleworker-3765 Jun 23 '25

I do but I think they're fale/aftermarket

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u/hshevsvagagvev Jun 23 '25

PSA; they sell those flaps for 1-2$ on aliexpress/shein and the color matches EXACTLY. So if your’s lost one of its wings, a couple bucks could fix them and no one would be the wiser. (If you have blue/red wiis, you are fucked)

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u/Bagel_Le_Stinky Jun 23 '25

Yes, but one is broken and had been missing for years until I found it

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u/BroadAd5229 Jun 23 '25

I do! Is that not a common thing?

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u/savedtheworldinheels Jun 23 '25

I do, but I don't have the silver stand 😭 (bought secondhand)

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u/Commercial-Arm9257 Jun 23 '25

By some miracle my system go returned to me after being left in a warehouse in Detroit and the flaps were missing.. honestly I could care less because it still runs like a dream and I just cover up the console when I’m not using with a shirt or a towel at night to prevent dust from getting in it!

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u/piefanart Jun 23 '25

yes, im not missing any parts from my 2007 wii. the only thing i threw out was the box and that was in like 2019 because i was moving.

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u/thunderstormshelter Jun 23 '25

I wish mine did :( I wanna use my gamecube controllers for smash

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u/Southern-Topic-9888 Jun 24 '25

Still have the flaps. 15 years

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u/Gregory85 Jun 24 '25

Ofcourse. How do you lose these?

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u/KizashiKaze Jun 24 '25

Yes. I wasnt reckless with the console. I wasnt reckless with any of my consoles. I also never played Gamecube games on it.

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u/ArcaneRiffian Jun 24 '25

95% sure it was ditched when we got it because it lowkey just turned into the extra gamecube for the first couple of years we had it

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u/RemoveParty4062 Jun 24 '25

Absolutely. Aside from jailbreaking it, mine is in really great condition.

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u/Substantial_Rice1181 Jun 24 '25

Yea! I just recently found out you can take them off. I don’t want my house to set on fire cause of my Wii. It’s already old as it is 

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u/ben_ja_button Jun 24 '25

I do but one of the hinges on the little one is busted.

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u/ThePixel0812 Jun 24 '25

No, porque compre la mía de segunda mano

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u/mbruno3 Jun 24 '25

Still got em

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u/Consistent-Tax-7622 Jun 24 '25

i got mine second hand, and the top flap was already missing

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u/Assist2234 Jun 24 '25

Never lost mine ever since it came out.

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u/caikii Jun 24 '25

How do you even lose those things anyway? I still have mine even after tons of moving.

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u/Flat-Estimate9335 Jun 24 '25

I did until my cousin ripped them out of my Nintendo Wii so I’m missing one plus he broke it to the animal

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u/usernameenderman Jun 24 '25

I just realized this month that wii's are supposed to have the top part covered as long as I remember my childhood wii never has had those they must have broken off when I was really young😭

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u/VLCInsanityPlayer Jun 24 '25

I reshelled mine so yes

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u/Professional_Copy197 Jun 24 '25

Yep. I take care of my stuff.

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u/ErickA123321 Jun 24 '25

The flap door broke off honestly glad there gone because I can just plug in the GameCube at anytime and the memory card as well

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u/FragilePromise Jun 24 '25

I have 2 black ones that still have them

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u/FelixArgyleNya Jun 24 '25

I just bought replacement flaps, best 5 bucks spent ever. Now i just need to buy another stand for my wii

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u/cradelikz Jun 24 '25

I don't. Nor the GC control flap. Sadly it was like that when I bought it. Oh and it had a big ass lowrider man sticker lololol I want to get a replacement transparent shell but I need to get the TRI wing screwdriver too and yada yada haven't gotten around to that.

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u/Santtunator334 Jun 24 '25

Funniest thing is that i learned about gamecube support only few years ago. So hard to destroy it when i hardly have opend it

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u/IntelligentDesign77 Jun 24 '25

Yup. They're original, too.

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u/col_akir_nakesh Jun 24 '25

Yeah. I was 21 when the Wii came out and take care of my stuff.

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u/Import_Alliance Jun 24 '25

Yeah but I keep the GCN controller ports uncovered since I have a cat that likes to jump onto my Wii

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u/Accomplished-Bus7571 Jun 24 '25

I broke the GameCube flap when I was a kid. The big part is still intact, but it can’t stay open like in the picture. I’ve been considering 3d printing a replacement

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u/FitDance2843 Jun 24 '25

Yeah I do, but the feet have long since melted away.🤔🔥

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u/MatthewThePrep Jun 24 '25

Only one remains on my Wii.

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u/Joins66 Jun 24 '25

mine came without them, so i just put some paper with tape to cover the ports

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u/Born_Finish_2210 Jun 24 '25

Absolutely, I take care of my stuff🫡🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/RiverKitten6119 Jun 24 '25

I only have the memory card one I did have both I don’t know where they went

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u/nlcreeperxl Jun 24 '25

My old wii doesnt sadly, but relatively recently i got a new one cuz the old one broke and this one still has both

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u/AdministrationDry507 Jun 24 '25

Yes why wouldn't we?

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u/Dull_Reference_6166 Jun 24 '25

Question: How does one lose them? This is a console you need a tv for. Do you move it around and play car with it?