I talked to my gf this morning and apparently her Wii got zapped as she was creating her Mii character, 5 minutes after turning it on.
She got it yesterday from her parents for christmas and the expert she is, when she was turning it on this morning, she didn't plug it in to the surge protector, as it was full. She plugged it in to the wall directly. And ZAP!...power surge happens...everythign goes out. Everything is fine afterwords except the wii...it will not turn on. She will try to exchange it today, and I wish her good luck on boxing day.
Just posting this to let everyone know...no matter which system you have, you should always use surge protectors. Unless you want to ruin christmas. I've heard rumors that 360 has surge protection built in the power brick, but I wouldn't trust it.
When we get the Wii numbers for this week, ioi should subtract 1 wii as thats the one my gf returned. :)
EDIT: at suggestion of some smart VGchartz people, she tried the system again after it was unplugged from the wall for a while and it worked. Thanks guys.
