Since Nintendo has discontinued the Wii U console, it is difficult to find the system in stores, and it's getting to be an expensive buy online as well. So when one's Wii U stops working, the best bet is to send it in to Nintendo for repairs instead of trying to replace it with a new one. One Wii U owner's console recently quit working, and so they sent it in to Nintendo for repairs, only to get their wedding ring sent back along with the console.
According to Twitter user sam_nama, Nintendo found their wedding ring inside of the Wii U's disc drive. Evidently, their daughter had stuffed their wedding ring inside the console, which is what made it stop working. Nintendo successfully removed the wedding ring from the Wii U, but it didn't stop there. Apparently, Nintendo cleaned the ring as well, going that extra mile for its customer.
Twitter user sam_nama had some good timing with getting their Wii U sent in for repairs, as Nintendo had previously shut down its repair services. For a few months, Nintendo stopped all its repair services due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, meaning anyone needing their Wii U or other console fixed were out of luck. Nintendo has since resumed repair services, but otherwise sam_nama would have had to wait quite some time to get their wedding ring back.
It's possible Nintendo will be shutting down Wii U repair services in the near future. Nintendo stopped repairing original 3DS handhelds in 2017, just six years after the system was launched. The Wii U released in 2012, so it's already been available for eight years, and sold a lot less than the 3DS. Considering this, one has to imagine that support for Wii U repair will end at some point soon, though that's just speculation at this time.
It's surprising Nintendo is still repairing Wii U consoles at all, as it has more or less phased out the console in every other regard. Nintendo has not only discontinued Wii U console production, but it has also ported most of its library to the Switch. The Wii U still has a few exclusive games left, plus access to an impressive Virtual Console service, but otherwise Nintendo has made sure that most consumers have no reason to pick one up anymore.
In the meantime, this isn't the first bizarre Nintendo repair story. A few years ago, a Nintendo Switch owner sent their console in to be repaired after the screen was cracked. Nintendo fixed the screen and sent the Switch console back, but there was a problem. Apparently, Nintendo had loaded that particular Switch unit with someone else's save data.
Source: NintendoLife