I fully charged my Wiiu gamepad right when I pulled it out of the box. I then turned on the gamepad while it was still plugged into the charging adapter. The gamepad worked great while I ran the system update and changed system settings. I then transfered all my Wii virtual console games and data over to the Wiiu. Up to this point everything worked great. I then shut off the Wiiu for a couple hours. When I came back to the console I tried turning on the Wiiu gamepad first and it wouldn't turn on. I disconnected it from the charging station and tried turning it on again and it wouldn't turn on. The battery light is orange even when it is disconneced from the charging station and the Wiiu is turned off. I turned on the Wiiu by pushing its power button. The Wiiu comes on and goes to the select user screen. So everything seems to be working fine with the Wiiu console. Next I pressed the power button on the Wiiu until the orange light went off and screen remained off. I then pressed the power button again and the battery light flashed blue for a second and a message came up on the screen. It reads "An error has occurred. Please visit the website below. Support.nintendo.com Error code: 165-3000
I visited the website and entered the error code, but apperently there is no information for this error code.
I have unplugged everything to try and reset the system: Same issue remains
I have pulled the battery out of the Wiiu gamepad: Same issue remains
My guess is the battery is faulty or worse the gamepad is faulty.
Let me know if you have had this same issue and if you have found a fix for it.
I will call nintendo support tommorow, since they are closed for Thanksgiving, and I will repost a solution.