I just purchased the Wii U MK8 bundle last Tuesday and to my dismay I've been encountering an issue where the console constantly freezes. Once the console freezes it starts a loud buzzing noise then just hangs up.
How it has frozen:
- It has freezes frequently while playing MK8, I've barely been able to make it through a grand prix.
- It first started freezing while play Wind Waker, the free game that I chose when I registered the bundle. Note that this is a digital game
- Freezes during the menu
- Freezes seem to happen in more rapidly after rebooting from a freeze. (i.e. MK8 froze, reboot the system, Wii U freezes at the main menu)
Things I've tried:
- Disconnecting from Internet: I read in a few forums that this was an issue in the past that for some reason the network was causing the issue, but this does not solve the problem
- Manually set static IP: along the same lines as the above solution attempt
- Made sure the disk was clean
- Unplugged and re-plugged in after 20 seconds
- Disabled Miiverse connectivity
I was wondering if there are any other things that I could try.
Also as a last note; when I was playing Wind Waker, my router needed to be reset as it was causing issues with my girlfriends iPhone, as soon as I unplugged the router the Wii U froze and I had to hard reset the system. So I’m not sure but I feel that this may be wifi related.