Wii Overheating Issues?

[Mr2A]

Some friends brought over their Nintendo Wii to show us how cool it was. I was fairly impressed by the innovative controllers. It was pretty easy to learn how to Golf and Bowl...but, after about an hour the thing completely locked up and gave us a black screen. as if my TV had turned off! The Green power light was on, but it would not shut off. I thought maybe someone had turned the TV off accidently, but that wasn't the case at all. So, we unplugged the Wii and it re-booted and everything worked after that. Has anyone else had this problem?
(The Wii was on top of our Entertainment Center, but it was propped up vertically, could this have any relevence?)

[SirDark]

hmm.......usually nintendo wii doesnt have overheating issue . Maybe this sounds noobish but was it hot in the room ?

[Hockeyman]

A better question would be, Was the console properly ventilated. AKA not enclosed in a cabinet or glass case with no air movement.

[canadianbacon]

Thats weird I play my wii for hours on end, and leave it on sometimes while I'm doing other stuff, and it barely gets warm.

Make sure it's in an open area with nothing behind it..

I have one of the first released ones too.. So idk why it did that.

[zxzkilme]

Factory damage maybe?