The Japanese Super Smash Bros. Brawl launch has been successful, selling approximately a freaking ton of copies, but not without a few issues. Rumored supply constraints and a required system update (which was detailed on an instruction sheet shipped with every copy) kept the launch from being called perfect, and now apparently there are reports from the Japanese gaming public that some Wiis are having trouble reading the game.
Nintendo responded to this latest concern by stating that Brawl is the first Wii game to come on a dual-layered DVD, and is more prone to read errors from dirty laser lenses than normal game discs. They have offered to clean any affected Wiis free of charge. In the meantime, quit blowing into the disc slot! Just because the Wii plays NES games doesn't mean it's an NES.
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 12:40PM (Unverified) said
Nice one, reminds me of cartridge gaming. Cigarrete smoke and dust can kill the inside of games.
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 11:28AM (Unverified) said
It's not dust or smoke. Cleaning it yourself doesn't work. It's because there is a hardware problem with release or soon there after wii's. Nintendo doesn't want you to know. When they are "cleaning" your wii they are actually re-calibrating or replacing your lens. Ask customer service what they are doing to make sure it doesn't happen again. They will laugh and say it shouldn't happen again. Ask them why? They can't tell you. When you hound them enough they just say There is a year warrantee and if it happens again I am sure Nintendo can work with you to have it fixed again. Well guess what guys... Release date wii's are already out of warrantee. But your still fixing it cause you know you fucked up.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2008 12:42PM hvnlysoldr said
I think my GPU is fried. GCN work well but in RE4 there are many artifacts. I might as well send it in before Brawl comes.
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 1:27PM (Unverified) said
I have the same problem with RE4. That game just doesn't look good on a HD set.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2008 12:45PM (Unverified) said
You know I have been wondering how to clean the lens. We have an ultrasonic humidifier that leaves a fine dust on everything and I bet some of it is getting in the Wii.
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 1:29PM (Unverified) said
More like "Common Sense demands a clean home"
People who live in filth don't deserve a damn home.
People who live in filth don't deserve a damn home.
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
Now they're gonna delay it again in the USA and everywhere else so they can "Fix the errors that occurred in the Jap game"...
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 2:14PM (Unverified) said
More like 8.5 tons in the first day.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=500000%20*%200.034%20lbs%20%2F%202000%20lbs
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_a_DVD_weigh
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=500000%20*%200.034%20lbs%20%2F%202000%20lbs
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_a_DVD_weigh
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 2:16PM Mr Khan said
I wouldn't understand how the lens would get dusty unless you're cramming dusty discs up in there
And that can be alleviated by leaving them in their boxes
On another note, Brawl apparently needed more than 4.5 GB of space. That's good news. The one improvement from GC to Wii that is most underrused is the fact that you have about 7x as much disc space to work with
And that can be alleviated by leaving them in their boxes
On another note, Brawl apparently needed more than 4.5 GB of space. That's good news. The one improvement from GC to Wii that is most underrused is the fact that you have about 7x as much disc space to work with
Posted: Feb 5th 2008 10:07AM (Unverified) said
Well, if you're a heavy smoker, your lens will get dirty quick. With the Gamecube and the Dreamcast, you could easily wipe the lens clean and it was good as new. It was a much sturdier and easier to maintain design. So they say they'll clean it for free? Will they reimburse the money you spend shipping it to them? How about the inconvenience of not having you're console for a few weeks? Oh, and Brawl didn't need more than 4.5GB of space. Early reports confirm that pretty much all of the extra space is just padding/dummy files. The use of a dual layered disc seems to be Nintendo's latest effort to squash modding and piracy, and appearantly at the expense of the performance of Wiis owned by their non pirating customers. This will likely not be fixed by the time this game reaches stateside as it is likely just a consequence of using a dual layered dvd disc. I can't blame them for wanting to squash piracy, but this is just a poor move on Nintendo's part considering how finnicky the Wii seems to be with dual layered discs. As for size restraints in the future, there's always the option of multi disc games (obviously not a first). Any word on how to clean it yourself or on a cleaning disc that works with the Wii?
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Posted: Feb 4th 2008 3:29PM (Unverified) said
Some people are just to lazy to keep their house clean....So I'd presume over time a little dust gets in every so often till eventually it does get to a stage where it can't read the disc?
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 4:14PM (Unverified) said
all these cottonpickin' lazies and filthy peoples are making me so furious! arrgghhh!
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 8:28PM (Unverified) said
Blowing in your NES == bad idea. Doing that rusted the contacts inside my NES and I had to have it professionally repaired. (This was years ago.)
Posted: Mar 9th 2008 6:44PM (Unverified) said
Omg this happened to me im soooo mad! pls if theres ne ideas for cleaning it tell me...i waited like a year for this and now its dirty!!! AHHHH NOOO!!!!!!
Posted: Apr 19th 2008 12:09AM (Unverified) said
I had the same problem, I rented two copies of "Brawl" at Blockbuster and neither of them worked. So I went to my local electronics store and bought a Memorex DVD cleaner for $10 ... it has tiny super soft bristles. I stuck it into the Wii 3 times turning the power off after each insertion. After that "Brawl" worked fine!
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