by Chris Greenhough 
on Oct 14th 2008 7:14PM
Reasons not to smoke:
- Increased risk of lung cancer, high blood pressure, bronchitis, emphysema.
- It smells.
- Wii lens damage!!1!
Rather than lecture you on the first two (because hey, they're your lungs, bucko), we want to concentrate on the latter. Back in February, Japanese gamers
reported that Wiis were having trouble reading newly purchased copies of
Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Nintendo's intervention was swift, with the company blaming dirty console lenses --
Brawl was the first Wii game to release on a dual-layered DVD, and therefore especially sensitive to this issue.
Nintendo's first practical solution was ... not so swift. As in, it just came out now. The Wii Lens Cleaner Set is available to order on Nintendo's Japanese site for ¥800 (around $8) or
Play-Asia for a tenner. It should leave your console lens
sparkling and your
Brawl career
resurgent. Whadd'ya mean
everyone plays Mario Kart now? Hush!
[Via
Kotaku]
