Posts tagged discreaderror

Rumor: Mario Kart Wii may also be plagued by disc read errors

by Griffin McElroy (Apr 13th 2008 5:30PM)

Did your nearly two years of anticipation come to an anticlimactic conclusion last month when your stubborn, soiled Nintendo Wii refused to play the pristine copy of Smash Bros. Brawl you'd just purchased? If you were one of the unlucky owners of an unkempt Wii whose dust-covered laser couldn't rea...

Wii Warm Up: Technical difficulties

by Alisha Karabinus (Feb 12th 2007 9:00AM)

Since the release of the Wii, we've gotten a few e-mails from people reporting that they've had various problems with their systems -- and we're not talking straps here, but actual technical difficulties. In light of that, we figured it was a good time to open the floor to everyone and ask: have you...

Let the DREs begin!

by David Hinkle (Nov 20th 2006 3:30PM)

Kotaku has received a couple of emails from Wii owners reporting of already receiving DRE (disc-read error) messages. Some have even reported that their Wii has become bricked and won't even power on! What horror! Have any of you out there in Wii Fanboy land been the unfortunate recipient of a pain...