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My Dead Wii. Thanks, Brawl
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So I had some friends over, and we were going to play some Wii. I put in Brawl, and I got the dreaded Disc Read Error message. Shit, I thought, I was afraid of that. But I figured, hell, we might as well play something else as long as we're here. So I popped in WarioWare. No go. Mario Galaxy? Nope. Wii Sports? Nothing. The most frustrating part is that I haven't even had my Wii for a MONTH yet, and Brawl was working perfectly fine last night, and every night since I got it. Now nothing does.
I'm convinced it's not an issue with dust like Nintendo says it is. I went through the process of filling out a repair application, and they want you to send in the Brawl disc as well, which seems odd, since the problem isn't supposed to be with the game. Also, my Wii is kept in a well-ventilated entertainment center setup, with only minimal dust. Also, did I mention it's not even a month old? I don't smoke and I'm not a slob. Does Nintendo expect us to keep our Wiis in a pristine environment, or else we have to keep sending it in for repairs to play the best game on it?
I suspect it has something to do with the Brawl disc. It installs a system update the first time you play it, and I'm convinced that update is buggy, at least on some discs. Why else would you have to send your Brawl disc in with the system, if not to get it replaced with a fixed copy? While I'm glad that Nintendo is taking full responsibility for this and footing the bill, it sucks that they may have released games with potential system-killing bugs.
I'm convinced it's not an issue with dust like Nintendo says it is. I went through the process of filling out a repair application, and they want you to send in the Brawl disc as well, which seems odd, since the problem isn't supposed to be with the game. Also, my Wii is kept in a well-ventilated entertainment center setup, with only minimal dust. Also, did I mention it's not even a month old? I don't smoke and I'm not a slob. Does Nintendo expect us to keep our Wiis in a pristine environment, or else we have to keep sending it in for repairs to play the best game on it?
I suspect it has something to do with the Brawl disc. It installs a system update the first time you play it, and I'm convinced that update is buggy, at least on some discs. Why else would you have to send your Brawl disc in with the system, if not to get it replaced with a fixed copy? While I'm glad that Nintendo is taking full responsibility for this and footing the bill, it sucks that they may have released games with potential system-killing bugs.
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So that when they get the system and the disc they can see if the disc is scratched so they know if you wasted their time and then they get to charge you shipping. I'm sure some hyperactive soccer mom might have seen some rumors on the internets and immediately sent in their Wii.
Just covering their bases.
Edit: His explanation is good too.
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To give you some background, I've had my Wii since launch and hardly ever keep it dust free. It has enough ventilation to not overheat easily but no more than six inches. It still plays flawlessly and Brawl hasn't done a thing to it. At least, not yet anyway.
Sending it back to Nintendo is the smart move. You want to avoid doing any real harm to the Wii since it will void warranty.
This is why I'm glad my PS3 is my main system, he sighed, as smoke rose out of said system.
I'm not sure but I think Brawl might be the first dual layer game disc for Wii, I'd bet that is what is making problems crop up in some consoles.
Correct. Majority of these problems are result of dirty lens which prevent console from reading dual layer disc correctly. Some people have got their Brawl working simply by using standard dvd cleaning kit, although this doesn't always work.
Brawl demands a sacrifice.
It's worth it.
Wii = ???
There you go.
Ah, the douchebaggery. Did this raise your "X-Treme Hardcore Gamer" score? And certainly, at least Nintendo acknowledges the problem instead of trying to say for 1½ years that problem doesn't exist at all.
However, you seem to be experiencing something else. Just send the Wii off for repair. Hardware failures happen.
I'm pretty pissed at Nintendo that they never fixed my damn Wii in the first place, when I got it repaired a few months ago.
It was incapable of reading a few games in particular (Spider-Man 3 wouldn't play at all past the copyright screen, and Kororinpa would fail around half the time), so I got it repaired just in case. They said they couldn't duplicate the problem, but that they replaced the disc drive to make sure.
It hasn't had time to get dirty enough for it to fail to read Brawl. There's something else going on here!
Nintendo used to make really sturdy hardware, Gameboys that survived fires, dropped SNES, etc. What happened?
If you have friends with copies of the game, preferably copies bought from different stores, try them. The lenses that have trouble focusing on dual layer discs can sometimes read one disc but not another due to slight variations in pressing. If your friend's Wii can read both copies and yours can only read his, then simply swap copies and enjoy (until the problem gets worse or another dual-layer game comes out and it doesn't work
Why are you being so mean. I was just trying to give as accurate a G&T response as I could and then you go and call it douchebaggery.
What does that say about you as a person?
Shitty drives, nothing else. If this would be update related, problem would be far more widespread. After all, firmware is bit-to-bit identical in every console.
That I'm better person than you. :P
Unfortunately, I am the only person I know who owns Brawl (plus, I already sent my Wii and my copy to Nintendo). I only know one guy who owns a Wii, and he brought it over the day the game came out to play my copy, and it worked fine.
I put a note with my Wii that says
This same thing happened in Japan, it's not as though Nintendo can make easier-to-read dual-layer DVDs for the US, it was bound to happen here too.
Optical drives probably play a large part. It only takes the lens to get slightly damaged or a little too dusty, and problems start to occur. Furthermore, all the moving parts are prime targets for something to go wrong. A cartridge slot, by comparison, is much sturdier, even if the NES' pins would eventually work their way loose.
What does that say about G&T?
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That they're a bunch of Nintendo fags?
You might have the taste switch set to "good".
kinda like for software it's the BSOD?
probably.
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I've had my Wii since launch, not a single problem with any updates.
Offhand, I did have one brief moment where the Wii wouldn't crank up at all, all it took was unplugging it from the wall proper and let the power clear out of it, then replugging it back in. I take it you tried that?
I also believe there was some way to hard reset the firmware, I just can't recall what it is offhand but check your manual.
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Nintendo received my Wii yesterday, though, so here's hoping for a quick turn around. I'm not buying the 'dust or smoke' excuse though, I think it's a problem with the laser assembly itself, just from some cursory searching around.
In any case, the shelf is cold and lonely, and my Sunday morning brawl party was ruined.
As was mine. Sent mine off Monday.
I got these when I had Vista installed. It is still very blue.
Actually, I believe this was one of the reasons that Nintendo stuck with cartridges for the 64, wasn't it? It was assumed that kids would jostle their console too much and scratch their discs unplayable?
I think the angle they went for in the press was loading times, comparing a rocket (cartridge) to a snail (CD), but I wouldn't be surprised if that was a factor as well.
Edit: beaten by the Tube! That'll teach me for wandering off. I've acquired a PS2 which wouldn't read any discs at all, but I coaxed it into working again. It's still the only PS2 I've ever owned, still going strong.
Newer versions of Windows started hiding it by auto-restarting instead of displaying the error screen. Not sure if Vista does this still.