Disc Errors Infect Smash Bros. Brawl (US)

If I have to send my wii (on the day smbb arrives) to nintendo ill freak, but wont more dust just build up again and we have to send it in AGAIN? does anyone know any other games that will use the double-layer disc's? (im thinking mario kart might use it) plus im fucked my sitting room is very dusty.

No problems here!

As much as I hate people who imported , I hope no one is affected by this. Pretty ironic it wud happen to Brawl tho, being such a big release. O well, UK probs wont get that problem. Took their time u see

Yeah well it did happen in Japan so they can at least be prepared in America.

The dust has an effect on the lens but it's the other
particles in tobacco smoke that makes it stain the lens more than just a dirty room.

Ps. I keep my systems clean and dusted off. Both my parents smoke... but they mainly smoke in their room. My wii is in the living room(rarely smoked in) And I still got the problem

No problem with my wii... its the only clean place in the room xD

I know several people (including myself) who got a GC disk read error.

I read about this problem a while back concerning other DL games. If you are a smoker it\'s more of a prominent problem.

Wii\'s that have been kept well and around a good source of fresh airflow should be alright I think.

My Galaxy worked fine, but then most did.

( Edited 10.03.2008 08:27 by Linkyshinks )

I've lost 3 GCs to disc problems. All 3 of them stopped being able to read discs entirely.

I've heard that blowing or sucking a straw into the disc slot can help a little.

But this is by far my biggest worry for the Freeloader + Brawl. If it doesn't work, do you think I can still send off to Nintendo?

No one has ever smoked in my home so that shan't be a problem. But I do have dirty little kids that gunk up games with their dirty little fingers then stick them in the console (the dirty little discs not the dirty little fingers).

I didn't pick the game up yesterday as I don't shop on Sundays (and we got so much bloody snow - 50cm - that I couldn't make it out of the driveway until late in the day). I am grabbing it on the way home from work.

Should be ok. I hope.

my entire house is a dust haven, we have no smokers (havent for a couple of years), but we live in dust central for england so it doesn't matter how much we clean, we gots dusts, lots of it. But my wii/PS2/PS3/Gamecube and my Dads XBox are uneffected

DRE's in gamecubes are a hit and miss affair.

The PS2 had a problem where it would try and read discs that were too bad quality, with the result that it nackered in the laser.

Nintendo's response to this problem was to place i a Potentiometer (possibly spelled wrong there), aka a POT. This acted as a cut-off device, and rather than burning out the laser, the pot limited it's action so it stopped and called a DRE before that point.

However, there has never been a set POT voltage in the gamecubes. It varies in region, model and I think even individual gamecube. So in that respect, some gamecubes are naturally better at reading Discs than others.

Never knew about GC\'s having shitty lasers, mines still going.



Kind of a strange worry to have. The freeloader dosn\'t change your wii so...your wii will still be in warranty and stuff. Init.

Smoking might increase the failure rate a bit but unless your all super clean or have evolved not to shed skin cells well theres a possibilty that any wii will get a bit dusty inside.

( Edited 10.03.2008 18:35 by Blade2t3 )

No problems here. It worked fine for us (no smokers, but we do have a lot of pollen each winter and spring).

One thing to note: In Japan, this was pretty much a problem with Wiis in houses with smokers, and affected something like 1% of all people that bought Smash Bros (much less than the percentage of smokers).

Cigarette smoke gets everywhere in a house with a smoker. You may not be able to smell it if you've lived with a smoker for a while, but those of us that are badly affected by cigarette smoke can't even step into a smoker's house without choking (regardless of where they smoke IN the house).

Oh, and yeah, that stuff that blocks the lasers from reading the second layer...it's in your lungs too if you live with a smoker. :O

I picked up Brawl at the midnight launch event at my local EB Games this past weekend, and have been playing it like crazy since (Hot damn! What a game!). I haven't had any problems (at least, not yet). I remember the problems Japanese gamers were having with it, but I don't recall the symptoms. Oh man, I hope I don't have any problems.

I can't wait for the second round of this when all the filthy smash bros urchins scratch their discs to bits and have to buy new ones, because it'll take half the usual scratching to ruin these. +50% sales omg look at teh attach rate.

Same here, and not only that, I've never heard of anyone having trouble with GameCube disc read errors. I do have quite a few friends (and my dad), who've had some trouble with their PS2's lens. Although I haven't.

My copy has been working fine so far, other than it lagged really bad when I was playing friends online, but I bet that had more do with the internet at one of our houses. One of them said they had a weak signal, and I guess if it lags on his, it lags for everyone? I'm new to this online gaming stuff

I've only tried to battle a stranger once, but my internet disconnected and I just start playing solo mode.

I've had my Gamecube for six+ years now and have never got a disc read error. Hopefully that extends to my Wii.

No smokers in our house, and not much dust. Plus its less than three months old. Should be good to go. If not I'll be really mad. I love Nintendo and the Wii, but the absolute biggest reason I got the dang thing is Brawl.

Why would they make the console unable to read dual-layer discs effectivelyif there's going to be dual-layer games on it? Doesn't make sense.

yes i have experienced disc reading errors with my copy of Smash Bros

I figured I would have to send mines in. The pollen is crazy in NC(leave your window open for a day and expect to see a layer of yellow dust on every thing) not to mention I smoke. It should be back by next Tuesday. Anyway check out this article from destructoid.com. It really gets me thinking about what you said. Also I have a friend that recently got a Wii(a couple of moths ago) and his Wii doesn\'t work with Brawl so what the guy is saying may hold some truth

( Edited 12.03.2008 03:47 by J Tangle )

No problems with our copy.
Game plays real nice like!

I did notice that the in-store EBGames Wii had a reading disc error. And theirs is hermetically sealed in a glass box!

I dont smoke and never will, but I use Brawl so often...
Yeah, I have this problem. Constant rubbing & blowing works.