SlashGear Japan
How many of you grabbed yourself a copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl over the weekend? I wouldn’t be surprised if quite a few of you did, but now I wonder how many of you can’t get the game to play. Apparently the same issues that were cropping up with Japanese versions of the game are starting to pop up here in the US.
Naturally Nintendo is taking the same stance here as they did overseas. They are putting the blame on dirty lenses and recommending that you send in your Wii to have it properly cleaned. I can vouch that the game plays perfectly fine on a brand new Wii, however, those of you that smoke heavily may have some difficulties playing.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity. A very small percentage of Wii consoles may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc if there is some contamination on the lens of the disc drive. Nintendo has specialized cleaning equipment that can resolve this problem. (Please do NOT attempt to clean the lens yourself, as you may damage the system.)”
[via MaxConsole]
6 Responses to “Dirty Wiis won’t play Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the US either”
Cyto March 10, 2008
Why can’t nintendo just finally admit it can’t run with the big boys ie ps3 and 360…… horrendously graphically inferior.
-9Orclev March 10, 2008
I find it interesting that all the current generation systems seem to have such low tolerances for defects and contaminates. The Wii is apparently a bit more sensitive than normal to dirt and dust, the 360 was designed with inadequate cooling, and the PS3 although having few problems apparently has had random issues with HD output, random cases of overheating, and a raft of problems related to backwards compatibility further complicated by a half dozen different hardware revisions. PS3 looks to be a winner with regards to hardware stability, unfortunately it’s still a loser in the market place (relative to the others, not saying it’s dead or anything). Still, it always has been Sony’s way to rally in the second half, so it will be interesting to see what position they’re in this time next year, particularly now that BluRay is the undisputed winner of the HD war (for what it’s worth).
NeutralDrGamer March 10, 2008
I agree Orclev, older console seems to be made to last. My PS2 is 8 years old and it is still working fine!
NeutralGaiden81 March 15, 2008
Speak for yourself DrGamer. I’ve had to buy the PS2 three times, and the PS1 twice. Sony has a good history with unstable consoles. For that reason I will wait until they release a slim version of the PS3 in order to buy it.
As for the Wii, I had to ship it back to Nintendo to have proffesionally cleaned in order to play the Super Smash Brothers Brawl. This is the first time I ever had problems with a Nintendo console. So, from now on, no more smoking when I play the Wii, and I’m gonna have to cover it up when I’m not playing it. I wouldn’t want have to send it back if it ever got dirty again. Plus, I’m sure that SSBB won’t be the last game to utilize dual layer technology.
+1Alex March 15, 2008
Well, I got my Wii on Thursday, and I’m having this same problem.
NeutralAltman August 4, 2008
I’m having the exact same problem. Am I the only one that realizes that nintendo was trying to mass produce the wii when the demand went up and in result had to put out a “we’ll fix it later model”? I don’t smoke anywhere in my house and had to watch the disappointment on my son’s face on his birthday yesterday! This is complete bull and nintendo should have to compensate everyone of us. It makes me laugh that they think we’re stupid enough to believe this dirty lens crap.
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