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Wii Software \ Mario Kart Wii may also have Disc Read Errors

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From the article:

"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 read the dual-layer Brawl disc, we've got bad news -- there's a chance your bedraggled home console will refuse to read Mario Kart Wii as well.

GoNintendo cited German gaming news site GameFront with reporting numerous complaints from owners of the Japanese version of the game, saying it often refuses to load and is plagued by frequent crashes -- likely due to the same dual-layered woes suffered by Brawl. Thing is, we can't find any reports of Mario Kart Wii being a dual-layered game -- on the contrary, some early purchasers (and those who obtained the game through more ... dubious channels) are certain it's single-layered. We doubt it's cause for widespread panic -- but keep a wary eye out for further complaints."

I hope it's all gonna be alright

14/04/2008

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jackoltene says:

it should be 100% fine trust me i have the game nothing wrong is with it

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hainaku says:

jackoltene said: it should be 100% fine trust me i have the game nothing wrong is with it

according to the news reports there are numerous customers that are having problems, so you're probably one of the lucky ones.

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Okami

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Tweety says:

I went to pre order this game today at EB games and they told me they had run out of pre orders

going to go else now!!!

14/04/2008

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annirowe says:

I wonder how many have burnt with imgburn?????

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=ShReK= says:

annirowe said: I wonder how many have burnt with imgburn?????

i did... why ?? lol

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annirowe says:

No I just know that Hainaku is having problems, and so to another friend of mine, and both used imgburn..

My theory is that imgburn together potentially with specific burners are corrupting the partitions on the disk.

Just remember you heard it here first!

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=ShReK= says:

annirowe said: No I just know that Hainaku is having problems, and so to another friend of mine, and both used imgburn..
My theory is that imgburn together potentially with specific burners are corrupting the partitions on the disk.
Just remember you heard it here first!

is imgburn fully updated ? cause that causes problems to i heard if it isnt fully 100% latest version.

14/04/2008

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annirowe says:

If what isnt fully updated? Wii? imgburn? DVD Drive? Modchip?

Anyway it doesnt matter. I have suggested burning using a different program and see whay happens.

We should have some more info tonight.

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hainaku says:

natty270 said: annirowe said: I wonder how many have burnt with imgburn?????i did... why ?? lol

the article is actually talking about Japanese Wii's having problems with legitimate copies of Mario Kart Wii, and not burnt discs.

a few questions come to mind (note, this applies only to legal discs):

1) if the problem is dirty lens (which Nintendo claims was the problem affecting SSBB), then those who had their lens already cleaned by Nintendo shouldn't have a problem with Mario Kart Wii right?

2) cleaning the lens is only a temporary fix, and eventually dust will accumulate again. so does that mean we'll all have to clean our lens every so often? is this really the solution that Nintendo is offering? i've owned many other consoles before, and never had to clean the lens for years (didn't have to).

3) would Nintendo offer to clean the lens over and over again?

4) so if cleaning the lens fixed the disc reading issues, what did the update really do?

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annirowe says:

I still question the whole dirt thing. I think Nintendo stuffed up with something a bit higher up than dirt, so they happily said yeah we will clean your lense, and while they have it they swapped over a faulty or inferior component!!!

Cmon you gotta love the odd conspiracy theory!!

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hainaku says:

i've heard reports that you have to send your SSBB disc along with your Wii if you want to have the lens cleaned by Nintendo. can anyone confirm this? i mean, why would they want your copy of the disc?

unless...

if you don't send your Wii for cleaning, Nintendo will assume that either you can't be bothered sending it, or you don't have a legal copy of the game.

14/04/2008

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Foetoid says:

annirowe said: I wonder how many have burnt with imgburn?????

Lol, being such a quality game, how can you not be respectful and give Nintendo you're hard earned money for it. I can somewhat understand people burning crap games that arent worth buying, but if it IS worth buying, dont rob Nintendo, reward them for thier A+ effort.

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leeman34 says:

i raed nintendo will ony clean a wii lens FREE under warranty .

oh and i burnt ssbb and mario kart with img burn ,more than once as well

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Foetoid says:

doors said: i raed nintendo will ony clean a wii lens FREE under warranty .
oh and i burnt ssbb and mario kart with img burn ,more than once as well

LOL. I guess you dont really like those games then, because if you did, you'd reward Nintendo for thier efforts in making such excellent games by buying the game so they've got more money in the future for making more good games. Oh well. What Wii games DO you enjoy then?

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Denor says:

They'd better not have an error on the disc!!!!

14/04/2008

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