Have the worst enemies of the Wii -- dust and cigarette smoke -- returned to wreak havoc on Mario and friends once again?
Reports of some gamers receiving disc-read errors with their copies of Mario Kart Wii are coming out of Japan. This mirrors a similar situation recently with Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where the issue was pegged on the game being shipped on a dual-layer disc, and "soiling of the consoles’ optical lens by environmental factors such as excessive dust and cigarette smoke." Nintendo offered to clean consoles, free of charge.
In the case of Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo has told Eurogamer they are unaware of the problem. Mario Kart Wii is only available on a single-layer disc, and therefore "soiling of the consoles' optical lens" shouldn't be an issue. It should be noted that at the time of writing, these reports are few and far between. Let's hope that when Mario Kart Wii hits North American shelves in two weeks there are no issues, because I need to get my Skeletal Bowser on, and I don't have time for these kinds of shenanigans.
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9:34 AM on 04.14.2008
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Also, holy fuck the blue falcon is an unlockable kart.
Touching your wood is a little inappropriate for such a serious Wii discussion. Think of the children!
/rantoff
Also cocks.
lol I just re-read what I wrote and just realized that some people may not know the "touch wood" good luck saying that may make my comment look a little....odd :-P That being said I'm sure everyone including the children will get to know my wood soon enough.
Meh, I didnt have any problems with Brawl, so Im not too worried. I keep my Wii clean and I dont smoke around it
The way Nintendo handled the SSBB error was some of the best customer service I'd ever recieved. They took care of all the shipping by just sending me to the nearest fedex, they had it back to me in under a week, it was nice and clean and they even renewed my warranty for free, so I was a happy customer.
$50 supermarket DVD players made from 11+ year old tech seem to read dual layer disc better than your $250 wii.
That was all before I modded my Wii, too.
(Further note: Sure would welcome any suggestions.)