Super Smash Bros. problems hit N. America
Dirty lenses blamed
Those pesky Super Smash Bros. Brawl discs, already causing a few problems in Japan, are also troubling North American Wii consoles - it emerges today.
As with Japan, the double-capacity discs are sometimes failing to work properly in Wii consoles, dirty lenses failing to read the discs as they do the 'normal' discs used for other releases.
Luckily, as with Japan, Nintendo of America are offering to clean Wii lenses free of charge.
"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," reads a statement from the platform holder. "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.)"
Ninty will cover all shipping and repair costs, and you can fill in a form to arrange this.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is out stateside today, a European release is planned for the ever-vague "Q2".
Comments
The issue with the SSBB dics isn't all lens problems. It was an attack aimed at those with mod chips... The virus or code or what ever you want to call it (i prefer virus ^^) was aimed to stop mod chipped consoles from being able to play the game. Unfortunatly it did hurt a small percentage of non moded systemsbut that wasnt intentional
To solve this for those with a moded system all you need to do is simply download the latest update (wikey update 1.9s), burn it onto a dvd -r using IMG Burn, Put it in the wii and follow the instructions and BAM you'll be playing brawl again.. pretty odd way to clean a lens right? Get it right nintendo lol. I love nintendo.. but this was a joke
Reguards, Australia
nintedo wii supports dvd5.
smash bros. couldnt fit in dvd5 so they putted it in dvd9 which cant be supported by wii.
i believe the dust problem is a lie.
i have a chip on my wii and i play smash bros brawl.. believe it or not
and thats the game we all been wating for..
nintedo just maked a couple of thousands people sad and disappointed.