Brawl disc problems: patience to the rescue?
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 10th 2008 at 1:30PM }
Looks like we've got our own less-severe version of the Xbox 360 "towel trick" -- an unconvential, illogical-sounding way to get games to run when the system is uncooperative. 1up's Videogames Editor-in-Chief James Mielke has offered a possible solution to the disc-reading errors that have broken so many would-be Brawlers' hearts. It's somewhat less interactive, unfortunately, than the iconic towel maneuver.According to Mielke, if you listen to the Wii's disc drive and make sure it stops spinning before "spamming the A button," the game will more often than not load correctly. You have to put the disc in, then wait, then press A on the Disc Channel, and wait for the noise to die down again. This makes it sound like the issue is that the dual-layered disc takes longer to read than most discs, and the system accidentally allows you to stop the reading when you press A and start the game.
Soon after the Japanese release of the game, a company called A-Class released a series of Wii lens cleaners specifically marketed at Brawl owners. We're sure we'll see something similar over here, and we have no idea if it will work.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MarkLawliet @ Mar 10th 2008 1:39PM
Well, what can i say, it kinda makes sense.
Roto13 @ Mar 10th 2008 1:45PM
Actually, this is what I do to play GH III. For some unknown reason, if I just turn the Wii on and immediately fly to the disc channel and click start, it just hovers at a black screen forever and never loads. If I wait a few seconds, though, it works every time. It's very strange.
nintendolink007-entertainment @ Mar 10th 2008 1:58PM
There is a new bug floating around for you people, like me, that got the game late saturday night to where you wont have a option in WiFi mode for Spectator or adjust Options for receiving messages from Nintendo....ala Downloading Levels. Plus i also notice you cant send your created levels, Videos (for spectator mode), or Pictures to Nintendo.
Apparently its effected alot of people out there but there is a way to fix it, but your not gonna like it, you have to delete your entire gamefile. Just a little info for you guys who want to get the downloaded levels. Believe me its better now then if you collected everything.
sn1per @ Mar 10th 2008 2:42PM
According to the manual, the spectator option is only available sometimes. I don't know about the other ones, but I'm guessing it's the same deal.
Ryan @ Mar 10th 2008 2:07PM
Does this mean that we think the "cleaning" Nintendo is doing is actually something along the lines of removing the option to stop disc-reads prematurely? It seems like it wouldn't really have hurt them to release that news instead of masking it as a lens issue...
Ken @ Mar 10th 2008 3:34PM
That could have been done by a software update, there must be something else here.
Brian @ Mar 10th 2008 2:07PM
i don't understand what do you have to do? Quickly press start on the disc channel before the disc in the wii stops spinning? some one make it more clear for me.
Brian @ Mar 10th 2008 2:08PM
infact nevermind, i read it from 1UP. Nintendo Wii Fanboy doesn't make it clear.
Chris @ Mar 10th 2008 2:17PM
It was perfectly clear to me. Maybe you need to stop smoking pot.
Brian @ Mar 10th 2008 2:18PM
Digg: http://digg.com/nintendo/Brawl_disc_problems_patience_to_the_rescue
mykie @ Mar 10th 2008 2:18PM
This doesn't work for people who are actually having the problem (which it's quite obvious the writer of this 'tip' does NOT have), because people who are having this problem don't even get the Brawl icon in the Wii menu at all.
The flippin' disc icon just sits there, spinning slowly, and you never get the Brawl icon.
Timerider @ Mar 10th 2008 2:29PM
That happened to me the first time I put in the disc. After clicking the disc channel and going back to the menu it loaded.
Timerider @ Mar 10th 2008 2:19PM
I noticed weird noises during loading sometimes and some cutscenes lag.
Mr Khan @ Mar 10th 2008 2:46PM
Makes sense, although it might be an unrelated issue, because i have that problem occasionally if i hit "Start" right after clicking the disc channel
My rule of thumb is to let the channel's "Intro music" play, for whatever game it is. In Brawl's case, however, the intro sound is short, unlike, say, Metroid Prime 3, Secret Rings, or Radiant Dawn, which are some of the longer ones
mykie @ Mar 10th 2008 3:23PM
No More Heroes has the best intro music EVAR.
zelderman @ Mar 10th 2008 6:21PM
agreed
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 10th 2008 9:23PM
Aahh.
Wiitard @ Mar 11th 2008 2:47PM
I hope this is sorted before it comes out in Europe.
VancouverLee @ Mar 18th 2008 4:57PM
SSBB starts fine for me, then gives the "disk can't be read" error about 5 minutes in. From then on, the disk error crops up immediately.
I sent my console in to be "cleaned", and got it back today. Same problem as before. Clearly the issue is not dust.