After a few seconds, you should see the game disc icon appear on the Wii U menu. Using the Wii U GamePad, tap the disc icon. Downloaded Games and Applications: If the game or application is downloaded to a USB storage device, ensure it is connected to the Wii U console and currently powered on.
Sometimes a Wii or Wii U is unable to read a disk, or the game will freeze or crash. And, occasionally, the console won't play any disk at all. Before you throw the disk in the trash or the console out the window, here are a couple of things that might get you back to playing games.
What to Do if a Single Disk Won't Play
If a disk won't play properly, check whether there's anything on the disk that would prevent the console from reading it. If you hold the bottom side of the disk to the light you should be able to see any smudges or scratches.
If it's a smudge, cleaning the disk will often fix the problem.Try using the microfiber cloths used to clean eyeglasses or, alternatively, a tissue is second best. Be sure, however, that the tissue doesn't include lotion of any kind. Just rub the smudged spot. (When using a tissue, steam up the spot with your breath first.)
Don't exert more force than necessary; it's a flimsy disk, not a kitchen sink. Once the disk looks clean, put it back into the console and see what happens. If it still doesn't work, find a brighter light and look again; you may have missed something.
A scratch is more problematic. If it's a game you just bought, try exchanging it where you bought it. Otherwise, you can try polishing out the scratch; there's a good instructional article on dealing with scratches at WikiHow.
Some older Wii units have trouble with dual-layer discs, which pack more info onto a disk (games that use dual-layer disks include Xenoblade Chronicles, or Metroid Prime Trilogy). If you have a Wii that is having trouble reading a dual layer disc you can try a lens cleaning kit available at any optical store.
If you've cleaned the disk and cleaned the Wii and it still won't play, it's probably just a bad disc.
Make sure you are using the right disk for your console. Some people still don't realize that the Wii and the Wii U are different consoles. The Wii U is backwards compatible, so it will play Wii games, but the Wii isn't forward compatible, so a Wii U disk will not play on a Wii.
What to Do if No Disks Will Play
Cleaning the console with a lens cleaning kit is the first thing to you should try if the console isn't reading any disks. If you're lucky, the only problem is a dirty lens.
If cleaning the lens doesn't help, you can also try a system update.
If cleaning and updating don't do anything, it's time to contact Nintendo.
GameCube Game Disc (left) and Wii Optical Disc (right) | |
| Media type | |
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| Encoding | Digital |
| Capacity | GameCube: 1.5 GB Wii: 4.7 GB / 8.54 GB Wii U: 25 GB |
| Readmechanism | Laser |
| Developedby | Nintendo Panasonic |
| Dimensions | GCN: 8 cm (3.1 in) Wii/Wii U:12 cm (4.7 in) |
| Usage | GameCube Wii Wii U |
Nintendo optical discs are the optical disc format used to distribute video games released by Nintendo. This includes the GameCube Game Disc, Wii Optical Disc, and Wii U Optical Disc. The physical size of a GameCube Game Disc is that of a miniDVD, and the Wii and Wii U Optical Discs are the size of a DVD. GameCube discs can be used with the original version of the Wii and Wii Optical Discs can be used in the Wii U for backward compatibility. A burst cutting area is located at the inner ring of the disc surface.
In 2017, Nintendo dropped the disc-based media in favor of game cards for the Wii U's successor, the Nintendo Switch.
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GameCube Game Disc[edit]
The GameCube Game Disc (DOL-006) is the game medium for the GameCube, created by Panasonic,[1] and later extended for use on the Wii through backward compatibility.[2] The GameCube Game Disc is a 1.5 GB,[3] 8 cm miniDVD based technology which reads at a constant angular velocity (CAV). It was chosen by Nintendo to prevent copyright infringement of its games,[4] to reduce cost[5][1] and by avoiding licensing fees to the DVD Forum. This also prevents the consoles from being used as general DVD players.[6][7]
Some GameCube games with large amounts of data span two discs, such as Resident Evil 4 and Enter the Matrix. Multi-platform games that fit on PlayStation 2 and Xbox DVD discs occasionally saw the removal of certain features in order to fit on GameCube Game Discs. Full-motion video scenes and audio are more compressed to fit on a single disc, reducing their quality. Prior to the GameCube, Nintendo consoles traditionally used cartridge-based media.
Wii Optical Disc[edit]
The Wii Optical Disc (RVL-006) is the physical game medium for the Wii, created by Panasonic. Nintendo extended its proprietary technology to use a full size 12 cm, 4.7/8.54 GB DVD-based disc, enabling it to have the benefits of the GameCube Game Disc, while having the standard capacity of a double-layer DVD-ROM. Although the Wii can use double-layer discs, all titles are single-layer prior to the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.[8][9] With the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo admitted that some Wii systems may have trouble reading dual-layer discs due to a dirty laser lens.[9][10] Nintendo repaired systems with dual-layer problems,[9] and later released a disc cleaning kit for users to purchase.[11]
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Wii U Optical Disc[edit]
The Wii U Optical Disc (WUP-006) is the retail physical game medium for the Wii U, with a capacity of 25 GB. The Wii U system software is backward compatible with Wii Optical Discs, but not with GameCube game discs.[12] The optical discs used for the Wii U differ in appearance from most other optical discs in that they have soft, rounded edges.[13]
The format was developed and supplied by Panasonic, which is one of the major patent holders in Blu-ray technology.[citation needed] It is not clear whether the Wii U Optical Disc is similar in physical design to the Blu-ray physical disc specification.[clarification needed] Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated, 'Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities. The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn't warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies', as, like with the GameCube and Wii optical discs, was chosen by Nintendo to prevent copyright infringement of its games, to reduce cost by avoiding licensing fees to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and to reduce loading times. This also prevents the console from being used as general Blu-ray players.[14]:3
Burst cutting area[edit]
Each Nintendo optical disc contains a burst cutting area (BCA) mark, a type of barcode that is written to the disc with a YAG laser. The data stored in this BCA mark includes an encrypted table related to the hardware-based copy-protection mechanics, in addition to 64 bytes of un-encrypted user-accessible data.[15]
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A BCA mark is visible to the naked eye. It should not be confused with the IFPI mark that is on all optical discs. BCA is described in Annex K of the physical specification, and can be seen between radius 22.3±0.4 mm and 23.5±0.5 mm. There are also six additional evenly spaced small cuts just outside the BCA radius, which are related to the copy-protection used. These small cuts can clearly be seen if the disc is held in front of a strong light source.[15] The BCA mark lost some of its value as a copy protection mechanism upon being reverse engineered.[16]
See also[edit]
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