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My disc is sort of broken?

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My Smash 4 Wii U disc won't allow me to back out of some menus or play online with friends, everything else is perfectly fine.

Has this happened to anyone else? Can I fix this?

What are my options? I brought this game 2 weeks after release.
 

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My Smash 4 Wii U disc won't allow me to back out of some menus or play online with friends, everything else is perfectly fine.

Has this happened to anyone else? Can I fix this?

What are my options? I brought this game 2 weeks after release.
Clean your disc.
Or
Buy a new disc.
 

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Try cleaning the disk, first with a can of air, then if it still doesn't work try a fresh microfiber cloth and azeotropic alcohol (aka Everclear, 190 proof/95% ABV). If that still doesn't work, you can always try to use a disk resurfacer. Warning, disk resurfacers can make the problem even worse if the equipment malfunctions (which some are prone to do after a distressingly small number of uses), if you don't know what you're doing, or you use a poor buffer pad. Note that disc resurfacers will not help if the problem is label-side damage or if you have a dirty lens.

While we're on the subject, make sure your lens is clean. I'm not sure how you'd do that, but I'd advise you don't take apart your Wii U to find out. I recently had to replace my PS1's spindle hub and it was a complete nightmare to reseat it properly to minimize load times and read errors. Keep in mind that CDs have a much, much lower tolerance than the proprietary format the Wii U uses and my repaired PS1 still won't play FMVs without a LOT of stuttering.


Don't buy digital. When the servers get shut down, and they will eventually, you can only hope your Wii U's SSD never goes bad or you'll lose all of your digital games.
 

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Don't buy digital. When the servers get shut down, and they will eventually, you can only hope your Wii U's SSD never goes bad or you'll lose all of your digital games.
I agree with everything you said but this; and with all due respect-- by the time they shut Wii U servers down it'll be, by the earliest 2020 lmao. If I'm still playing smash 4 I'll be a legend.

Also, I've never had a SSD corrupt on me, so I'm not really worried about it.
 

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Iceweasel

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Couldn't you play the digital games offline? And if the servers are shut down, wouldn't that technically affect the disc owners as well. As with the SSD thing, while you may lose your games, it will only be on that broken console. Just sign in with your credentials on a brand new Wii U and you can get all your games back for free.
Yes, you can play digital games offline. However, if the servers are shut down, corrupted game data can't be redownloaded. If the servers have been shut down, your Wii U breaks, and all of your games are digital, then you can't download them again because there's no place to download them from.
 

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Yes, you can play digital games offline. However, if the servers are shut down, corrupted game data can't be redownloaded. If the servers have been shut down, your Wii U breaks, and all of your games are digital, then you can't download them again because there's no place to download them from.
If servers are down in general, the point of my issue(not being able to play online w/ friends), is void.

I've also never had a game corrupt on me which I've downloaded, I have probably over 3 dozen across all my consoles, and DLC. 700+, uncorrupted.
 

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