Super Smash Bros. problems hit N. America

News - 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".