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Post by MartyMar Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:21 pm

Most have been so excited to get their discs open they haven't been noticing, but Engadget have spotted something weird on the Wii U's proprietary disc format: the discs' edges are rounded.

Because these are special Nintendo discs, and not DVDs or Blu-Rays, I guess the company needed to do something to differentiate their product, so rounded edges it is.

The effect is described "as if the folks at Nintendo took sandpaper to every edge of every disc, making them all the more friendly to the touch".

Which sure sounds like something Nintendo would do. "There is not enough joy in these discs! Round the edges to create more happiness for the user when they first experience the disc!"

There's something immediately striking about Nintendo's Wii U proprietary disc format that's hard to notice in photos -- it's got rounded edges, both outside and in. It feels different than any other disc we've handled before; Tim swears he's seen a round-edged disc in the wild, but we've never seen such a thing ourselves. It's as if the folks at Nintendo took sandpaper to every edge of every disc, making them all the more friendly to the touch. It's a little detail, but it's a nice one.

As we learned when the console was initially announced, the Wii U's "proprietary high-density optical discs" hold up to 25GB of data -- equivalent with that of Sony's single-layer Blu-ray format on the PlayStation 3, and much larger than the Xbox 360's dual-layer DVD format. Of course, all logic and statistics aside, having now handled a round-edged disc, we never wanna go back.

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Post by MBParadox Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:37 pm

Wii U FINAL SCORE: 10/10
Disks are rounded.
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Post by CaptainVidya Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:11 am

Wow, news has been really slow.
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Post by Soxas Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:37 pm

I wanna feel a disc now Shocked
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Post by Thethundara Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:17 pm

Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
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Post by Soxas Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:43 pm

Thethundara wrote:Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
I wanna see how superior these disks are first o_e
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Post by MBParadox Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:08 pm

Soxas wrote:
Thethundara wrote:Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
I wanna see how superior these disks are first o_e
They have something like a 22 mb/s disk read speed and hold 25 GB of data. So these disks are pretty damn substantial.
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Post by Soxas Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:14 pm

MBParadox wrote:
Soxas wrote:
Thethundara wrote:Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
I wanna see how superior these disks are first o_e
They have something like a 22 mb/s disk read speed and hold 25 GB of data. So these disks are pretty damn substantial.
BUT I NEED TO FEEEL ONE O_O'
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Post by Thethundara Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:34 pm

MBParadox wrote:
Soxas wrote:
Thethundara wrote:Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
I wanna see how superior these disks are first o_e
They have something like a 22 mb/s disk read speed and hold 25 GB of data. So these disks are pretty damn substantial.

Sounds good, I guess. The first game I'll be getting for my Wii U will be ZombiU.
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Post by MBParadox Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:23 pm

Soxas wrote:
MBParadox wrote:
Soxas wrote:
Thethundara wrote:Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
I wanna see how superior these disks are first o_e
They have something like a 22 mb/s disk read speed and hold 25 GB of data. So these disks are pretty damn substantial.
BUT I NEED TO FEEEL ONE O_O'
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Post by MartyMar Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:48 pm

Has anyone felt the disc?
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Post by Xanthos Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:20 am

it feels awesome
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Post by Soxas Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:34 pm

MBParadox wrote:
Soxas wrote:
MBParadox wrote:
Soxas wrote:
Thethundara wrote:Fascinating. Does anybody really care if their are soft rounded edges?
I wanna see how superior these disks are first o_e
They have something like a 22 mb/s disk read speed and hold 25 GB of data. So these disks are pretty damn substantial.
BUT I NEED TO FEEEL ONE O_O'
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Post by Soxas Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:35 pm

Xanthos wrote:it feels awesome
Yes, yes it does Very Happy
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Post by MBParadox Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:47 am

Soxas wrote:
Xanthos wrote:it feels awesome
Yes, yes it does Very Happy
*Round and soft curves with a hole.
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Post by Soxas Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:50 am

MBParadox wrote:
Soxas wrote:
Xanthos wrote:it feels awesome
Yes, yes it does Very Happy
*Round and soft curves with a hole.
Mmmm MBP has the idea Razz
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