I don't understand why this is such a problem? Are people really that retarded? Just look to see which side the bottom is then insert the disc the oposite way! BINGO!

well im used to my xbox 360 and you put the discs in with the label facing right for that so it was like 2nd nature to me lol. i just stuck it in w/o thinking

I have my wii on a stand and tried to insert it horizontally. Let me say right now, this does not work. If you successfully insert the disc, it really doesn't want to come out. BTW, I'm ambidextrous.















... still waiting to find a wii ...

No need for people to be so rude about this topic. I have a 360 and when its standing upright the label is on my left. Same with PS2. I only assumed that it would be the same for the Wii but nothing happend to the disc when I put it in wrong. It just kept trying to read the disc and then I realized its backwards. I think that because this is Nintendos first CD based system they really didnt even think about how to install the drive lol.

The drive is exactly right. The thicker part is the only area where the reading mechanisms would fit, (the laser), and thus where the data side of the disc (non-label) would go. Look at it like a CD rom drive. Do you put the disc in with the label facing the taller side or the shorter side?

After looking at the system I see what your saying but still this is the first system that stands up and has the label facing the right side.

First time I booted up I put my disc in backwards! But actually I'm gonna go w/ the sleep deprevation excuse here! I had just waited in line for 5 hours in 20 degree weather, and it was 7am, I hadn't slept much in the past 24 hours, too damn excited. So I was delerious and punch drunk with sleepiness!

I put in wrong the first time, it just wouldn't read it...i ejected and it was fine. For some reason it seemed natural for the label to face right, but as has been pointed out, labels always go up on horizontal units, and if you lay the Wii in the correct horizontal position, it would be on it's "Left" side.

I find this wonderfully amusing...

because you saved me the embarassment of doing the same thing. I'll probably try it sometime anyway.

I did it the first time ha ha, it makes you kind of look stupid when there is people watching you.

Yeah I did the same, and as soon as I put it in (before it spun up) I took it out cause if I flipped the Wii on the side it wouldn't make sense on how I was inserting the disc.

Well I didnt see that page, gosh

yea I did that the first time and I thought something was wrong with my disc but I was relieved when I found out I put it in wrong

take a look at your 360 again. when verticle, the discs load in with the label facing right

I'm a left handed disk error'r and I put the disk in backwards, it was interesting. I blame it on coming home from a club then packing my stuff so I could spend 18 hours in front of a wal-mart and then attempting to understand which way the disk would be put in, giving up and then just putting it in.

In the end, there were cries of agony, as I nearly killed my brand new hardware, before realizing that I had merely put the disk in upside, down.

Love.

P.S. This seems to be the first link game where he's not left handed, wtf//..?

lol i did the first time and my friend was all like dude you got a falty wii lol then i took it out and turned it around and it worked lol

You are right. lol I guess I need to take longer looks at my systems.

Mii too I too laughed... kinda worried at first, then laughed when I realized I had inserted the disk the wrong way.