Topic: MK8 Disc Error, no receipt.

Hello.
Since today my Wii U cant read the MK8 disc anymore, it worked perfectly fine for 2 weeks straight untill today, i keep getting errors.
I cleaned the disc (eventhough it had zero marks or spots, it was in perfect state) and my Wii U is not even 5 months old yet, and it played Zelda perfectly among other games.

But my brother bought the game for me on release date and thus i have no receipt (who asks for a receipt when its pretty much a gift?).

Since im new with Nintendo support line and support lines in general, anyone of you that can help me?
What will they ask? Do i really NEED a receipt?

Im a pretty nervous guy when it comes to talking to strangers on the phone, so any help that anyone can give me will do fine.

Thanks.

Edit: I'm from the Netherlands, not sure if that changes anything.

Did you try exchange the game from where your brother got it? Some places like Walmart for example will let you exchange it without a receipt if you are just exchange it for the exact same thing.

No i haven't, its sunday here and i cant go to the game store for a long time from now.
Sometimes they are pretty strict when it comes to receipts, at stores atleast.

Well I would try the store maybe take your brother with you and just explain to the clerk that you got it as a gift and that you didn't get a receipt. Wouldn't hurt to try.

If your systems is working just fine for everything else then it's not the system and there is probably nothing that Nintendo can do about it. Since you didn't get the game from Nintendo either they probably wont be able to do anything and just tell you to return it to where you bought it from.

I checked my MK8 disc in bright light, and i noticed a very tiny see-through spot, a small circle at the inner most circle (near the circole hole in the center) where i could see through it.
Guess that was the problem, a small see-through that caused the Wii U to not read that part because well, that part of the disc wasnt there =/

Thanks for the help Tasuki, i send the disc to Nintendo after calling them about it.

This would never have happened if you went DIGITAL 4 LYFE BABY!

Indeed, but then i wouldnt get the free gaming code either.

You get the free game code with the digital version as well.

And the Digital Deluxe Promo... And a game that works

@MAB It's not like he had a choice in the matter, quit putting salt in the wound.

Well I like the option to trade in my games or take it over to someones house so I'll stick to physical.

@MAB Digital for LYFE? MORE LIKE NO FRIENDS FOR LYFE

Wha really!? If i had known the digital edition gave a code i wouldve done that instead, i always prefer digital over discs (discs can be faulty, as i have had just now and in my ps1 ps2 time).

Oh well, i'll get another game probably next monday, having a 'hole' in the disc just isnt right.

That's how I can afford most of my games, by trading in games I don't play/finished already toward new games. Can't do that with a digital purchase.

It really depends on how fast you're trading your games in. The amount of money you lose by trading in, stacks up, especially if you don't trade them in within the first month.

Borrowing games is pretty subjective, too. I don't let people borrow things, because if I want it, it's not there. I wouldn't bring my disc if it lacked the save data, either, discs can get scratched, games usually run a bit better than off of the HDD, etc.

I've never understood your logic when it comes to "losing money" on trade ins, and I've seen you repeat it numerous times.

If I have a game I paid $60 for and I no longer want it, and I sell it online for $30, how am I "losing" money on that? I'm taking something I no longer want/use and am getting $30 back which I can then put towards my next $60 game purchase, meaning I will have purchased and played TWO $60 games and it has only cost me $90, as opposed to $120.

With your example, you are still losing $30 off of the initial buying price. That's the main part I'm talking about. You paid $90 for a $60 game. I understand that you played the game you traded in, and had fun with it(I'm guessing) while you had it, but you don't have it anymore, because you traded it in.

What I'm trying to understand, is why anyone would buy a game for $60 and even factor in whether they are going to trade it in. If you're trading in a $60 game for $30, it wasn't really worth $60 to begin with. It's all about how said product retains it's value to the buyer.

EDIT: I also understand that things like these lose value over time, which is why the trade in value is lower than the initial price, but if you never trade it in, it will always be that $60 you spent. Once you trade it in, it will be that $30 you lost. That's just my perspective, especially since I tend to play a handful of games at once, and try to get the most out of them.
That's how I used to find glitches in Tony Hawk games, because I'd be bored of them, but when I didn't have any money to buy new games, I'd go back and play them again.

Not at all.

If It was $60 and I never play the game again, it's $60 "wasted".

If I sell it, it was just $30 "wasted".

This is not a hard concept to understand.

All I'm trying to say, is that you would have more games if you just bought used($20 for a $60 game, after like 2 years), or never traded in your games and played them when you didn't have money. That $30 more that you took out to pay for another game, along with your trade, could have went torwards another game, while still having the old one.