Wii Wierd "Error Occured" message

call nintendo, if you bought it new they may replace it, they have really good support and this doesnt sound like anything your going to be able to fix, there is most likely something wrong with the wii, if i'm wrong nintendo will be able to help you fix the problem. If it happens only with a ccertain game make sure its in good shape and/or replace it, other than that call nintendo and se if they can replcae it for you.

this happened to me and I took the disc out turned it of and unplugged everything from the wii, even the game cube controllers, and when I plugged it back in and tried it was fine I have not had the problem since

Hello. I had the same problem with my Wii back in December 2007. (I bought my Wii in June 2007). I got the "error occurred" message numerous times while playing "Super Mario Galaxy". I had to send in my Wii to the Nintendo Repair Centre, and they had to change the disc drive. You will likely need to do the same thing, so contact Nintendo Support for instructions on sending your Wii for repairs. Thanks.

Okay, for everyone that has ever experienced this problem, here's why:

A lot of these games are big... really big... and most of them would not fit on a standard DVD. The solution to that is multilayering the DVDs. In other words, certain data would be on top of other data, like the layers on a cake. And in order to read this layered data, you need a multilayer reader in the disk drive, and all Wii's come standard with these.

However, some consoles have been experiencing problems with reading the layers individually. And if it can't read the layers seperately, the game cannot run. Sometimes it's just a hiccup in the machine and a simple reboot can fix it, but there are machines with faulty layer readers. Nintendo got a lot of notices about this when Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released, as it was the largest multilayered game to have been released on the Wii up to that point.

Nintendo has been more than great when it has come to fixing the Wii's 'flaws', such as over excited people breaking the strap or losing their grip on the Wii-mote, by offering free strap replacements and Wii-mote sleeves, and I'm happy to say they have continued their support by offering to fix all the problematic multilayer readers for a reasonably low price (they can't give us everything for free, plus compared to the 360 and the number of times my friends have sent theirs in for some sort of repairs, I'd say Nintendo is still on top for customer service).

So there you have it, the cause for the 'Unable to read disk' error. It's only happened once for me, and the reboot did the trick. If the reboot doesn't work for yours, first try swapping the game out for another, see if that runs, and if it does, go back to the first game. If neither game runs, hop onto the Nintendo website and ask tech support about getting it fixed.

We bought our wii 2 weeks ago - had same problem (so has my sister in law) ,but in addition to the error message, ours will not power back up - any one else had this trouble?

Update to posting 6 Jan. I rang Nintendo on Monday 7 Jan, they advised that I would need to send console to them they would then repair or replace it depending on the problem, this could take up to 10 working days, they sent a postage slip by 1st class post which I did actually receive the next day, I posted the Wii that same day. I will advise on the outsome in due course!

Same problem here. Had for 1 week, got the above message. Called Nintendo. Sending out advance replacement console.