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Originally posted by: TheBlackCat
I am the only one here who finds it the least bit strange that the label on the Wii disc is facing towards the SD memory card slot and not away from it? Generally in DVD and CD players the data side of the disc faces towards the thick side of a unit and the label faces towards the thin side, since the data side has to face towards where the laser is housed. It is usually considered logical to put the laser in the thickest area so there is the most possible room for it. In this image, however, the data side of the disc is facing towards the thin side of the unit, which looks like it is only a fraction of an inch thick. Either they have a really small laser or the disc is being put in upside-down. Moreover, it looks like there are feat on the left side of the unit, indicating this is the bottom. This would mean the disc is put in label-down, which I have never heard of. If this is a promo shot that got leaked early, which is seems to be considering it appears pretty staged (especially with the lit table), you would think they would put the disc in correctly, but perhaps not. More speculation, I guess.
And I am playing with the image in photoshop a bit. I can't get much but I think it is an arrow sort of thing next to the "sync" text, not an h or n or any other letter. There are two vertical parts, but they do not seem connected.
I think the reason they did this is so:
A) The bottom of the disc is too reflective, and might mess with the picture (especially if a flash is used)
B) They flipped the disc so you can see the label.... subconcious stuff goin on, there.
I highly doubt that's the actual way the disc goes in. Also, I remember seeing a video of Miyamoto taking a disc out of the system, so watching that video would probably be the best proof of this.