# Game Cube DVD size...why mini?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-cube-dvd-size-why-mini/143872 "2002-12-19T19:47:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-cube-dvd-size-why-mini/143872/1 "2002-12-19T19:47:02Z")

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Why did Nintendo decide to go with mini disks for their games? So they could make the console smaller? It means a game with any size usually has to be on two disks.

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-cube-dvd-size-why-mini/143872/2 "2002-12-19T20:06:04Z")

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They did it to make it harder for pirates to copy their games. IIRC the disc spins in the opposite direction of standard CD/DVD drives as well.