This also answers some questions I had about the disc drive. At first, I thought this was it, but then I saw this flap on the side (you will see this in an upcoming post as well), and thought that was it, and the blue light was just for kicks, but this calms down some speculation.
Gamecube titles should be able to enter and exit this same slot!
the standard car cd players loads the CD wide though rather then tall
IE like this _ rather then |
The Wii can sit sideways too, instead of vertically. Either way, the little motors in the inside should have no trouble centering it. The CD players load from the middle, as that is the first place the regular sized CD's touch.