After "broken TV sets, windows and other calamaties," Nintendo replaces Wii wrist straps

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT: December 15, 2006
Wii Have a Replacement
By Tom Zeller Jr.



Nintendo said today that it will replace some 3.2 million wrist straps on its popular Wii computer game controllers. This comes after a deluge of reports that the Wii Remote — a signature game controller that responds to users’ body movements — was slipping from users’ hands and coming untethered from their wrists, resulting in broken TV sets, windows and other calamities.

Users will be able to exchange the thin strap for a beefier strap, according to the Associated Press: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo_recall.

Information on the replacement program can be found at the Nintendo website: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/strapreplace.jsp.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/wii-have-a-replacement/

[Karenina]

1. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

One of my English students suggested handcuffs after we read the original article in class. GREAT PICTURE!!!

[Laha]

2. What a lovely idea!

I'll have to dig out my cuffs. :evilgrin:

[Little Wing]

3. We've become so unbelievable lazy and uncoordinated

users of the Wii can't even hold on to a piece of plastic and coordinate themselves at the same time.

It's fucking PATHETIC!

[Cocoa]

4. rofl check out the video

I was having a hard time imagining how this could be a problem, then saw the video which the NYT helpfully provided...

http://www.youtube.com/v/6OMCwwTjvuM

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/wii-have-a-problem/

[semillama]

5. holy wha!

is she playing a game or having a fit???

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. What this console needs..

is a Jart Simulator.