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Nintendo Wii recall
Created: 12/15/2006 5:37:09 AM
Updated:12/15/2006 5:47:44 AMTOKYO (AP) -- Nintendo is recalling more than three million controller straps for its popular new Wii computer game.
The move comes amid reports of excited gamers losing their grip on the Wii's controller or smacking their arms into nearby objects.One woman launched her controller into her 37-inch TV while playing a bowling game.
Nintendo had been telling players to calm down, then started working to beef up the controller's fabric wrist strap.
It's estimated that nearly half a million Wiis have been sold since the November 17th launch in the U.S.
Nintendo also is recalling 200,000 AC adapters for its DS and DS Lite consoles in Japan, but the recall does not affect adapters sold abroad.
All I have to say is: Watch out for flying Wiis. ** shot dead **
If you're waving the controller around spastically with such force that you generate significant velocity for it to fly off your hand and smash the picture tube in your TV, you deserve a broken TV.
Because you are retarded.
Even stupid people deserve operational televisions. In fact, they need them more than the rest of us do.
Incidentally, poor grip does not equal stupidity. While playing wii sports (the only game I own because I have no dollars), there are many instances in which letting go by accident could potentially lead to disaster. A stronger wrist strap would be a great reassurance to those of us who don't have Wonderbat's iron-fisted grip.
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Wii Remote Wrist Strap Replacement Request Form
Nintendo is offering to replace the original version of the wrist straps for the Wii Remote with a newer version.
Key word there is OFFERING... Recall = OMG FAULTY STRAPS YOURS WILL BREAK OR HAS AN EXTREMELY HIGH CHANCE OF BREAKING!!! RUN AWAY!!!
