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Scobie
12-06-2006, 12:32 PM
Did anyone else get an e-mail last night or this morning from Nintendo with more safety warnings? Here's the funniest of the safety pointers:
"Do not let go of the remote during game play. For example, in a game like Wii Sports bowling, the ball is thrown by simply releasing the B Button on the remote, not by letting go of the remote! Hold the remote securely and avoid excessive motion during game play. If your hands become moist, stop and dry your hands. Excessive motion may cause you to let go of the remote and may break the wrist strap."
I can just imagine Reggie and the rest of the NoA management are just shaking their heads and rolling their eyes at the absolute stupidity of some of the people who have broken TVs and windows. :)
D4rkewolfe
12-06-2006, 12:36 PM
You mean this one?
http://c.nintendo-news.com/email_domains/nio/1506/images/Wii_safety_10.jpg
http://c.nintendo-news.com/email_domains/nio/1506/images/Wii_safety_13.jpg
http://c.nintendo-news.com/email_domains/nio/1506/images/Wii_safety_16.jpg
Scobie
12-06-2006, 12:46 PM
Yup! That's the one! I'm actually kinda glad that Nintendo is moving out with this stuff and putting the blame on doofus gamers.
f4t4lfury
12-06-2006, 02:27 PM
I can just imagine Reggie and the rest of the NoA management are just shaking their heads and rolling their eyes at the absolute stupidity of some of the people who have broken TVs and windows. :)
That, and nervously awaiting a frivolous lawsuit. McDonalds anyone? :roll:
Scobie
12-06-2006, 02:33 PM
That, and nervously awaiting a frivolous lawsuit. McDonalds anyone? :roll:
Meh, it's territory we've been over before, but any lawsuits about broken wrist straps should be easily dismissed. Hurling the thing at over 70 mph is not a manufacturing error. It's user error. Very different from something like the sensor bar being faulty and causing blindness in children.
Yoohoo1231
12-06-2006, 03:28 PM
Oddly enough, I let one of my friends play Wii Sports last night in an effort to convince him to get a Wii (he wants one now.) I was a complete nazi about using the strap and making sure not to let it go, but the inevitable happened, after swinging too hard at a pitch the strap broke and the remote crashed and it's completely broken. So I called Nintendo about it and they're sending me a replacement remote (I assume I'll have to send my broken one back.) Five minutes after I hung up with the CSR I got that same email.
After having it happen to me I'm really thinking about a controller glove and finding an upgrade on the wrist strap. Luckily for me my local Wal-Mart had one controller left in stock so I won't have to go without playing while I wait for the replacement.
Magehart
12-06-2006, 05:49 PM
They just need more like the DS straps. That bitch is solid!
akushin
12-06-2006, 06:48 PM
They just need more like the DS straps. That bitch is solid!
Mine snapped. I was carrying my DS by the strap, which of course seems like a terrible idea now. Thank whoever you want that the DS itself is ridiculously solid.
jeremy517
12-06-2006, 07:05 PM
That, and nervously awaiting a frivolous lawsuit. McDonalds anyone? :roll:
Facts anyone? http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
FriskyTanuki
12-06-2006, 07:12 PM
I think the strap is the only concern that Nintendo should have over this situation since it is incredibly thin compared to other strap I have and use for other devices.
Vinny
12-06-2006, 07:15 PM
I think the strap is the only concern that Nintendo should have over this situation since it is incredibly thin compared to other strap I have and use for other devices.
That's what I think to. No matter how hard you hold on to the Wiimote, it's prone to slip out if your hands become even a bit sweaty. That strap is fine but the part that connects it to the Wiimote is no more than a thin string.
Yoohoo1231
12-07-2006, 12:16 AM
That's what I think to. No matter how hard you hold on to the Wiimote, it's prone to slip out if your hands become even a bit sweaty. That strap is fine but the part that connects it to the Wiimote is no more than a thin string.
There's a small plastic line inside of the thread too, similar to the plastic lines used to hold a tag to a stuffed animal or something. And those things aren't too hard to snap either.