Problems with wiimote!

[orbit18]

I've been borrowing a wii from a friend and just got around to playing it. I decided to pop in wii sports to try out the tennis game, but however the wiimote is not working. I hope it's not some little fix I forgot to do. Everything works fine within the wii. It can read where I point and the sensor bar is on top of my TV. (SDTV btw.) Everything works fine, but when I go into wii sports and go to the tennis game. I try to serve by flicking up but it doesn't read any motion whatsoever. If I press A my Mii will toss up the ball but nothing else works. It doesn't seem to read any motion that I put into it. Any help is appreciated!


edit: also, tried out the baseball game, the Mii just kept swinging and swinging and wouldn't stop. I made sure that the jacket wasn't pressing any buttons down or that they were jammed but the thing still kept swinging over and over. For bowling, the guy just raises his arm when you press B but throws the ball backwards because it's not reading the movement.

 

[bjstucker]

thought it might have been a synching issue
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/setupWiiRemote.jsp

but it looks like it isn't you can try the site *shrug* sorry you might want to ask in the obscure wii thread.

 

[Strell]

Try resyncing it, and maybe a fresh set of batteries, although neither of these things will probably make a difference.

Best advice? Whack it up against your palm, like you were trying to stake a tent (or, alternatively, as if you were playing Rock-Paper-Scissors). Sometimes the accelerometer inside the 'mote gets stuck and needs to be loosened back into working position. Just give it one solid smack and see if that helps.

 

[orbit18]

I tried new batteries and resync but to no avail. Ill try giving it a hitting it on my palm though.

edit: I hit it a couple of times on my palm pretty decently hard but nothing still. Is there a specific area I should be targeting?