Some friends were over playing Wii Sports tonight after Thanksgiving dinner. During an intense game of tennis, Russell said, "some idiot is going to ignore the wrist strap and send the remote flying into their TV--breaking them both." Hardly a second passed before the controller slipped from his hands and went flying towards a window. He looked down to see the strap still tightened to his wrist. The thin string that attaches the strap to the remote had snapped. Luckily, both the window and the controller survived. But I guess it could have been much worse.
[UPDATE: Apparently I'm not the only one having this problem. There are other reports of this happening, some of which involve broken TV's. Hit the jump for a list.]
- It happened to me... [Level 99]
- Nintendo Wii BREAKS my TV [Something Awful Forums]
- Wii remote plus SWEATY HANDS equals SMASH [video via YouTube]
- TV Broken by Wii [Flickr Photoset]
- Wiimote causes massive damage to light fixture, hand [Go Nintendo]
- Broken Wii Controller [video via IGN]
I called Nintendo support today. They were very helpful and they're sending me a replacement strap. Hold on tightly to your Wii controllers until this gets sorted out.
two words: greasy kids
thanksgiving break was hectic but we need to hang out during winter break foos *cough* christmas break *cough*