• By Brian Ashcraft
    Dec 5, 2006 9:20 AM 3,817
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    The First Documented Japanese Wii-mote Crash Documented

    Look at the post's date: December 2nd. The same day that the Wii went on sale in Japan, some unlucky gamer ended up with a Wii-mote flying into a pricey TV during a game of Wii Sports Tennis. He blogs:

    I was thinking that this had happened a lot in America, and that we better be careful. And then I was thinking that my son's game play looked dangerous...

    The damage in this priceless pic yielded a 200,000 yen (approx. US $1,750) repair estimate. All this despite those lengthy safety warnings! Brian Ashcraft

    First Documented Japanese Wii-mote Accident


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