Kotaku
Earlier, we reported that stores like EB and Gamespot were likely to use credit card deposits to ensure no punk ass kid wandered off with the Wiimote. Now, Nintendo's weighing in on how it'll be handled.
"Retailers will either receive a pre-built, self-contained interactive [kiosk], including a TV, game console and controllers, while others will receive the game console and controllers and will set up an interactive Wii experience using their own TV," said Harrison.Echoing previous statements by Nintendo of Australia spokesman Vispi Bhopti, Harrison said that retail staff members would be at the demo units ostensibly to help consumers "have a successful first experience with Wii." Whether or not Wii's purportedly intuitive controls need explaining, staff members will likely serve as deterrents in attempted thefts of the Wii Remote.
I honestly don't understand why Nintendo doesn't wire the Wiimotes for the stores. It's possible: in Leipzig, I played with a Wii that had Wired controllers. This all seems like a needless hassle for a problem solved quite elegantly.
Other solution: slap one of those anti-theft stickers on the back of a Wiimote.
Wii Kiosks to be Wireless, Supervised [The Wiire]
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