So I guess with if you tack on the cost of broken window replacement, the Wii cost him a lot more than a PS3 would have. Maybe $500 isn't such a bad deal.....

And they say it takes violent videogames to make violent people. Look at all these Wii-Sports-Playing people that are causing destruction.

Somebody lookout, Jack Thompson is gonna come a-runnin'

lol toneman.

yeah...maybe worth it if you are dumb and sing the controller like a mad man and constantly have sweaty hands and never dry them/wipe them off....

butt hen you don't get the good games that are on Nintendo :P

We need to start demanding that these people report on what game they were playing when they decided to freak out and be an idiot. Because I can guarantee that this choad wasn't playing Zelda when this happened.

After having seen many images of the destruction caused by this (deadly) Wii remote, are questions being raised with regards to the durability of the strap???

Ok ok the news is out, the wiimote strap isn't made out of kevlar. Come on kids, let's stop being stupid with the wiimotes, maybe it isn't a good idea to be playing the wii after a breakfast of count chocula and mountain dew.

yea good logic, i guess we should work out how much electricity it costs and because its heavier how much more fuel it costs to drive it home from the store.

i hope you were being as sarcastic as i was.

Goddamn, people are retarded. My girlfriend and I have clocked 30+ hours with the Wii and not once has there been any kind of slippage.

Another idiot. These people should learn to WIPE THEIR FREAKING HANDS.

Man, the Wiitards keep appearing, now a new broken window... Why do people must insanely huge movements to play? It's totally unnecessary!!

By no means am I a Nintendo apologist, but I'm calling fakers on this photo. Look at the swath of brownish-green grass above and below the hole in the window. Looks like a poorly done autofill job to me.

Toneman: I dunno, you have to weigh the cost of a window being broken or a light fixture being punched against possibly being shot or stabbed.

EN4NEO from the nintendo glove writes: "If you have sweaty hands, get a !@$@#$ wii glove!"

Sorry for the double post, I meant Nintendo boards.

Man, I wouldn't want to be around these morons when they're playing actual baseball or tennis. You must have to duck a flying racket or bat every 5 minutes.

Seriously, how hard is it to hang on to a controller? My friends and I have been playing my Wii all week without any accidents.

If you read the forum up to like page 7, he says that the strap didn't break. It just came off. He probably didn't keep tightening it because I know when playing zelda it got loose.

And he was playing tennis. He also got grounded. >.<

"Quick, grab the scissors!" :)

Yeah I bet you anything this was some retard playing Wii Tennis and/or Baseball and HUCKING the controller as hard as he could. He's lucky he only broke a window.

Just goes to show that the same dumbasses who were willing to wait in line for a Wii just to be first are also to be the first to break their windows, tv's, etc. Anyone who waits for their Wii to be more readily available is likely to benefit from this as maybe Nintendo will upgrade the Wii remote straps in future shipments.

Now you're playing with power!

I think it's inspiring that people are so immersed in the game that they actually start throwing the remote as if it was a baseball.

Did I say "inspiring"? I meant "retarded".

My roommates and I have about 70 hours on my Wii and the other Wii has like 25-30 hours on it and we have not had one event of slippage

There's a somewhat funny article on the Wall Street Journal about the Wiimote

Funny because it sounds like people (educated human beings) are discovering that moving your limbs around for a certain amount of time may cause exhaustion or some kind of pain.
And even the WSJ can't get over it so they're reporting this breaking news.

I can't believe how stupid these people are, but just from a comfort standpoint I wipe my hands between plays or points or whatever. I am guessing all these mouthbreathers are playing baseball on Wii Sports. In case one of them reads this, its not about arm motion, its about the quickness of your wrists and elbow. If you can figure that out, you can save yourself some collateral damage.

But to be safe I am buying some high tension fishing line today and making sure my strap is reinforced.

You know, you can get a fastball every time just by flicking your wrist down as fast as you can...

In any case, yeah, I play as realistically as I can, and go for the huge movements, but one thing I've learned is that, no matter how fast you swing the controller, nothing works as well as being gentle with it.

Quit being idiots.

People, my 54 year old MOTHER can play Wii Sports for HOURS with no problems whatsoever. For those of you that seem to have continual slippage problems, maybe you should find another hobby...knitting, perhaps?

I can't understand these people do they some how think you have to swing your arms and do the movements like as maximum power? do they think they are power rangers now?

I mean come on I'm playing wii all the time now and all i need are minimal movements to do any thing.
AS for that has any one noticed that no matter what is broken and such the wii remote still works in most instance in all these stories?

Prety damn amazing the abuse these people are puting it through and yet it still works now thats quality of nintendo I've come to expect.

I've had around 70-80 hours and probably 15 different people ranging in ages from 6 to 68 including some on mind altering substances including alcohol and not one wiimote has left a hand due to slippage or jackassery.

The only thing more irritating than the gaming press covering the clumsiness of overexcited users, is hearing the Nintendo fanboys shriek in dismay that anyone would ever use their Wii in an exaggerated and thrashing manner.

It's going to keep happening, because people get excited while they're playing, which causes them to use more and more power on throws and swings. They aren't retarded and Nintendo didn't make a faulty console. It's just the nature of immersive gameplay mixed with gesture based controllers. Can we please stop talking about it now?

You really don't have to swing it that hard. Honestly. Flailing the remote about at mach speed and breaking something makes you a complete and utter moron.

Waitwaitwait.... What exactly is being retarded with playing a tennis game using tennis-like movement? Isn't this like the entire point of the Wii? So suddenly someone accidentally flings the controller across the room - this is related to IQ how?

Retarded = thinking that wrist-flicking is some kind of new revolutionary natural control system. Without the wild flailing of arms the Wii has nothing.

I will buy a Wii someday. And, by God, I hope I will break shit doing it. I MUST, otherwise, what's the point?

I agree that wrist flicking is retarded, try playing Wii Golf when 2 of your friends are golfing, and one is sitting on the couch like a moron wrist-flicking. It's fun getting into the game.

That being said I think there's a large difference between playing with a Tennis-like motion...and playing like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdihGX7iWM

You DON'T have to swing it like your life depended on the power output of your next swing. God forbid that guy ever get his hands on some sort of tangible piece of sporting equipment...

To recap:
Retarded = Simple wrist flicking, or putting every last once of your soul into a swing
Awesome = playing Wii like it was meant to be played.

I call fake.
I played the Wii ALL WEEKEND, hell, with a HUGE party of people and not ONCE (even in our drunken state) did anyone lose the controller.

Not sure I completely follow you there Koldo.

For people who just want to flick their wrists, I can suggest one step further that will make gaming much easier on your poor wrists: Xbox 360 or PS3. You'll only have to push a button with these systems possibly saving your wrists from long-term damage.

Doing the full range of motion in Wii Sports is definitely more satisfying and engrossing, but there's a reason they put the wrist strap warning on the game launch screen. If anything reports like this serve as a reminder to always tighten that wrist strap!

At least it's glass that seems to be getting the brunt of the Wiimote's fury. I'm glad no people have been injured thus far, because I really care about people and because once that starts happening you can be sure people will be suing Nintendo and then they'll add a few more pages of warnings that you have to sit through before you play your games. (2 is bad enough)

I agree with Koldo... if you can't pitch like a real pitcher in baseball, why the hell aren't you just playing MLB 06 or something? What's the point of "wrist movements"? And why would any non-gamer a.) think that wrist movements would work better than realistic motion or b.) want to play that game?

It's amazing how many people are breaking things with a controller.

Looks like I'll be making people wipe their damn hands before they play with my Wii that I'll eventually get.

Fucking knuckleheads.

I wail on my wiimote and I don't even use the strap. twice now I almost lost the controller [I have very sweaty hands.] but when I fell it start to get air... I just squeeze and the contro0ller stays... I don't use the strap for tennis because I like to throw the controller in the air to serve... I just looks cool. Call me and idiot, but I still have my straps and my wiimotes are still impact free. On the other hand, it's a double standard because I make my friends hold on for dear life straps and all.

I've never broken a game component in my life, and Even if it flies i've notice the wiimote still works perfectly.

here's a strapless tennis video with out the flipping controller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZd6qVZLFo

and heres one with the flipping controller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bph3PoHDiyU

Brian, this is getting ridiculous. Did you even read through the kid's forum posts? Why are you perpetuating this falsehood? If someone were to read your posts, but not do their own research, they would think that the Wii-straps do not work, or that the Wii constituted a danger. This is false, and you have lost professional integrity in my eyes. Is this all because your unsupervised kid abused a remote?

I can live with liking different games, or systems, or companies than you. But when you promote falsehoods and lies, you might as well work for Sony's or Microsoft's PR.

The funniest part is two pages after he posts the picture. He got grounded for it, but yet he's still on his computer and online.

What kind of punishment was that, just no more Wii? LOL.

MY hands weren't even sweaty when I lost hold of my Wiimote. I was just tired from getting fairly little sleep and then standing in line for hours.

Starting to get tired of these bulshit "news" items. Smashed game consoles and broken bits and pieces are sort of news worthy at release day or immediately after but not now.

If you have nothing news to say, say nothing. Go and collect some news.

Why do people must insanely huge movements to play? It's totally unnecessary!!

Because they are non-gamers? Oh, duh they're the people Nintendo is going after.

Better fix those straps defects before someone sues them for $$$$$$$$....

For some reason this makes me want a Ghostbusters Wii game, where little kids complain their house disintegrated because they crossed the streams.

Zinn: I think we are on the same page here. There might have been a tone of sarcasm in my post, not intended, I meant what I said.

I once bloodied the nose of a friend with a Tac2 controller. Not on purpose, but great fun.

I don't believe the Wii remote could do that, especially with the strap slowing it down considerably before breaking. I took my wrist straps off, since I am capable of holding something while moving my arms.

Maybe if it were a double-pane glass window it would have survived better.

I used to run a lot of LARPS. And when you get that adrenaline rush while doing a physical action, and you totally forget all decorum.

You don't see that a lot with normal videogames, because the actions are so restrained.

But in LARPS, even with all the warnings about hitting people hard with the foam weapons, even people who are well aware of the issues involved, suddenly will forget how hard and wildly they are hitting people. Or running. Even after years of telling people to calm down, I've caught myself running down a hallway, nearly bowling people over.

I know better, of course, heat of the moment.

And Wii Sports in particular brings out that kind of behavior. Even in bowling, the bowler in our group *HAD* to step forward and snap his hand and wrist forward with terrifying speed. Because you need that speed and force to bowl.

And the motions and simulation on Wii Bowling is quite close to the real thing.

Also....I cannot find heavier cell phone straps anywhere. I've checked manufacturers, and they all seem to make that thin cotton string connection system. Lanyards are another story, but are too long for Wii use.

Nintendo is going to likely have to custom manufacture the strap. And they have to, or lawsuits are not too far away.

Moo,
Frank

When will people learn to grip those things tightly? I swear, my palms were sweaty as hell when I was playing my games, and not once did I ever let them slip out of my hands.

I don't get how hard it is to hold onto a controller. Seriously, if it's flying out of your hands, you're obviously doing something wrong. You don't have to put so much force into swinging. My friend and I both bought Wiis on launch day and either of us have yet to lose the controller or break the strap.