Every time I post anything that gets picked up by Go Nintendo, the gibbering fan boy fools in their comment sections start shrieking about how I shill for the Playstation 3 (a console I have posted almost nothing positive about, ever) and how I'm prejudiced against the Wii (a console to which I have looked forward with nothing but sheer enthusiasm, although this was sadly dampened by my recent hands-on time with the console).

The fact that I am now picking up a negative article on the Wii from Go Nintendo themselves is not without a tinge of delectable irony. Courtesy of the GN boys, this news: there's apparently some serious quality problems with the Wiimote, and this may actually delay the console's launch.

From the translation:

The factory has received Wii controller's purchasing order and its sample, but is still stucked in testing phrase. From feedbacks of testers, currently the Wiimote and nunchuck still have a lot of small issues, such as buttons aren't sensitive, hard to press 2 buttons together, and even no response occasionally, and the current sample is easy to get damaged, using the controller in normal situation will produce some noise, etc. Entering Sept, if the above hardware problems cannot be fixed, it will directly affect Wii's selling strategy.

Also, the factory has not received the Wii console from Nintendo yet, currently they are testing samples using a dedicated machine only for testing, which means after an up-to-standard sample is produced, it still needs to be sented back to Japan to be tested by Nintendo for the 2nd time. Wii controller uses bluetooth technology for real-time data transfer, and infrared for "space location"(space as in that Eistein(?)) guy Time-Space thingy), and the 2nd phrase of testing procedures maybe even tougher!

Ouch, that's bad news for all of us hoping for a Wii in the next few months. Let's hope it's not true: I found using the Wiimote loosey-goosey enough without production problems on top of that. Florian Eckhardt

Wiimote production issues? [Go Nintendo]

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