Ulysses Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Heres a funny ariticle in the Uk's SUN Newspaper............. NINTENDO’S new Wii computer game is proving a smash hit  as players WRECK their homes and BASH each other. Many are getting carried away with the gadget’s revolutionary motion-sensing remote control that lets users mimic golf swings and sword fights. As they thrash around with their arms, consoles fly from sweaty palms into TV sets and windows. Some accidentally punch loved ones or injure their hands on hard furniture. A US website is collecting snaps of disasters. One, sent in by a user called Jim, shows his girlfriend Liz’s black eye after a game of “Zeldaâ€ÂÂ. He wrote: “I’m just lucky Liz is a good sport.†Nintendo may strengthen the control straps. For the pictures click here ... http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006570535,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablet Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 yea i read an article on dcemu, nasty picture, theres also been compaliants of people wearing themselves out, silly people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 silly people Primarily for buying the product in the first place ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablet Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 my centements exatly, that is until i become a hypocrite and bye one TFMF - congats on hitting the 4000 posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 beat me why did didnt get picked up be for the release...surely they had people testing the systems, saying that if id knackered my TV i would be incline to sue nintendo for a faulty product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones2097 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 oh now i get it........... Wiipon! ::) and how old are these ppl??? i rem kids used to jump thinking it would help sonic jump... hehehe..... i think ppl are forgetiing that this is a games console not an aerobic work out! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 oh now i get it........... Wiipon! ::) Right on the ball today, eh? ;) and how old are these ppl??? i rem kids used to jump thinking it would help sonic jump... hehehe..... i think ppl are forgetiing that this is a games console not an aerobic work out! :o It's actually quite advantageous. They get to work out and play consoles all day long. No wonder parents are rushing to buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mrthumps Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 and now hackers and what not are making use of the wii-mote http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72307-0.html?tw=wn_technology_6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 If they can't keep a good grip on their controllers, they've got nobody to blame but themselves when things go ... wrong. -_-' It's not Nintendo's fault people don't know how to hold a friggin' remote! >_< As for the 'hackers making use of the Wii-mote'... well, it's nice that someone's made a driver for the Wiimote. From the sounds of things, it was pretty much trivial to do... probably just a standard HID device driver tweaked to acknowledge Wii-specific messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 If they can't keep a good grip on their controllers, they've got nobody to blame but themselves when things go ... wrong. -_-' It's not Nintendo's fault people don't know how to hold a friggin' remote! >_< Actually it is nintendo's fault, theses consoles are aimed at kids as well as adults and if they are that prone to snapping then they should be in breach of health and safety and have there BSI retracted, they should of known that this strap is prone to snapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones2097 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 i wonder how fast you'd have to swing your hand in order to let the remote slip your hand, break the strap & still fly in a straight line, to break you windows... wait just think..... i smell fish.... lol.... i reckon ppl have been breaking the straps & then throwing them though windows! lol... i guess theyre trying to make their money back from the Wii... ::) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 They have allready said they were going to give everyone who wanted to new (and improved) straps for free and newly built models will have them by default, so that issue is no longer relevant btw... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arktis Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Two quick things: 1.) The straps work fine as they are. A guy over at Nintendojo decided to do some weight testing and in the end had to resort to using pure muscle to finally break the strap. Story and pictures here : http://www.nintendojo.com/fullfocus/view_item.php?1166055790 This just goes to show that in the majority of cases, people are simply being retarded. Thanks, retards. 2.) Voluntary exchange program article here : http://www.nintendorevolution.ca/12152006/20/nintendo_wii_wrist_strap_there_is_no_recall As the URL and page title say, there is no recall. Tetsuo is pretty much right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 better still lol stick with a PC ...safer lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones2097 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Nooooooooo... look how much damage they made with a remote!! just imagine them swinging a keyboard around and using the mouse cord as a whip!!! ouch! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arktis Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Now there's an amusing mental image. Speaking of which, what was the name of that family from Monty Python's Flying Circus that all talked really loud and smashed things over their heads? Heheheh. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arktis Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well, it happened. The first class-action lawsuit: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163421.html Given the links I already posted, I think it's a bunch of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablet Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 ^ Thats just as bad as those 2 teenagers sueing mcdonalds because it made them fat, i do supose though if you play for a long time and your palms get sweaty the remote might be difficult to keep a hold of, from the pis and tv advert there dosent appear to be a rubber grip anywhere, then again i could be mistaken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x5315 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 but surely you would have the common sense to stop playing if you were having trouble gripping the controller. then again, most of these people are american. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arktis Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 then again, most of these people are american. :P Vulgar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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