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Chris Leigh
08 Dec, 2006

Nintendo working on Wiimote strap problem

Wii News | Ninty to the rescue of endangered windows and televisions.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has assured gamers that Nintendo is considering new ways of cutting down the number of Wii-related accidents that have occurred since the machine launched. Since Nintendo's console first became available to the public in November, there's been story after story of people accidentally flinging their Wii remote controls into plasma TV screens, other people's faces and through windows.

A bit like that time I took Samba de Amigo around to a friend's house and smashed one of his parent's lampshades to smithereens with a flailing maraca (that light fixture was far too low).

Anyway, many of these incidents have been blamed on the relatively weak strap that comes with the Wii remote control. Which obviously won't do. But thankfully, help could be at hand, with Iwata telling the Foreign Correspondents Club this week, "Some people are getting a lot more excited than we'd expected. We need to better communicate to people how to deal with Wii as a new form of entertainment."

Sod communication. A stronger strap would do the trick, Satoru.

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27 Comments
6 years ago
The Plague wrote
The strap that was attached to my Wiimote that came with Wii Play is noticably thicker than the one that came with my console. Surely Nintendo can just sell replacement straps for $5 so people who have a flimsy/broken strap can replace it.
The strap that came with my system (UK PAL) was thicker than the average electronics hand strap too, looks like Nintendo started working on the problem just after the US launch.
6 years ago
I have not had a problem with the Wiimote straps, and I have four Wiimotes
6 years ago
With the nunchuck and remote things can get a little tangled (especially in boxing). My friend ripped the nunchuck out of my wiimote while boxing =/

luckily nothing broke.

Also spilled milk on my Wiimote the other night... no issues there.
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