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Nintendo’s new Wii game console continues to get lots of exposure, but not all due to the cool new features. Pictured is a small showcase of those on the injured list from WiiHaveAProblem, reportedly due to game play injuries using the Wii remote control. Some of these injuries could possibly be resolved with the new, stronger replacement wrist strap that you can request from Nintendo, but not all of them.
Nintendo has continued to have spectacular sales with the Wii game console which features a new style of controller that allows the player to mimic actions of the game, such as swinging a racket or a golf club, or casting a fishing rod. Some have gotten so into the game that they lose sight of objects around them, and sometimes lose their grip on the controller.
In response to these many reported injuries along with damage to televisions and other objects around the house, Nintendo has recalled the wrist straps for the controller and offers a replacement strap with a thicker cord.
Doing this will hopefully help with some of the damages caused by losing control of the remote, but some damages have also been caused simply by players swinging their arms too widely and not paying attention the objects around and above them, and have nothing to do with the wrist strap breaking. Reports have shown players who have accidentally hit things such as other people standing next to them and light fixtures hanging above them. To this Nintendo continues to suggest playing it safe, and not get too wild with the controller, which of course for many cuts down on the fun as well.
In December Nintendo started shipping their Wii game consoles with a stronger strap, but for those of you with a Nintendo Wii that was shipped before December, you can order your replacement wrist straps at Nintendo’s site at up to 4 per game console. The strong strap alone will not prevent all of the damages and injuries, but could certainly help if you lose your grip, just remember to be careful when your having fun in this newest extreme sport.
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“Some of these injuries could possibly be resolved with the new, stronger replacement wrist strap that you can request from Nintendo, but not all of them.”
All could have been avoided if people don’t swung it round like apemen.
The problem, I believe, lies with the users.
Obviously the straps do need a look at, but a lot of the injuries are down to the user swinging there hand into something.
Is it just me? or is it common sense NOT to swing your arms around in a cluttered room ?
Can’t wait to see what happens on New Years Day, Drunken Wii-ness will lead to more hilarities. Am surprised noones thrown the controller at the tv and broken it yet …..
this is bullsh1t…. none of these ppl got hurt from the wii. IF any of them did get hurt from the Wii they deserve it because there R3TARDED. how the h3ll do you cut urself with a controller? and how does a little plastic controller bust threw a tv screen?
stupid people..
Nintendo is proving that Charles Darwin was correct. Very soon the Wii will have selected and eliminated the terminally stupid!
Haha!
Did you read anything at http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com ?
alot of the cuts came from glass the controller broke…..TV’s….i suppose Im the onlt one here to send something into a TV that broke it…
The person sould be EXTREMELY STUPID to hit anything while playing,
and how the heck someone could break a knee by playing, or even cut their on fingers?
It may have slip out of someones hands, but just the stupid poeple who dont hold the remote at all just by trusting the strap.
Well, all it needs is a gentle swing not all crazy, like a freaking ape.
I mean you guys get way into the game..I have never witnessed a injury fomr a Wii, yet…Hopefully I don’t…and well, I did once accidently throw the Wiimote at the tv somehow? and it didn’t break? It just went *tink* and fell to the floor? I mena you need like a freaking rock to bust a tv, I set a tv on its face on solid cement and it never broke…and that was a experiment on a not working tv..then I held it 2 inches from the ground..nothing…If your gonna have a wii play it in the living room..more space…not in your cluttered room, because it seems most gamers don’t have the time to clean there rooms except me…I bet the next thing is gonna be a seziure and someones gonna die..How the hell does it do that to your eye?and that head thing has to be done while playing a multiplayer game..and what is that? a elbow or knee? seriously a plastic controller can’t bust a freakin solid tv…unless the glass is like thin as heck..
-FiendNinja
wow you now it is your fault you should of warn your straps like i do
people are so thick the straps dnt evednt need looking to there fine how can something like that hert you its just the people being thick and it serves them right it dosnt take much of a swing to work the wii does it
WHAT THE HECK!!!! come on people! this is retarted and how dare you blame the wii when you know that it was you stupid selves that did this and another thing the straps are fine its just that you guys are going nuts…just calm down and get a hold of yourself and this wont happen.geez
i seriously dnt think any1 is stupid enough to do all these accidents i hav the wii and thank god im not a retard and i dun hit ppl or myself or anythin else around me!…and abt the wrist strap tht can be fixed its no biggy…jst cant beleve this stuff! i jst LOV3 Wii…and who tht beleves it jst hav fun with it nd hope for the best ;**
byee
dude this is stupid nobody does those thing s aplaying a wii i have one and its awesome and this stuff never happens unless your more hyper than a bull with a rope around its b*lls geez. And remember the wii rules!!!!!!
who in the world would get injured because of a wii?? It doesn’t need to be thrown..
This is the biggest pile of s**t I’ve read in awhile. Obviously these [people] were acting like the idiots they look like while they were playing. “DUH, LETS PRETEND ITS A SWORD AND HAVE BATTTLES” is what I’m assuming these stupid people were saying before they got injured. And just a tip… the wrist strap goes around your wrist. It’s not an all purpose shield generator. Which I also assume, is what these people thought the wrist strap did. Hence why they have such… pathetic injuries. This stupid article could have been prevented if the players of the Wii who have filed complaints weren’t so stupid and immature. And We’d have all saved a few minutes of our time.
WOW!!! you gottta be careful lol! wow thank gosh they have the straps noww!
Hey I have played hour and hours on the Wii I have never got a injury from playing unless aching arms count but I don’t understand how people can cut themselves on a Wii controller and hitting yourself in the eye you must have no co-ordination to do that but I’m doing a school assignment on Wii injuries so please tell me how you done it and if there is any problems you know the console has please reply. Thank you
How much do you want there will be recalls pretty soon
you talk about stupidness? You Can’t even spell hurt right!
I’ve had a Wii since launch. The only time anyone gets hurt is when someone else forgets they’re there and hits them during a swing. I personally havn’t been hurt, except when a drunken friend of mine hit me with the remote.
People, PLEASE hold on to your remotes. Especially considering the grips now available from Nintendo, only people with problems with the muscles in their hands (or idiots) should be getting hurt/breaking stuff.
oh my gosh! Just don’t act so crazy. I have a wii and nothing EVER happens to me except when my brother goes crazy and swings it. You just need common sense. Just hold on to the wii remote!
good thing people doesnt get “carried away” while their cutting bread or something dangerous like that.
heh heh
wow u ppl r fucken retarded
Its all in the strap if u dont wear it and u swing it hard then it would probably hit someone. Just stay away from people when you play and wear the strap.
ok so i’ve ahd a wii for about 2 months the only injuries wev gotton are sore muscles and when my maes stand to close and wack each other. Its pretty simple, stand apart and controll your actions. Though i do believe a wii remote could bust a tv screen, some screens are thiner than others and some people playing them are really strong and have alot of power, so becareful…
Can’t anyone spell? Where the hell do you people learn your grammar? Gotton, “threw” the tv, “controll”, “thiner”. Don’t you people using this grammar know that it makes you look dumb? My God, the computer even has a spell checker when you are writing in this posting site (or as you would say “posting sight’)
Pay attention in school or you’ll stay at your minimum wage jobs. Then again, I have employees like you and I would pay them less if I could because with this kind of education level they aren’t worth any more than minimum wage.
They must be pretty stuiped to throw the wii controler out of there arms with that much force
And if that doesn’t work, what should we do? Threaten them?
the wii strap is a saftey, ur supposed to still HOLD ON to the remote controller. Any 1 who injured themselves are just plain idiots
What do you want nintendo to do? provide an arm-to-remote wielding kit.
i think that if you get injured using a Wii controller then you are a friggn bonehead.. its only common sence.. i bet all them people on that list WERENT infact wearing the straps. After i read this and saw the pics i went and got my wii controller and (put the strap back on HAHA) then put it on my wrist and threw it as hard as i could.. the strap did NOT break or anything.. kinda hurt my wrist when it came back lol but that was my own stupidity. so a message to all thos dum f#$!s out there who hurt them selves with the wii…
WEAR YOUR F#$%!@G WRISTBAND!! or go back to the nes..morons
ANOTHER THING!
how in the name of christ do you cut yourselves that bad with a round edged plastic paddle. stop trying to get money out of nintendo you f$#%!@g doushe baggs
I can easily see how all these injuries could of happened though it took awhile to figure out the cuts and stuff the cuts are from say ’slashing’ and accidentally hitting like a corner of a desk thats sharp or something glass that breaks, and as someone said different TV’s break easier than others without the grip thing the controller is also a lot harder to hold onto which I’m surprised no ones mentioned the bruises and stuff could either be the controller flipping out of hands while flicking towards body multi player with someone next to you accidentally hitting you as for the broken kneecap perhaps they tried to swerve to the side and hit a coffee table hard or something, well I guess I’m done~
ha ha ha how can people be so stupid! they shouldnt e a stupid barsted and they should tighten the staps! DUMB ASS!!
The Wii Remote does not have a serrated edge! It’s impossible to cut yourself with a Wii unless you bash your hand into a knife or something.
ha ha ha it’s for noob people who fool how to play wii. WII stil work good! says my gf
how can you have a big ass bump on your eye and smile about it? there is no way you used common sense when you did that…anyone who claims that they got cut do not need to play the wii…it’s not that difficult. even before you play it tells you to make sure nothing is in the area…maybe you ACTUALLY
Haha.. anyone to get hurt by the Wii is a f*&$%g moron. S$%t happens, don’t blame your own inability to control your actions on Nintendo… you wouldn’t blame a car manufacturer for crashing your car if you were f%$#g SWERVING around the god damned road in a fit of joy…. Then again, people nowadays are pretty stupid. F$%#@g noobs.
This is STUPID!! IF someone threw the controller at a tv the tv would not brake! the CONTROLLER will you STUPID RETARD!!!
Are these people stupid or something? I have owned a Wii for 17 months now and neither myself nor any member of my family have ever lost their grip on the Wii remote or hit anyone with it. We dont even wear the wrist strap because we feel that it is in the way. Even my 3 year old daughter can use it without letting it go.