*** WII Defective Remote Strap*****

[thescreensavers]

As a 34 year old mother of 4 .. Whos 14 year old waited in line 14 hours to purchase a Wii.
I felt the need to let people know the danger of the Wii Remote wrist strap breaking, My 7 year old daughter was playing Wii Sports Bowling being supervised... she was playing in a non-aggressive manner, Sent the remote flying across the room resulting in a broken TV Screen.
I just wanted people to be aware of the failing wrist strap.. If the force of a small 7 year old can break the wrist strap then I'm sure this wont be the first.

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[Queasy]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Fascinating

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

:Q

 

[Queasy]

Pssss....there's a thread for the Wii stickied at the top with this already posted in there.

 

[platinumike]

thats what happens when you DONT let your children play violent video games.

 

[j00fek]

this thread will self destruct in 5min

 

[bucwylde23]

sounds like a defective 7 year old

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Nowhere in the instructions did that game say "let go of the wiimote"

<-- usually lets the strap just dangle.

 

[j00fek]

wii thread - http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1934001&enterthread=y

 

[FoBoT]

wrong thread

 

[spidey07]

wow!

So all wiis are defective then? I heard they all self desctruct and kill children. Better not buy one. I also heard of their dreaded red rings. Terrible stuff.

 

[Brackis]

Salted

 

[Umberger]

the real question... does the wiimote still work?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: spidey07
wow!

So all wiis are defective then? I heard they all self desctruct and kill children. Better not buy one. I also heard of their dreaded red rings. Terrible stuff.

You remember when the original Xbox was released? There were countless stories about them falling off of shelves and killing people. There haven't been any stories of the PS3 yet because nobody has them, three people tried to get one and were shot!

 

[Kelnoen]

Don't swing it by the strap.
Smack the kid for doing so.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: spidey07
wow!

So all wiis are defective then? I heard they all self desctruct and kill children. Better not buy one. I also heard of their dreaded red rings. Terrible stuff.

You remember when the original Xbox was released? There were countless stories about them falling off of shelves and killing people. There haven't been any stories of the PS3 yet because nobody has them, three people tried to get one and were shot!

The reason we haven't heard of stories about the PS3 is because the users were sent to the 4th Dimension and are thus unable to report their problems.

 

[lokiju]

So because a 7 y/o actually let go of the remote which resulted in the strap tearing and breaking their TV, they're saying the Wii is defective?

Sounds like defective logic to me.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: spidey07
wow!

So all wiis are defective then? I heard they all self desctruct and kill children. Better not buy one. I also heard of their dreaded red rings. Terrible stuff.

I don't plan on throwing my wii remote, so I think I'll be alright.

But why the hell should I care that she's 34 year old who is contributing to overpopulation?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

NEWSFLASH - kid breaks something!!11!1!!1

Film at 11.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

BREAKING NEWS - kid actually broke 2 things at teh same time!!! OMGZOR

 

[iamwiz82]

As a 34 year old mother of 4 .. Whos 14 year old waited in line 14 hours to purchase a Wii.
I felt the need to let people know the danger of the Wii Remote wrist strap breaking, My 7 year old daughter was playing Wii Sports Bowling being supervised... she was playing in a non-aggressive manner, Sent the remote flying across the room resulting in a broken TV Screen.
I just wanted people to be aware of the failing wrist strap.. If the force of a small 7 year old can break the wrist strap then I'm sure this wont be the first.

Translation:

I was out scoring with another random guy while my 4 spawns from the depths of hell were playing "Throw the wiimote at the cat" when they missed the cat (unfortunately) and hit the TV. I then got out some dull scissors and frayed the cord to make it look like an accident.

I want $1 million for the mental trauma.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

As a 34 year old mother of 4going on 5 .. Whos 14 year old waited in line 14 hours I saved a bunch of money on babysitter costs!to purchase a Wii.
I felt the need to let people know the danger of the Wii Remote wrist strap breaking, My 7 year old daughter was playing Wii Sports Bowling being supervised By Nintendo... she was playing in a non-aggressive mannerShe wasn't hitting her brother, just spinning the wiimote like a jump rope, Sent the remote flying across the room resulting in a broken TV Screen.
I just wanted people to be aware of the failing wrist strap.. If the force of a small 7 year old can break the wrist strap then I'm sure this wont be the first.

Translation:

I was out scoring with another random guy while my 4 spawns from the depths of hell were playing "Throw the wiimote at the cat" when they missed the cat (unfortunately) and hit the TV. I then got out some dull scissors and frayed the cord to make it look like an accident.

I want $1 million for the mental trauma.

Added what she was thinking.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
BREAKING NEWS - kid actually broke 2 things at teh same time!!! OMGZOR

Will there still be a film at 11?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
BREAKING NEWS - kid actually broke 2 things at teh same time!!! OMGZOR

Will there still be a film at 11?

Only if the camera-man escapes the house with the camera intact. He's using the wrist-strap though so fingers crossed there aren't any big TV's in the way.