Attention Wii owners

legonads · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:50 pm

Nintendo is sending out replacement Wii remote wrist straps.

Quote:

Nintendo is offering to replace the original version of the wrist straps for the Wii Remote with a newer version. We have received some reports that when consumers swing the Wii Remote with the original version of the wrist-strap using excessive force and accidentally let go, the cord connecting the controller to the wrist strap can break, potentially causing the Wii Remote to strike bystanders or objects.

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wiiplay.jsp

And if you'd like to see the difference between Wii Strap 1.0 and the 1.0.1 security update:

[img][600:505]http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/images/straps.jpg[/img]

thrillhouse · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:53 pm

are you going to actually take them up on this?

legonads · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:17 pm

Yeah, I am. I doubt I'll ever break that one I have, but having a back-up strap won't hurt.

But I didn't really post this as an Obner public service announcement. I just thought it was kind of funny.

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

the wii is incredible

Timis · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:30 pm

wii got a problem...

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Timixmas Wrote:

wii got a problem...

that site is awesome.

Gordo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:58 pm

T-minus 5 hours or so until my son unwraps his Wii, and I get to try it out.

tentoze · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:08 pm

Only problem I've got is my youngest son wants one for xmas, and there isn't one anywhere in N. FL to buy.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:15 pm

tentoze Wrote:

Only problem I've got is my youngest son wants one for xmas, and there isn't one anywhere in N. FL to buy.

Yeah, I want one but you can't find them anywhere around here (southern Ontario) either.

Josh B · **Posted:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:45 pm

We're going to have Santa leave the kids an IOU and get one after the new year. I'll be much happier when I can just buy one of these damn things on a Tuesday at 11:30 AM rather than hanging out in the cold outside Target on a Sunday morning.

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:25 pm

maybe you guys can hook up with some gummys

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6191

FT · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:32 pm

catswilleatyou Wrote:

maybe you guys can hook up with some gummys

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6191

catswilleatyou Wrote:

no gummy no cummy

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:46 pm

catswilleatyou Wrote:

maybe you guys can hook up with some gummys

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6191

This is pretty awesome.

God, I wish I'd bought Nintendo stock 4 months ago rather than buying a stupid CD (cert. of deposit, not music).

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:47 pm

i wish i was a wii owner.

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:10 pm

Just got a wii as a gift over the weekend...now my arm is all sore from playing that damn tennis game. It is a fun little thing though. But, I do wish you could play normal video games on it as well as the last time I had a video game machine the only thing I really played mch was one of those EA soccer games.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:16 pm

Well, you can. You can either download old ones or you can play Gamecube games on it.

I have one, too, and it's pretty awesome. I got it a little over two weeks ago, but I haven't had a whole lot of time to play it. When I have, it's been mostly Wii Boxing, Zelda, and Wario Ware which I just got a few days ago. That game is hilarious and really, really fun. I'm just afraid the fun is going to wear out a little too fast.

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:27 pm

i tried renting a gamecube game, but while it would load, the controller wouldn't do anything. Do you have to use a gamecube controller to play gamecube games?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:30 pm

nobody Wrote:

i tried renting a gamecube game, but while it would load, the controller wouldn't do anything. Do you have to use a gamecube controller to play gamecube games?

I think so, yeah. I haven't even tried to play a GC game on mine yet, but I have a GC so I'm not really worried about it.

FT · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:55 pm

Horned-Up LPGA Fans Wrote:

i wish i was a Wie owner.

legonads · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:09 pm

Mine has stopped reading Wii discs (Gamecube discs work fine). I really should call Nintendo about this one of these days.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:22 pm

Do the controllers for these things eat batteries at an alarming rate?

I just noticed that one of mine is down halfway after just over two weeks.

thrillhouse · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:39 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Do the controllers for these things eat batteries at an alarming rate?

I just noticed that one of mine is down halfway after just over two weeks.

get some rechargeables bro. it's way cheaper and you can be a friend to the environment. the conservatives and loberals both win!

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:05 pm

thrillhouse Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

Do the controllers for these things eat batteries at an alarming rate?

I just noticed that one of mine is down halfway after just over two weeks.

get some rechargeables bro. it's way cheaper and you can be a friend to the environment. the conservatives and loberals both win!

Yeah, I probably will. Right now I'm still using the ones they came with.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:09 pm

usb-cells are really neat

The Mayor of Simpleton · **Posted:** Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:24 am

I just got a Wii for my wife's birthday next week. I can't wait to give it to her and kind of want to talk her into opening gifts over the weekend so we can get playing with it. So . . . I guess it's kind of a gift for us, really (I spent way more than I was supposed to - we were supposed to have just a small birthday budget as my birthday is also next week, and our anniversary is in a month, so I figured I'd roll it all into one that I know she's interested in and she'll use this a lot more than I ever will.)

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