Wii have a problem

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Hilarious stories about people (idiots) who get carried away with their Wii remote.

"Wii have a problem" is a blog focused on bringing you the latest trend in gaming violence. That of damaged electronic loved ones caused from Wii related activities. Why? Because we're fanboys that's why.

http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/
 
The problem is these idiots are swinging the wii remote around as hard as they can. You do not have to swing with everything you have to get the controller to work.
 
Yup, this one fits me. My 12 year old son was using the bowling game, swung his arm upwards too fast and lost his grip on the controller. THUD!

We have a nice divot in the ceiling plaster right now. Controller just fine though.

We're doing a big renovation in a few months, so we'll just live with it now. Got to shoot him my pissed off look, while I was laughing my ass off inside.
 
That was really funny, especially the LCD TV.
 
Yeah its pretty funny!
http://videogames.yahoo.com/ongoingfeature?eid=494785&page=0

Did Wii break your TV?

People aren't getting a grip on Nintendo's new system.

By Mike Smith
29 Nov 2006

Picture this. You're lining up the perfect shot in Wii Bowling, remote in hand. You set up the shot, swing the remote with all the strength you can muster, and... follow through a little more than you intended.

Somehow the remote leaves your sweaty-palmed grip and bang, smash, there goes your TV, window, photo of your granny, anything that happens to be in the path of the newly liberated remote.

Hold on, though. If you're wearing the (supplied) wrist strap, no harm done, right? So you'd think.

As you can see, some Wii owners are finding the strap decidedly lacking. (Check out nascent site wiihaveaproblem.com for more strap malfunctions.) The problem isn't with the amply broad strap itself, but the considerably narrower section that connects the strap with the remote, which is prone to fray in some circumstances. The result is smashed remotes, smashed televisions, smashed windows, and unhappy (or, at least, somewhat red-faced) customers.






Teething hardware troubles are hardly new to the world of console launches, especially in the last year or so. The Xbox 360's original overheating issues are well documented, with the first production run of consoles suffering what is generally regarded to be an unusually high failure rate. We're even hearing the start of mutterings about overheating issues with some brand new PS3s. But it's probably the first time a console's design has lead --albeit indirectly -- to quite such a catalogue of destruction. To its credit, Nintendo appears to be happy to replace the wrist strap in some circumstances, but if there really is an underlying design weakness, then it needs to be addressed before an unfortunate (or worse, sue-happy) bystander gets beaned by a stray remote.

Sure, it's easy to laugh at the misfortune of these hapless Wii'ers, especially if you're still combing stores for miles around looking for yours. One broken strap could be regarded as misfortune, but as the volume of fractured straps grows, it starts to look more like carelessness -- or, at least, evidence of a lack of real-world testing.

In the meantime, wise Wii owners will want to consider hunting round the house for something a little stronger -- or waiting for one of the more opportunistic peripheral manufacturers to cash in on the opportunity to flog reinforced replacements at an inflated price. That's business.
 
The problem is these idiots are swinging the wii remote around as hard as they can. You do not have to swing with everything you have to get the controller to work.
Not true. Take baseball, for example. The harder you swing it the faster the ball goes. If you pitch normally, the ball gets in the 70s (MPH). I've seen 90s, swinging very hard. Sounds to me like they need to beef up that wrist strap.
 
Play it for 20 minutes and you get a good workout... Easier to lose your grip when your hands are sweaty.

I bought some of those remote "gloves" to try and decrease the slip factor from the shiny plastic.

My biggest pain with these things is that the controllers keep dropping the wireless connection when you change games. You have to keep "reconnect"ing them from the setup menu.

I've taken the XBox360 wireless controllers for granted, but they just simply work.
 

PS3 sold for $0.99

wii wand/cable connectors

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