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- boberto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21What's worse, someone thinking Peter Griffin came up with "hefty, hefty, hefty" or those that think Brian Griffin came up with "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" ?
- cheez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20I thought the straps on the wiimotes I purchased from the online nintendo store were thicker than the strap that was on the wiimote that came with my system. I knew I was right!
- raabco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17$5000?
Wow, the value of these TVs keep rising, even though I haven't seen a broken TV report for several days... - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Couldn't the photographer just zoom in a bit more?
- Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"In the words of Peter Griffin"
Actually in the words of the old Hefty trash bag commercials, where Peter got it from. - Coven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I want to see the video of THAT on youtube.
This is your assignment people. I want to see kids flying through their TVs. Let the comedy ensue! - caffiend, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@Deuterium
Dude, my LCD is 46" and I love playing the Wii. If you'd quit paying so much attention to graphics and focus on gameplay you'd see it's not really even an issue. I just scored component cables yesterday and it makes a lot of difference.
Golden Axe FTW!!! - raabco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Heh, as well as in just the last few months. I just picked up a new 56" Samsung that was priced $1K less than it was 3 months ago when it came out, and it's only going to get better...
After watching the market for 3 years, I just couldn't wait any longer.
And for anyone on the fence, the Wii is *way* fun on a huge screen. - mrfreeziexp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8It will never work as long as we have people swinging their arms like they are on fire.
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6My friend works with chainmail as a hobby, so he made himself a chain wrist strap on release day... It's pretty good.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Ha! This is great! Now instead of launching the controllers at their TVs, nerds are going to smack themselves in the face now from the strap recoil. I can't wait for the YouTube vids.
- armbar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You can't admit that you're wrong on digg!
- enicholas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6That's funny, my Wii looks pretty damned nice on my 50" plasma. I have yet to hook it up to my 160" projection screen, but I'll get around to it soon.
- Magnis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6You know, i am a reasonable, normal person. I bought a Wii remote for my roommate's Wii. I admit, I was getting a little too much into the game, but it accidentally slipped out of my hands and broke the strap. Thankfully it bounced off a couch before hitting the floor and was perfectly fine. Also thankfully, We use a digital projector instead of a TV [projector screens don't break easily]. I remember thinking before I broke my wrist strap "Man, only a retarded person could break this, all those reports must be fake." Needless to say, I was wrong. Accidents happen. People aren't perfect.
- techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Just checked and the controller I bought on launch day has the bigger strap. Weird.
- brlittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Imagine the eletrical arc you'd get. Sweet...a busted hi-def TV AND an accidental electrocution. Twice the fun at the same price!
Stupid people never cease to amaze me. - raabco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4My wrist strap is non existent, yet I've managed not to act a fool when playing my Wii.
Look, it all comes down to this: People are 'virtual' bowling for example, so for some reason they think they need to swing their arm with the same force they would if they were holding a 7 lb bowling ball in their hand. Now, why there's some disconnect in the logic functions in their brain, I'll never know. I guess I can just be glad I was born without that disconnect. - jrstinkfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"People are 'virtual' bowling for example, so for some reason they think they need to swing their arm with the same force they would if they were holding a 7 lb bowling ball in their hand. Now, why there's some disconnect in the logic functions in their brain, I'll never know."
People do it because it's more fun that way, not because they're stupid. Hell, I swing my arm with some force when I bowl, but I don't have sweaty hands, so it's not a problem. I also swing the bat like a real bat, and the tennis racket like a real tennis racket. The fact that people can't help but do that is what makes it so much fun. That, and twisting your body around after you let go of the ball, as if it has any bearing on where the ball ends up.
So far my only casualty is a burnt-out light bulb from a floor lamp my buddy hit while swinging in tennis. - shiftless, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6The photographer is probably lacking a macro lens, but there is a visual difference at least
- raabco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2heh not this again.
- Jakkaru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2people really need to stop rubbing butter all over there bodies before using the wii.
if they stopped that maybe it wouldnt fly out of there hands. - armbar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802507
digg added the parenthesis to the URL, because the commenting system is all-knowing. Above is the fixed URL. - hansamurai, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Stop making huge generalizations and realize that the straps DID break from normal use.
- revisrev, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The program is the problem. The Wii is the cure.
"Jeez Donny. You have your shoes tied all wrong. they're supposed to be loose so you look cool. Get with the program."
It's called marching to the beat of a different drum. Blue Ocean and all that other crap that means not worrying about what the other guy is doing. Game systems are appliances. They have been treated in the same way as other appliances, ie. do what we used to do a little bit better. It takes real balls to do what Nintendo did with the Wii, and the DS. I was getting tired of ever-improving graphics on top of ever-regressing gameplay. If that still works for you then don't buy the Wii. All of the videogames on the other systems are either RPGs, Shooters, Sports, Platform, strategy, racing, or Puzzle games. That's a lot of categories, but it's getting to the point where if you've played one then you've played them all.
Although, in the story of my life the Wii is the bad guy. I was actually disenfranchised with games, ready to spend my free time more productively. Then here comes the Wii, actually making them fun for me again. Damn you Nintendo. You'll rue the day. Get to ruing. - Fizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My Wii I purchased on launch day (and extra wiimote) both had these thicker straps already. I didn't really notice it until I saw the picture which compared the two. My straps look more like the ones which the article is inferring came out after the straps started breaking.
- Chewy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ugg....BBSpot is SATIRE....geez
- davori, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bought the Wii in Ireland last night with WiiPlay. The strap that came with the WiiMote is definately thicker than the one that came with my WiiPlay. Its obviously thicker to the eye, but it feels a bit softer in my opinion, perhaps slightly (very slightly) elasticated. I can only assume that Nintendo has started to make thicker straps and i just got unlucky with my WiiPlay Wiimote! Don't really think theres any chance of it breaking under normal use anyway!
- raabco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"now who do you think the stupid ones are?"
Uhhh... Anyone that thinks that this BBspot article is true?
By the end of the fourth paragraph, any tech-savvy human realizes it's a fake... "said Yugi Tamagotchi of Tokyo."
or you could venture outside your bubble and look at *any* of the other stories on this site...
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/09/sony-playstation-4.html
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/12/backside-of-webpages.html
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/07/soylent-green-fuel.html
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/07/amd-ati-daamit.html
I really hope you were kidding, but sadly, nothing in your post suggests you aren't as dumb as you seem. - locomorto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well actually, yes! While it certinally doesn;t happen very often, occasionally it does happen. Fortunately though, they have rubber grips on them, so its very rare. Of course, that doesn't do much for the flying balls or taunts.
I was quite surprised to learn that the wiimote didn't have rubber straps, the remote itself is quite slippery, and its very eays to get sweaty hands when making a public fool of yourself. Still I hope to get one soon :). - Alphateam, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6It could be a metal strap and people would break it. I mean...just take a deep breath and wave the wiimote CALMLY and hang on to it. I've never once dropped it. All this uproar about broken stuff and flying wiimotes I just don't get it. What is so freak'n hard about not letting go of something. Save the KFC for a break and hey maybe try washing your hands for once. I don't want your ass germs on my wiimote anyway.
- Mr.White, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Just two days ago I got my new straps from Nintendo as well. They are thicker and hopefully will last longer.
- teddyrux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How would we know if the Wiis that are shipping now have thicker straps or not? Should people hold off buying one for a few more weeks?
- blakespot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://pix.blakespot.com/view/computers/plasma_tv/IMG_0467.JPG.html
...nah. - TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They should use chains rather than rope! :P
- dustinl4m3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Interesting, but the Wii remote that I got in the Wii box and the 2 remotes I bought separately (all on launch day!) have different sized cords. And the remotes have different stamps under the battery covers. The remote inside the Wii box was manufactured in a different factory, along with the strap. I've managed to mix up which came from where, but right now I can visibly tell the difference in size between the straps.
So perhaps this is just a case of manufacturing inconsistency across the production factories. - dustinl4m3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Too bad nobody informed me it was unplayable on my 56" DLP. I've been playing it this whole time in ignorance!
Thanks for the heads up on the 32" limit. Any more creative thresholds you'd like to interject? - jcholewa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@heydroid
> "Kids in Japan have taken the innovative approach of using superglue to attach the
> Wii-mote to their hands."
> http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Never_Lose_The_Wii_mote_Superglue_it_to_you
>
> now who do you think the stupid ones are?
The people who don't realize that the above-linked article was from a parody site. - Ehrgeiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm willing to bet this doesn't fix the issue, as long as you are putting so much force into the wiimote someone is going to break this new strap too.
- Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I will probably use my PSP wrist strap that is still in its protective plastic, which pretty much is the state of my PSP these days. At least it was good for something. I mean, Sony was kind enough to supply a WHITE wrist strap for a black PSP, obviously foreshadowing the need to coordinate with the color of Nintendo Wii consoles.
- caffiend, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Get some of those rubber wiimote skins. They increase friction and give you much better grip. Great for the sweaty-handed. Well worth the money.
- Laolong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We have no wiimotes in the UK today only the ones that come with Wiiplay. Looks like they're sorting the problem out for us... and i thought they just didn't care.
- TimRogers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My UK Wii that I got today has a thick strap :)
- clownguyx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm having a harder time finding Wiimotes than I did finding the console. The constant searching and phone calls are slowly killing me.
- spyder91, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20061129.jpg
- revisrev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, the Wii can be played with simple wrist movements. Yes, you can do exaggerated moves, making it more fun and immersive without letting go of the controller. Yes, you can accidentally get a little too into it and let go of the remote.
According to Nintendo the Wii is all about having fun. I have more fun when I'm flailing about looking a fool. THAT is the intended use, to have a more fun and immersive experience. I didn't break my strap, my son's friend did, but I think that thicker straps is a smart move. I don't hold Nintendo responsible, but I don't think anybody really does. These people know they made the mistakes, but I don't think that they care.
I guarantee you that the people that are having these problems are also having more fun with their Wii... after they clean up the blood and get the stitches. It's all about fun, so if Nintendo packages thicker straps they are showing themselves to be fun advocates. Y'know, win the hearts and minds. - sofakinggosu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am still trying to figure out why you would let an over zealous retard play your Wii to have the wrist strap break... I doesn't seem like and easy feat.
- dysonlu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess from now on I gotta watch out for rackets flying all over the place when I'm on a tennis court?
- MisterKyle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hit myself in the junk a couple of nights ago while pitching in baseball. Finished the inning on the the floor
- Aniphx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow, not only has Nintendo admitted to making a design error/mistake, but they also fixed it in a timely manner with no excuses. That's pretty cool if you ask me.
- blacktoes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Thicker strap...good I guess, but remember...When pitching in Wii baseball, and rolling in Wii bowling, you don't have to release the controller as you would a regular ball. Your living room is just that, a living room, and not a sports stadium.
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