So it all comes down to this.
After a few weeks of various reports of slippery handed slug creatures tossing their Wii remotes into everything from their televisions to their hamsters, Nintendo will be replacing the "faulty" straps. Free of charge of course for consumers. Nintendo on the other hand will spend several million dollars on the recall. Ouch.
Getting a replacement is easy enough -- Nintendo has set up an online request form that requires your shipping info and Wii serial numbers.
Personally, I'm too lazy to get up to see what my serial number is on my Wii, so I'm going to pass on this one. But for everyone who wants to hit Nintendo in the wallet because you think there's a chance you're also slightly retarded (and might fling a controller across a room), here's your chance.
Stick it to the man.
(Thanks to everyone who sent this tip in. We love you.)
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10:27 AM on 12.15.2006
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So the thin strap will go on my Lite and the new strap will go on the Wiimote.
By the way, when is Nintendo going to start calling it the Wiimote? Everyone else already does...
I'm not sure they legally can, cause of this: http://weemote.com/
D:
I never knew about that. Yeah, I guess they can't call it a Wiimote then.
And Weemote... Who knew?
Nintendo really has nothing to worry about here. They've sold around a million wiis so far. Each one of those is making them around $30 of pure profit. Wrist straps, in mass production, probably cost a couple of cent, plus cheap bulk postage... It's not really going to dent them financially.
That's not even mentioning games and accessories sold, or the DS...
http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/12/nintendo_is_not.html
- Eddie
Anyway, I ordered four straps for my four remotes. I had one snap on bowling and although no one or thing was damaged by a flying Remote, I don't want to take any chances again. Those remotes were just too hard to come by. And yes, the person playing was new to Wii, overly into it, and had sweaty hands so it just slipped out unintentionally.
u better
never though i would be the source for any kind of breaking news... go figure
glad i could help