Pic stolen from Arcadios.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/20/flying-wiimote-busts-60-tv/
lol
I've only had it happen to me once, but that was my own fault for not having the strap on. I happened to me while I was playing Baseball on Wii Sports, and as I swung, WOOSH! flew and hit the wall to my left, right in the area where it happens to be fairly empty lucky for me. But I'm not too worried about the Wii-mote getting damaged. As for other people and having repeated incidents, they're probably just getting way to into it and/or being retarded.
Oh, and after reading that story. He probably just got unlucky with his wiimote, I doubt most are like that. And hell, he must have flung that ****er pretty hard to cause such damage to the TV.
People are idiots. How hard can it be to hold onto something?
i dont think thats real, come on a wiimote from a bowling position throw, to do that kind of damage to a tv.
wii sports games work better with non-over powerd shots. they explain and justifiy that in wii golf. and bowling is all about were you let go of the B button low you have alot more spin oppritunity (if you are putting spin) and high the less spin you will be (seeing as you might chunk the ball half way down the lane in the air)
but i dont use my wrist snap. because i dont want to have to take it off just to stop playing, or just feel it on me while i play. gamestop makes you ware one for the demo's. i do a fine job holding on to it, i am sure everyone else will to. and i dont get sweaty hands with the wii at all.
Yeah, there's been a ton of cases.
*******it, whenever I see the words 'flying wiimote', I envision those winged monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, 'cept they're winged wiimotes, tearing apart Scarecrow and stuff. What's up with that?
lol, i'll be extra careful not to do that
I was actually pretty embarassed last night. My first time ever playing a Wii and I managed to almost knock one of my best friends out, while pitching in baseball, by throwing the Wiimote.
He has an egg the size of an ovary on his head now...
An egg....the size....of an ovary? Wha?
Egg meaning 'bump'.
http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/
I rarely use the strap. I've never lost my Wiimote.
that's funny stuff
I might be the result of the gamers hands getting all sweaty.
****, looks like I cant bathe in butter and Finely lubricate my hands before my gaming sessions now. My life is ruined.
yea this is a little off topic but what else do you expect form me?
they just came out with a nerf controler for the ps2 and maybe xbox so you can throw it as hard as you want (even at people) and it wornt break
now they jsut need to make them for xbox 360 and ps3.one for the wii i dont think i would buy becasue it would bee to squishy for mee
Two things tell me that the original source article is untrue. First, take a look at the TV pictured. The guy is claiming that the TV that was damaged was a 60" Projection. The TV in that pic is defenitely a 27 or so inch and as far as I can tell, it's just a plain old CRT. Second, this dude is from Something Awful. Has anyone ever been to that site? If so, then you should be able to look at this article with a lot of discretion.
Doesn't really matter if that one article is false or not, since there's more than enough true occurrences for it to make no difference. Hell, even Reggie commented on the problem.
Read an article about it in 24 magazine
As Penny Arcade put it,
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Penny Arcade is so stupid.
Eh...i suppose you're right Vamp...this certainly isn't the first time this problem has been brought to attention.
I can't believe that the Wii controllers are "heavy duty". I just can't imagine that at all, but hey, I don't have a Wii so I wouldn't know. If anyone is willing to try to run a car over their Wii controllers, I would like to find out the outcome.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?Dispatch=Display&cId=3155507
Good enough.
its true i went to gamestop and they said some body broke a plamsma flat with a wiimote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061207/tc_zd/195785
Yahoo, late as usual.
I have to ask, what would poses you to swing the remote hard enough that it would brake through the about 1/4 inch thick class in front of your TV? These people have no one to blame but there own-idiot-selves.
I think I've dropped a controller twice in my life and that was usually because I pulled the cord with my foot or something. The Wiimote doesn't even have a cord and it's difficult to imagine myself losing my grip on it regularly.
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Pic of the TV that got cracked...
Pic stolen from Arcadios.
You can swing the Wii'mote on a different axis to get the same results. You average apes are just stupid, move the sensor somewhere off to the side of your television sets. Even with it mounted on top, I still stand infront of the tube, but turned to the side [almost parallel to the screen and it still registers accurately, may have to adjust your controller sensitivity]. I've already bowled 200+ games with a friend, to know how the games react to my motions. My only reward, a severe false-case of "tennis elbow".
Anyone who is stupid enough to not wear the wiimote and throw it so hard, at the same time as letting go, that it destroys their TV does not deserve a Wii.
It's also stupid if they are wearing the strap, but for some reason feel the need to throw it hard enough to break off AND break the TV screen, all the while letting go of their controller.
This is Troy Wolverton. I'm a reporter with the San Jose Mercury News. I'm following up on Nintendo's decision to replace the Wii straps. I'm hoping to talk to folks who've had problems with the Wii remote slipping out of their hands or with the strap breaking.
If that's you, please contact me. You can reach me at [email]twolverton@mercurynews.com[/email].
Thanks!
Troy
Be sure to mention the incredible journey you went through in order to find someone who've actually had a problem with the straps. Out of all the members here, I don't think any of them have had problems losing their Wiimotes due to the straps.