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Wii Controllers Dangerous?

ladyloreladylore Member Posts: 126
in The Pub at MMORPG.COM
So far there has been two claims of runaway airborne wiimotes cracking television screens.  Just found it kinda interesting and thought I'd share:


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"Wiimotes are becoming finely guided missiles, or so the internets would
have us believe. The second set of destroyed TV pics comes direct from
Michaela, who tells us that her seven year old girl was also playing Wii Sports bowling when her wrist strap broke as well, sending the controller rocketing toward the TV at a glass-cracking lawsuit-inducing pace. Now, we find the Wii
Sports bowling thing to be an interesting coincidence, but it seems a
little peculiar that a seven year old could produce enough force
rolling that ball to tear her strap apart. We're not saying this is the
first in what could be a long line of TV-grubbing copycats, but we
think the time is officially upon Nintendo to step in before a few
hundred thousand straps recalled turns into a few million -- and
countless more televisions get themselves busted up royal."

http://www.engadget.com/page/2/



Comments

  • sly220sly220 Member UncommonPosts: 607

    LMAO

    thats great controlers that become missils

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  • RinicRinic Member Posts: 715
    Mm, can't wait til someone gets a Wiinjury from the Wiimote becoming a Wiissle.

    Oh god. image



  • RK-MaraRK-Mara Member Posts: 641
    ROFL!

    Good thing I don't have glass on my tv screen.



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  • n25phillyn25philly Member Posts: 1,317

    Waring prolonged use of the Wii controller can lead to minor injuries, damaged televisions, gimicky gameplay, and playing the 300th version of the exact same Mario games you played on the SNES, N64, Gamecube, and DS.

     

    Who hasn't broken soemthing while throwing a controller?

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  • brian72282brian72282 Member UncommonPosts: 783
    This story smells fishy.

    Also, if they read the manual, they'd see that the wrist strap is an ADDED safety feature, but it clearly tells you in the manual NOT to use extreme movements.  It's not needed and won't benefit anymore than using light, controlled movements.

    As far as I'm concerned, anyone who breaks their TVs due to the Wiimote deserves it.



  • cdnironsidecdnironside Member Posts: 28

    7-year old girls dont read manuals on how to use the Wiimote lol...

    nevertheless....i dont think bowling ever meant launching the ball as hard and fast as you can at the pins, well, unless your drunk, in which case fine, but, if your a 7 year old, shouldnt bowling be the good 'ol two-hands between the feet, feet spread at the line kind of thing????  man....haha  image    frivolous lawsuits seeking instant fame and wealth beginning in 3...2...

  • sacreddaykilsacreddaykil Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 396

    im sorry, but this made me laugh! mostly cause im really hyped about the PS3. and because i (MY opinion) think that many of the nintendo games is "childish". im not saying their all lame. zelda is cool. and i have many memories of my N64.

    anyways, LOL...just laughed again..just think, if there is someone in front of the TV for some reason, the person would proly get kocked out :P .... and if there is something more expensive in the living room, and the controlelrs destroys it....too funny... (sry if i offended anyone, though is hope i didnt :S )

  • LiddokunLiddokun Member UncommonPosts: 1,665
    Wait till people start complaining about slip disk injuries or sprained wrist or twisted arm muscles from being to excited with their gaming.
  • sacreddaykilsacreddaykil Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 396

    Originally posted by liddokun
    Wait till people start complaining about slip disk injuries or sprained wrist or twisted arm muscles from being to excited with their gaming.

    the only thing im waiting for is PS3

  • brian72282brian72282 Member UncommonPosts: 783
    Originally posted by cdnironside
    7-year old girls dont read manuals on how to use the Wiimote lol... nevertheless....i dont think bowling ever meant launching the ball as hard and fast as you can at the pins, well, unless your drunk, in which case fine, but, if your a 7 year old, shouldnt bowling be the good 'ol two-hands between the feet, feet spread at the line kind of thing????  man....haha  image    frivolous lawsuits seeking instant fame and wealth beginning in 3...2...
    First off, I don't think it was a 7 year old who did it.  Next, EVEN if a 7 year old did it, and claims ignorance because they don't read instruction manuals the PARENTS are responsible for reading them.  If the parents didn't read them, their claim has ZERO merit.

    If Nintendo's legal department has any sort of intelligence, there's a disclaimer inside the manual saying "excessive force is not needed and damages to televisions or other household objects from the use of the Wii is not Nintendo's fault."  Something along those lines anwyays.  I mean, I'm one of those who's guilty of not reading the instruction manual, and EULA and other various legal documents when it comes to gaming BUT I'll also not file a lawsuit against a company because I put the controller into the TV, damaging it due to my negligence.



  • LiddokunLiddokun Member UncommonPosts: 1,665
    Isn't there some sort of disclaimer that the gaming device is for ages 12 or 14 years old and up?
  • Fury24Fury24 Member Posts: 7
    This case wont get anywhere, the wii controler has a saftey strap for you to wrap around your wrist, and every time you turn on a game, it shows you a screen telling you to strap it on.  Also, when playing wiisports with 2 people and 1 controler, every time it goes from player to player, there is an icon in the top right with the picture of the wrist-strap.  If you still dont put it on and make it tight after that, its your fault, not nintendos.


  • ianubisiianubisi Member Posts: 4,201

    Even if the strap broke, what the hell are you doing not holding on to the damned thing?

    Complete bull.

  • IdesofMarchIdesofMarch Member Posts: 1,164


    Originally posted by ianubisi

    Even if the strap broke, what the hell are you doing not holding on to the damned thing?
    Complete bull.

    That's what I was thinking. I mean, what, are you just swinging the controller around on your wrist?

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  • CleffyIICleffyII Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,440
    lol.  All Wii remotes are going to be called back in order to place protective padding on the Wii Missile.  New Wii Game.  Throw your controller at the TV like a Javelin.

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  • IthurielIthuriel Member CommonPosts: 179

    Anyone who pays $250 for a console so they can bowl deserves to have their tv broken.  Get your ass to a bowling alley and pay $5 a game and shoes.  Better yet, I have a free bowling game on my comp.  I do have to say though, they make a Star Wars game and I get to pretend I have a lightsaber, I guarantee something is getting thrown and/or broken.

  • IdesofMarchIdesofMarch Member Posts: 1,164


    Originally posted by Ithuriel

    Get your ass to a bowling alley and pay $5 a game and shoes. 

    I don't know where you go bowling but it doesn't come nearly that cheap here.

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  • HAMMERS38HAMMERS38 Member Posts: 248


    Originally posted by ladylore


    So far there has been two claims of runaway airborne wiimotes cracking television screens.  Just found it kinda interesting and thought I'd share:


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    "Wiimotes are becoming finely guided missiles, or so the internets would have us believe. The second set of destroyed TV pics comes direct from Michaela, who tells us that her seven year old girl was also playing Wii Sports bowling when her wrist strap broke as well, sending the controller rocketing toward the TV at a glass-cracking lawsuit-inducing pace. Now, we find the Wii Sports bowling thing to be an interesting coincidence, but it seems a little peculiar that a seven year old could produce enough force rolling that ball to tear her strap apart. We're not saying this is the first in what could be a long line of TV-grubbing copycats, but we think the time is officially upon Nintendo to step in before a few hundred thousand straps recalled turns into a few million -- and countless more televisions get themselves busted up royal."

    http://www.engadget.com/page/2/


    well some bloke got himself a groin strain using his. could it have been a game that involves furious masturbation?
  • IthurielIthuriel Member CommonPosts: 179


    Originally posted by IdesofMarch



    Originally posted by Ithuriel

    Get your ass to a bowling alley and pay $5 a game and shoes. 

    I don't know where you go bowling but it doesn't come nearly that cheap here.

    I know the owners, old family friends lol.  Free beer too, don't get that with a Wii
  • worbatworbat Member Posts: 52
    thats actualy realy interesting, the fact the a safty featur is breaking is not going to do to well to the wii's repreitation (im sorry for spellings) apart from broken tv screens you could lose windows, fishtanks , pictureframes, and other fragile things.


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  • SBC3SBC3 Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 372
    LOL thats funny...  image

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  • Keebs1984Keebs1984 Member Posts: 1,356
    Hmmm lets see...



    W

    Nintendo, as with ALL console launches, is having problems.

    1. Controller straps are breaking due to excessive  extreme use (it happened to one of my wiimotes as well when my girlfriend and friend were playing tennis, strap broke and hit my friend in the chest, didn't even leave a bruise however)

    2. Some people are recieving an error when trying to access the internet. Error 11023 I believe.

    3. A very very few amount of people's Wii's did not ship with their internal settings applied requiring a CD to do so.

    Wow...these problems are almost nothing compared to what the Xbox360, and Ps3 went through, or still going through in the case of the Ps3. Point being, console's always have tech problems when they launch, I am quite surprised there hasn't been more going on with the new Wii considering its such an innovative technology. Maybe more things will arise as the Wii gets older, but still its problems pale in comparison.

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  • KremlikKremlik Member UncommonPosts: 716
    Hmm.. looking at the ends of the strip that looks more like a saw's been at it, not normal wear.. Me thinks someone's trying to get easy money via lawsuit

    Bring on the WARRRRGGHH!

  • ladyloreladylore Member Posts: 126


    Originally posted by brian72282



    Originally posted by cdnironside

    7-year old girls dont read manuals on how to use the Wiimote lol...
    nevertheless....i dont think bowling ever meant launching the ball as hard and fast as you can at the pins, well, unless your drunk, in which case fine, but, if your a 7 year old, shouldnt bowling be the good 'ol two-hands between the feet, feet spread at the line kind of thing????  man....haha  image    frivolous lawsuits seeking instant fame and wealth beginning in 3...2...

    First off, I don't think it was a 7 year old who did it.  Next, EVEN if a 7 year old did it, and claims ignorance because they don't read instruction manuals the PARENTS are responsible for reading them.  If the parents didn't read them, their claim has ZERO merit.

    If Nintendo's legal department has any sort of intelligence, there's a disclaimer inside the manual saying "excessive force is not needed and damages to televisions or other household objects from the use of the Wii is not Nintendo's fault."  Something along those lines anwyays.  I mean, I'm one of those who's guilty of not reading the instruction manual, and EULA and other various legal documents when it comes to gaming BUT I'll also not file a lawsuit against a company because I put the controller into the TV, damaging it due to my negligence.


    I'm a grown woman, and I have never read instructions on how to use a game controller or joystick unless it was to figure out what the extra buttons do.  And personally, I don't think anyone should have to - it shouldn't be that complicated.

    Don't forget that this wasn't the first time someone lost control of their wiimote and cracked a television screen.  The first incident involved a grown man.

    How many different incidents will we need to have for you to accept that maybe, just maybe, there is a faulty design issue here?

  • fishercfisherc Member Posts: 134


    Originally posted by ladylore



    Originally posted by brian72282



    Originally posted by cdnironside

    7-year old girls dont read manuals on how to use the Wiimote lol...
    nevertheless....i dont think bowling ever meant launching the ball as hard and fast as you can at the pins, well, unless your drunk, in which case fine, but, if your a 7 year old, shouldnt bowling be the good 'ol two-hands between the feet, feet spread at the line kind of thing????  man....haha  image    frivolous lawsuits seeking instant fame and wealth beginning in 3...2...

    First off, I don't think it was a 7 year old who did it.  Next, EVEN if a 7 year old did it, and claims ignorance because they don't read instruction manuals the PARENTS are responsible for reading them.  If the parents didn't read them, their claim has ZERO merit.

    If Nintendo's legal department has any sort of intelligence, there's a disclaimer inside the manual saying "excessive force is not needed and damages to televisions or other household objects from the use of the Wii is not Nintendo's fault."  Something along those lines anwyays.  I mean, I'm one of those who's guilty of not reading the instruction manual, and EULA and other various legal documents when it comes to gaming BUT I'll also not file a lawsuit against a company because I put the controller into the TV, damaging it due to my negligence.


    I'm a grown woman, and I have never read instructions on how to use a game controller or joystick unless it was to figure out what the extra buttons do.  And personally, I don't think anyone should have to - it shouldn't be that complicated.

    Don't forget that this wasn't the first time someone lost control of their wiimote and cracked a television screen.  The first incident involved a grown man.

    How many different incidents will we need to have for you to accept that maybe, just maybe, there is a faulty design issue here?

    I've seen both cases.  and in both cases they have looked like they've been cut.  I ABUSE my wii controllers.  I've lost control of them.  I don't say the word lightly...  I play hard on them.

    I have yet to see ANY WEAR on the wrist band.

    Even if I did.  It's not a design flaw. 

    It's called 'abuse' of a product.  Or stupidity of the customer... what ever way you'd like to put it :P

    I've never seen anything cover liability for the 'abuse' of a product.

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