SPOnG has wondered aloud on the few occasions we’ve visited London’s Wii House why the Nintendo PR reps are so keen for all the journos present to make sure they have the Wii-mote’s natty little white strap around their slender wrists.
The broken TV you see pictured here is why!
Kotaku reports earlier today on a story of one unfortunate gamer who managed to destroy his TV screen over the weekend, soon after unwrapping his new console, in a no doubt over-excited session on Wii Sports.
So just remember, when your overly competitive mates are over playing Wii Sports Tennis or Boxing – or pretty much any Wii game for that matter – DO make sure that they have that little strap firmly fixed around their arms.
Otherwise you may end up in some rather heated arguments about who owes who a new TV. Or, even worse, who covers the medical bills for those unfortunate, drunken Wii-mote flying-into-eyes accidents…
Strap up, Wii in peace!
The broken TV you see pictured here is why!
Kotaku reports earlier today on a story of one unfortunate gamer who managed to destroy his TV screen over the weekend, soon after unwrapping his new console, in a no doubt over-excited session on Wii Sports.
So just remember, when your overly competitive mates are over playing Wii Sports Tennis or Boxing – or pretty much any Wii game for that matter – DO make sure that they have that little strap firmly fixed around their arms.
Otherwise you may end up in some rather heated arguments about who owes who a new TV. Or, even worse, who covers the medical bills for those unfortunate, drunken Wii-mote flying-into-eyes accidents…
Strap up, Wii in peace!
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way 22 Nov 2006 11:38
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Oh, Spong journalism at it's best again. I suspect that the picture went through that Crysis renderer and you thought it was reality. If a Wii remote can do that to a CRT screen (think parabolic curve reinforced lead glass) it must have an real sledgehammer or gun attached ;).
I read the original report 60 inch rear projection TV, his mate comes round and plays bowling or something, and in front of all witnesses the wrist strap snaps and remote goes flying and busts the screen, nice start pattern cracks not like the above. Could almost have been faked like others on the web (he, he, hint, hint). Funny thread, especially about the bit about nearly tripping over game cube cables (yes, he still has Game cube and PSP 2 rival Wii).
It is over on the forums of the website called "some thing awful" or something like that, I'll leave it up to your "journalistic" skills to find it.
I read the original report 60 inch rear projection TV, his mate comes round and plays bowling or something, and in front of all witnesses the wrist strap snaps and remote goes flying and busts the screen, nice start pattern cracks not like the above. Could almost have been faked like others on the web (he, he, hint, hint). Funny thread, especially about the bit about nearly tripping over game cube cables (yes, he still has Game cube and PSP 2 rival Wii).
It is over on the forums of the website called "some thing awful" or something like that, I'll leave it up to your "journalistic" skills to find it.