Posted Nov 23, 2006 at 10:17PM by Kristine C. Listed in: Controller Tags: Wiimote, Nintendo of America
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When images of the Wii and the Wiimote first started surfacing in 2005, many found the little wrist strap attached to the Wiimote a tad silly. They figured it was merely an accessory similar to those little dangly trinkets that you attach to your mobile phone or that whole farm of plush animal keychains that you have on your backpack.

But no. They were wrong. The people at Nintendo apparently knew EXACTLY what they were doing when they put these straps on Wiimotes.

In a recent incident which involves an unfortunate TV set, the wrist strap broke. In this case however, CAG forum member Ugamer_X scoffed at the instructions to "Attach wrist strap and keep your distance from other objects in the room", went ahead with a round of Wii Sports and ended up paying the price for his bravado. Asked if he has repented for his wrongs, he says that "One shattered laptop screen and thrown Wiimote later, I've changed my position on the issue."

The Wiimote has escaped the accident unscathed.

Also, now that we know the importance of the said Wii-Strap (I know, corny and I made it up... so I got tired of calling it just "wrist strap"...) could this be a cue for third-party accessory makers to start making more durable straps? That come in custom colors?

Another thing to ponder would be: Did the Nintendo guys add the strap there because, during the development process, they broke something too...? We can now insert slapstick comedy sequences here.

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   by todd manning (Unregistered) - 2006-11-23
 » jacked up

that laptop got jacked up!!!

   by Spartan1T804 - 2006-11-23
 » hahaha

OMFG lmao dude that TV got pwned by a Wiimote XD
I bet nintendo did break a few TVs before they figured they needed a wrist strap.

This was a good laugh. Thnx QJ.net

   by Hugh Mann (Unregistered) - 2006-11-24
 » 'tards

How clumsy are all these people, for god's sake people KEEP A GOOD GRIP ON YOUR WIIMOTES!!

   by Canyon (Unregistered) - 2006-11-24
 » Reinforce the strap

Loop another piece of string, or wire through the wiimote and around the strap. I got paranoid and used some thing stainless steel wire but regular string can do it as well.

   by Lestat (Unregistered) - 2006-11-24
 » They Already Have NEw Ones

Go to target and get a gel grip over the wiimote and it also comes with a wii strap

   by Rasseru - 2006-11-24
 » ...

clumsyness 2 the max

   by III AnubisX III - 2006-11-24
 » It slips out of your hand sometimes

The strap is supposed to protect the Wiimote from flying across the room should it slip out of your hand. I've had two break. Stupid pieces of plastic junk. They're obviously not doing their job.

   by BurnZ (Unregistered) - 2006-11-24
 » ...

Too bad the strap has broken for many people...

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   by shinnzypoobear (Unregistered) - 2006-11-24
 » haha

omg i called this out when i first saw the wiimote in action, LOL im still lauging at the kid that owned his laptop

   by Chris (Unregistered) - 2006-11-27
 » What?

How freaking clumsy do you have to be to throw your Wii-Remote? My little hyper-active cousins played with the things for hours and never even came close to losing their grip.

I firmly believe that these people who break their straps aren't telling the whole story. I have to assume that they were swinging the remotes around BY THE STRAPS, or some other such nonsense...

   by Wii-MOTES (Unregistered) - 2006-11-28
 » are indestructable

at my friends house, we accidently smashed the wiimote into *****loads of objects, ranging from brick wall to stainless steel stuff while playing Wii sports, and the Wiimote never got damaged at all (neither did the stuff we hit)



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