sarge52 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 (taken from yahoo news, full story HERE)TOKYO - The reception of Nintendo's Wii video game console has been enthusiastic — too enthusiastic, apparently, for the straps that are supposed to keep the game controllers in the hands of players.ADVERTISEMENTAfter widespread reports of controllers flying out of the hands of overly energetic players to cause a Wii bit of damage to TV sets, walls and bystanders, Nintendo is recalling 3.2 million straps to replace them with tougher stuff.The console's motion-sensitive remote controller can be swung like a tennis racket, golf club or sword, depending on the game. But soon after the Wii went on sale last month, the excesses of overzealous players became apparent.Nintendo will now allow customers to exchange the old straps, which have a 0.024 inch diameter, for a beefed up strap that has a diameter of 0.04 inch, company spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa said."People tended to get a bit excited ... and in some cases the control would come loose from their hands," Minagawa said. "The new strap will be almost twice as thick." :) official form and recall info @ Nintendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Gundam510 Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 :P you mean Nintendo had a recall. but some times even they need to fix some things. but think of it like this. they tryed to get all the bugs or what ever out of the system and controlers. the best they could. i guess they didn't know that the strap on the controler would break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 ohhh well, atleast their problem isnt big and the wii wont melt disks or anything :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 ohhh well, atleast their problem isnt big and the wii wont melt disks or anything :)sounds like a bs recall. anyway, what console melts disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Gundam510 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 ohhh well, atleast their problem isnt big and the wii wont melt disks or anything :)sounds like a bs recall. anyway, what console melts disk?just a figure of speech. but the x-box 360 might melt disks. they haveing problems all over the place you know. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge52 Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 they are just recalling the straps and or the controller. the system itself is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Gundam510 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 they are just recalling the straps and or the controller. the system itself is finei know that, i was trying to make a funny there. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder omen Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 they said the xbox 360 disc spins so fast, that if one grain of sand got inside the console, the disc will be instantly destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 they said the xbox 360 disc spins so fast, that if one grain of sand got inside the console, the disc will be instantly destroyed.lol, the only thing holding me on to the Xbox is Halo, if it was made for the PS3.... so long Xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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