Where's the love for the Wii?!?

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Sadly I think it's going to be _when_ suits pop up. Heck, I'm even waiting for someone to sue because they got punched in the face while their friend was playing the boxing game. I hope lawsuits don't kill this innovative system before it had a chance...

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Nintendo has been extremely careful to place warnings on all of their Wii game packaging, inside instruction manuals and in-game caution notices. I think think they've covered their ass pretty well. People might try to sue, but I doubt they'll be successful.

I'm sorry, but I've logged-in enough time on my Wii to have my Wii-mote down to 2 bars of battery life now and not once has it flown out of my hands during some rather aggressive Wii Sport moments. The only reason why this is happening is because they are letting go of the controller as they follow through with a swing or a throw. The wrist strap is meant to keep the Wii-mote from falling in case of an accidental slip. It is not a license to go nuts and play recklessly.

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I just dropped my wife off at WalMart. She is first in line and is going to camp out all night for when they go on sale again @ 8:00am tomorrow. I would have stayed but the kids need watching & I have work.

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This arrived in my e-mail this evening from Nintendo. Apparently a significant number of people are letting go of the Wiimote while using it. Seems to me that the car is being blamed when the problem is the nut behind the wheel.

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Robert - I received the e-mail as well. It only reiterates what Nintendo has been saying all along. Regardless, people will still misuse the controller and want to blame Nintendo when their own ignorance is to blame.

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My Mother hit my dog in the face who was sitting with his front legs on and body sprawled across an ottoman watching her play because he was fascinated by her motions. Ours is a dog oriented family, all dogs live to have playdate time at Mom Central. We always bring ours, usually when a couple of siblings are there at one time, - this means 6 of four-footers running around (amuck).
It will now be a priority to police the dogs who play together at our feet in the living room while Wiiiiiiing.

Thankfully, - it was not a hard hit, but (her bad) he does own the border collies sensitive nature and he never forgets ANYTHING.

I spontaneously gave a little dance as I passed through my living room last night as I heard some ditty song on the TV, while conversing with my husband.
We both died laughing when our dog froze and suspiciously checked out both my hands, - looking for a Wii controller.


I have been recommending to parents I know that Wii will make them much happier when they note their kids are not sitting cross-legged catching flys in open mouth with slack expressionless faces.

Of the evils of gaming Vs outdoor living for children. Wii is the only one you want for growing kids. I do have a S-I-L who has already stated she is NOT getting it, because she already is ground zero for all the neighborhood kids. She does not want them jumping around the room, but I will lay odds she will break down and own one within a year.

Personally not one of us in my extended family who have taken a shot at Wii (about 25 different ages and abilities) have ever released a remote during play even though we sometimes neglect to wear the strap.

We have had to back youngest members up (away) from the screen as they tend to ‘walk up on it’ during a some of the game choices, (bowling is one) where they get so in to the realism, - they take hugh strides down on the TV while releasing their 'ball'.

I’m counting that the something for nothing (due to their own stupidity - libel inclined crowd) will lose this one, and we can all keep our wii’s

How many times have I had to remind while helping, - and seen countless coaches rag on young players over slinging a bat during baseball practice. (An action which can have deadly consequences) It will be a learning curve for a few people, - but can be dealt with with a little common sense and watchfullness over the first several times the youngest players interact with Wii.

Umm no really-drunk Wiiers' would probally be a good rule to implement.

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I've already killed the batts once, and and am well on my way through the second set. *wink*

Penny Arcade addresses this issue the best, overall:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/29

Or, the final Boss is pretty good too.
http://thelastboss.com/post.phtml?pk=1722

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Casey,

You really should give us some warning in case we are drinking something while browsing the HTF. I nearly spit up my drink all over my computer monitor when I saw those two sites.



Excellent!

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Of course, really drunk Wiiers and very young children are probably on about the same level of coordination.

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Looks like Nintendo is addressing the strap issue: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/strapreplace.jsp