Nintendo Wii ‘ooops’ problem
p2pnet.net News:- Nintendo has been having a wee ‘ooops’ problem with its Wii remote controller, and it’s created another slip, but this time on the part of major media outlets.
The controller is a, “two-handed, motion-sensitive system that allows players to mimic actions on-screen with the movement of their hands”.
In other words, you kind of wave it around to make stuff happen. But that being so, you’d better make sure it’s secured tightly or it may end up re-configuring your TV or any other delicate appliance within striking range.
“I got a little too much into WiiSports Bowling,” posted one user. “One wiimote plus a set of butter-fingers plus a weak strap equals one busted stereo display.”
Thus, ‘Nintendo to Replace 3.2M Wii Straps,’ says a The Associated Press headline in Forbes, ‘Wiimote straps recalled: yeah, all of them!’ – says engadget, ‘Nintendo respond to Wii breakages,’ says the BBC, and, “3.2 million of the new Wii consoles are being recalled,” says SPOnG, saying it heard it on BBC 6 Music radio news.
But, “a few calls to Nintendo and its PR company and SPOnG can confirm that the BBC report is misleading and wrong,” says the story, adding:
“Nintendo will offer customers THE OPTION to exchange the old straps, which have an 0.024 inch diameter, for a thicker strap that has a diameter of 0.04 inch, according to Nintendo UK’s PR Manager Rob Saunders today.”
And, ” ‘It’s not a recall, the BBC is wrong,’ Saunders told us earlier.”
Ooops.
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Also See:
butter-fingers – Nintendo has a Wii problem, December 7, 2006
SPOnG – BBC Report on Wii Strap Recall – WRONG, December 15, 2006
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