We've already spotted
a couple of TVs get taken down by flying
Wiimotes due to either overzealous gameplay or a pretty weak-sauce wrist strap, although we're leaning toward the latter. Over the last few days we've seen household collateral damage due to the strap either breaking entirely or slipping off those wearers who haven't opted for some
special gloves. Our latest updates include two busted straps, one of which took out reader Rafael M.'s iPAQ hx4700 (pictured) that had sat docked adjacent to the TV, but is now obviously not more. The second strap, captured on video by residents of Cambrian House in Calgary (and now immortalized on YouTube, check it out on the next page), shows that beyond the woven exterior appears to be an easily-broken, tiny cable (similar to a fishing line) that connects to the Wiimote itself. Further, a third gamer, Elliot G., told us that his Wiimote came tearing off of his wrist while playing and took out a nearby beer glass (fortunately the can of Boddingtons appears to have been spared, as shown after the jump). So guys: until Nintendo gets this problem fixed, or you come up with a way to reinforce that strap, please make sure your gameplay area is clear of anything valuable and breakable, such as your television.
Read - Rafael Montano
posted Nov 24th 2006 8:22PM
PROOF. I think if i ever get a wii ill get the glove and two straps just like that some one else posted its just like wearing two condons nothing could go wrong and with the glove its like 3 condoms. YAY PROTECTION
'Just like wearing two condoms'. Wow. Don't ever use more that one condom at once. The friction caused between the two can render them both useless. For added protection against pregnancy, use two DIFFERENT methods of contraception.
Think before you post, dammit!
I officially don't get these. Do people swing the Wii Remote and then let go, leaving the controller to hang on by the strap? I haven't played all Wii launch titles so I don't know what's required, but if it's not part of a particular game, why do people do this?
People who sweat bad enough to let the controller fly out of their hands are disgusting.
Thats not the point though, the handstrap is there for a reason, it shouldnt break in any situation, Nintendo cutting costs.
lol, thats like floss wire
Seems a little crazy. I imagine if you cant keep a good grip you shouldnt be swinging like that...
Are there any reports of this happenning in Japan? Or is this like an american thing where people are just trying to show off their strength? Maybe Nintendo needs to make an american remote like how Microsoft made a japanese Xbox controller. I dont understand why people have to swing the controller so hard...
Japan will get wii on 2nd dec.
"We've already spotted a couple of TVs get taken down by flying Wiimotes due to either overzealous gameplay or a pretty weak-sauce wrist strap, although we're leaning toward the latter."
I don't know that it is the brightest idea to go around supporting a theory based on "just because".
I mean, aside from having zero proof of anything, there is a little IMPLIED responsibility in what you post on a highly visible blog. I'm not saying its illegal, but it does seem kind of irresponsible doesn't it?
I'm not a N fan, and I don't own a Wii or have plans on getting one, but I played one yesterday for a couple hours and short of being retarded, I'm not really sure I believe these claims.
Funny, I thought video was proof. Of course, one thing doesn't lead to another, but doesn't it behoove Engadget, as a media outlet, to inform its readers?
Instead of buying the glove, why don't consider sticking adhesive rubber grip to the Wiimote? There could be a huge market to sell white adhesive tapes than ever before! Things in pure white (iPod...) could bring more revenue than in other colors, right?
I agree who needs to swing the wii remote that hard. I have had my Wii for about 4 days and never had this happen but then again Im not showing off in front of a camera trying to show how hard i can pitch or swing a racket.
this isn't likel happening in Japan as
1: it came out yesterday
2: the Japanese watch Miyamoto play tennis on stage and saw he wasn't swinging the remote that hard with the same effect.
fools i tell ya and hope they learn their lesson when Insurance doesn't cover their stupidity
Or, uh, don't use huge sweeping movements with extreme motions. It wasn't designed with the idea that you were actually going to try to serve like Pete Sampras with it.
I am sure it is a combination of things...
- Sweaty hands
- High velocity of said hands (look how hard he swings it)
- a slightly loose grip (mayhaps holding it like he would a tennis racket)
- a very thin plastic cable
Paul, you forgot "retarted people"
Well that guy on the video needs to learn the sentence "Tone it down."
I mean good god, he swung that thing what seemed to be as fast as he could. I mean seriously, you don't need to swing that hard in real tennis, unless you want to embed the ball in eather your opponents face or the wall behind them.
Think people, maybe if you did you wouldn't be so freaking retarded.
Hah. How long until someone sues Nintendo over this? "OMG you didn't put a warning on it that it would break stuff if I let go, give me money"
wow that was really loud when it hit the wall or whatever; how hard was he swinging that hting anyway?
Sounded like a hollow plaster wall to me.
Actually the swing didn't look too hard... Maybe there should be a warning label saying only little kids can play the game since the strap was designed for them. Do I see a duct tape mod in the near future???
A duct tape mod was exactly what I was planning to do when I get the Wii. That and a couple more strings connecting the strap and Wii-mote.
Meh. There are about 2 dozen ways a person, on his/her own can reinforce that strap or outright replace it with something stronger.
I dunno, it seems as if people would be faking this, u would think Nintendo would have addressed this issue right?
IT'S NOT REAL TENNIS STOP SWINGING LIKE YOU'RE IN THE US OPEN CRACKHEAD
Don't swing hard? Isn't the whole point of the Wii to provide a more immersive experience? Didn't they market this as being like real tennis?
Slowly swinging your arms provides a watered down experience to someone that was expecting something similar to the real thing. The strap shouldn't break under any circumstances.
Why do people use to much force! Flippin idiots!! You don't need to use any force at all they deserve to have their stuff broken.
seriously people need to learn how to hold on to the controller and not swing so hard. i don't understand why they even upload their mishaps...its only embarrassing themselves. a mere flick of the wrist would be more then adequate. those people deserve to have their things broken.
I blame Nintendo's marketing campaign. In the Wii ad's you see people doing all kinds of crazy movements, when in reality most things just require a flick of the wrist. People see the Wii commercials and try to replicate what they see, because they are retarded. The result, my friends, is what has been reported over the past few days.
hahahaha let the lawsuits begin, seriously if nintendo couldnt see this coming something is wrong with them.
wow
I don't see how this could happen. Even a heated boxing match didn't get my hand sweaty enough to throw the wiimote; or me swinging hard to do this much damage for that matter.
It's partially the strap, but mostly the retards swinging the thing. it's remote control, not a frigging tennis racket. You don't have to swing it like a fool.
Well EVERYONE who says that you don't need that much force... think about this.
Nintendo makes a console that imitates sport motions... when your in the heat of the game...will you consentrate on how hard you swing or where the ball will land next on the screen? You don't see PS3 buttons breaking do you when you press insanily hard on the buttons during a car race now do you?
Nintendo should have thought of this BEFORE they released the console just like how Microsoft should have thoguht about releaseing the movie download to the masses with gliches but i don't see any of you ppl complaining about defects. I only see people complaining about how PS3 is sooo hackable and that hard drive swaping is lame and useless...see if you can fit more than 3 movies on your xbox 360.
Actually, the Wiimote still worked after being flung across the room at that speed, the buttons didn't break at all. Now, if you flung a PS3 controller at your wall as hard as you could, do you think it resist all damage and remain in working order like that?
Pressing buttons really hard is entirely different from flinging the controller across the room. I'll give credit that this one actually did seem to break realistically, though I'm beginning to wonder if they didn't... help things along before they started filming.
I'd just put my own super-strengh strap on, so that way if it smashed my tv the only one I could blame is me!
That was a hard swing. Having not played a Wii, I don't know if that's how it was intended to be played, but it looked excessive to me. Anyway, the strap broke differently than the previous examples which looked more like they were cut.
By the looks of it, that strap needs to be reinforced. I wouldn't exactly blame Nintendo for this because it should be obvious that you should play safely to prevent causing harm to bystanders and televisions. DO NOT THROW WIIMOTE!!! After this though, Nintendo should do the right thing and beef up the strap.
This is why the US is last on the gadget introduction list. If this ends up in court I think I'll sue my wireless carrier when someone calls at 3AM and wakes me from my sleep.
I still don't get how this happens. Why would you need to swing that hard anyway?
don't really have proof the cord just snapped, I mean it could have, but they didn't show it fully intact which would have proved they didn't cut it prior just to make a cool video. Either way, I play tennis and racquetball, and I don't even swing that hard when playing the real game.
If you're going to swing like you are trying to kill Mike Tyson with a wet noodle, don't be surprised when you lose your remote.
He swung so hard he actually left the floor a little. Wiitard.
ROFL
haha "Wiitards"
Is it me, or is the douche bag swinging the Wii remote looking at the wall and not the screen as he swings away? I know he might be looking out of the corner of his eye as he's serving, but at the same time, it almost looks like he's making sure to aim away from the TV finding a safe place to throw the remote. I also think he's swinging like a mother. Damn dude, are you going to Wimbledon via the Wii?
Just trying to get a little conspiracy theory goin' on.
lmao.. when keeping it real goes wrong. this guy obviously swung with all his strengh in attempt to show off. you don't get bonus cookie points for clocking the sensor @ tilt.
ease tf up
after reading quotes of:
"why did he swing so hard?"
"sweaty hands aren't good"
"reinforce the strap, gosh!"
its obvious that THE GUY GOT REALLY INTO IT. he probably started off with casually swinging here and there. then as he started to get better with the tennis he got happier and begun to swing more as he was really playing tennis, wanting to kick the other opponents ass.
moral of the story. take a break before you lose it, your controller and possibly an electronic appliance of some sorts.
Well last I guess the reason why you don't see us complaining about the movies for xbox live is the fact that this is a thread about wii-motwe damage. I would think if this was the thread about xbox live movie downloads acting wonky then you'd see comments about it. How about some common sense eh??
ROFL!!!! Right when I finished reading this a thing on my tv goes: "Nick @ Night is brought to you by the new Nintendo Wii." XD
After reading these reports I've asked several people (9) I know to look into their straps and see how tough they are. The argument that a thin line isn't able to handle significant weight isn't much of an argument to a huge fish being landed by fishing line thinner than the refillable lead in a mechanical pencil. "Thin" doesn't necessarily mean "weak". After several deliberate throwing tests using the wiimotes, we all came to the same conclusion. ZERO snapped cords! Not one. After putting these things through their paces, we can come to two possible conclusions. #1. There are a very small number of defective wiimotes that somehow are using different chords than the ones we have, or are defective in some nature. #2. These incidents were deliberate in nature and are an attempt to gain financially from Nintendo.
What's Nintendo have to do to prevent this, use handcuffs instead of a cord?
oh yea, then there might be hospital bills along with TV damage, where the user swung so hard, he threw himself into the TV...
Seriously, no need to get your adrenaline pumping, go play some outdoor sports if that's the case.
"its just like wearing two condons nothing could go wrong and with the glove its like 3 condoms. YAY PROTECTION"
Actually, wearing more than one condom can actually be more risky, due to the increased friction.
I think it's great that everything is breaking EXCEPT the wiimote itself :D
Now compare what that string looked like compared to the other ones claiming it broke. Due to the design of no sharp edges and the string is doubled they should all look like this string where it actually shredded apart not just cut in one spot.
Classaction lawsuit being prepped as we speak.
To settle, Nintendo will offer coupons for discounts off some Nintendo merchandise without acknowledging any fault on the poorly put together Wiimote strap. While the lawyers involved will receive $30 million as part of the settlement.
I should think that FTC should ask Nintendo for a recall on the crappy Wiimote strap. It doesn't matter if Nintendo had a warning in the manual regarding the strap. The strap should have been tested for a breaking strength beyond anything anyone could possibly achieve while swinging the wiimote around wildly.
jeez, im surprised someone hasn't died yet, lol
This is the first one of these incidents where I believe the string actually snapped instead of being cut. I do believe it was done on purpose. I am surprised no one else is wondering why they were filming that nor has anyone thought it strange that right after someone commented on his sweaty hands (how would they know?) he swung the Wiimote as hard as he possibly could. Can people please stop posting this garbage here. I don't give a crap about these peoples' breaking things and blaming it on the Wiimote.
I don't know. Looks like a poor viral campaign to me (smells like MS).
Nobody I know hurls the damn thing like that....it's just crazy.
Plus you would do major damage to your arm over time like that (just try it with a regular remote and you'll feel the pain).
I think some people are just being asses. Funny how now they're "catching" it on video.
you mean... when you throw stuff you can break things???
interesting.
enough of this Engadget! Im tired of reading about fools not being able to hold on to their remote, but I guess this does bode well for Nintendo because apparently people ARE getting into the gameplay.
to people moaning about the guy swinging to hard:
-wasnt the point of this system to immerse yourself in the gameplay, i.e: immersing, getting into it, serving properly...
The wii was marketed this way, if it cant handle it, then Nintendo has a problem. End of.
Common sense says that all of these reports of uncontrollable controllers are bogus. Even with sweaty hands there will still be some friction to reduce the force on the remote and tether. Not to mention that the motion looks deliberately over exaggerated and forceful. I'll bet that the picture of the can of "Pub Ale" tells the true story.
Yep... completely fabricated for attention.
I was playing last night and the damn string broke. No sweaty hands or anything, just slipped out and when it did the little string didn't do anything to save the Wiimote from hitting the floor.
I think these things should shoot spikes out of the sides if they go over 20MPH so that these IDIOTS can have their hand lacerated/punctured.
Maybe then they'd realize that, holy f**k--you don't need to swing it that damn hard.
I was watching a kid demo it at Gamestop, and the stupid kid was swinging it as hard, if not harder than the guy in the video. The parent was like, "Good swing, [kid name]!" and the dude working at Gamestop was like,
"Umm, if that wiimote breaks, it's another $50 that you'll have to pay for, in addition to whatever else it breaks, after the little goober lets it go."
I've never seen an adult pull a kid away from something that fast--unless it was on fire.
After we both stopped laughing, I got a chance to play that tennis game that was in the video with the gamestop guy. Honest to god, you don't need to swing it anywhere near that hard. I was swinging like I was playing a grandma at tennis, and I was wacking the ball pretty hard. The guy and me had a blast with it. He had never played the tennis game either.
It took me all of 15 seconds to understand the controls, and how to use the wiimote. After that, there was never a chance of me whipping the controller around--ever.
As soon as the holidays are over and done with, I'm getting one. Nintendo--you've done me proud. My GC just died, so I'll be looking forward to my shiny new Wii in the upcoming weeks.
Im sorry but the dude in that video was swinging with some ridiculous force.
Any company that doesn't practice adequate due diligence deserves to be subjected to liability exposure.
Also, fanboys that mindlessly support negligent companies are no better than that foolish SLAVES that WILLINGLY lined-up to build the Great Pyramids.
You mean like how you diligently support the trial lawyers?
Again, this fool on video is throwing all his weight into a game designed to work for children. Why is that? I've played around with my wii controller in various aspects even removed the safety strap to examine the area where the first 2 controllers "broke" (were cut). There is no fraying on the line at all, so I put it back together. ***There is absolutely no tension on the safety strap at any given time unless you are putting undue tension on it.*** I've also use as little force for all of the sports games as rolling my wrist over. That is all it takes to control the game. It's made for children to use, you do not get any additional force past a certain amount of power put into the movements.
Where is all of the nylon that surrounds that fish string on the controller in that video? They show both pieces and it is like fishing line, not how the controllers come. Now that may be because the video is from Canada, different controller? Looks identical to the American one though. http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ZQRoIrrjYj7U6M:http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/images/NEWS/wii_tvbreak2.jpg
A picture of the controller, compare it to the video, that is not what is on the controller by default. Thanks to the folks who posted their cut safety strap.
Regardless, all you fools breaking your stuff and then turning around and blaming it on a faulty safety strap is pure BS. Hold onto your controller, would you throw your Xbox, PS, or GC controllers through the screen? Yes, I've seen people do this and it still makes me laugh, but you can't blame the vendor for a pure ID10T error.
Why I know this is a fake:
*There is a tutorial and a warning before you play, you can't even skip it.
*There is also a tether strap that you are supposed to wear around your wrist.
*The little piece that he is showing that broke, it doesn't come like that.
*There is no tension on the damn thing, it hangs down even if your wrist is like 5 inches across.
*There is a little plastic wristwatch like piece that straps the mini lanyard tighter to your wrist.
*The controller is sensitive, these people are stupid to give it so much force. I guess they never played any real sports in their lives. I mean the tennis game is more like table tennis with how hard you have to swing.
*GET A GLOVE! They are like $10 and no matter who you are, you play with that controller long enough, it generates heat and your hand sweats.
I agree with klinjaa... stop abusing your software, hell it costs money! You can't expect to get a free ride all the time. you break it, you buy a new one, don't try and blame someone else. The Wii is an awesome system and the new controller is awesome, but people are just too mean with it.
Wii is weak? I disagree..
My housemate (who was NOT using the strap) threw my brand new Wii-mote at full speed when it shot out of his sweaty hand during a game of Bowling and ricochet off of a brick wall, a wood wall, another wood wall, and a table before it hit the tile floor.
Aside from a few cosmetic scratches, no harm done. Just for reference sake, the kid who threw it is the pitcher for my college's baseball team. Nuff said.
i was playing my new Wii with the kids in the living room when my 9 year olds wiimote slipped out of his hand went through the window and hit my Ferrari Enzo in the driveway and broke it in two!
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/images/2006/05/pch_enzo_2_1.jpg
i could see how this happens my wii strap broke in a day and flew into one of my speakers (thankfully i had my grille cover on)
Come on now i have been playing the WII since i got one last sunday and haven't had any problems even though i have gotten a little over zealous, to be honest i hardly wear the wrist strap because i find it just too darn innoying but the "WIImote" hasn't even come close to slipping out of my hand. and as others have said you learn very quickly that just a slight flick of the wrist works not some over the top motion in my opinion people who are damaging things are completely retarded
It's pathetic what some people will do for attention. Somebody please write an Emo song for this poor boys stupidity wiimote.
This sounds like an "I need a new PocketPC. I think I'll break it and blame my Wiimote" situation.
Wow, there is no need to swing it that freaking hard.
Ha just wait until a 5 year old hits is grandfather in the head with one of these stupid things>
Hold on to your freaken controllers!
If you use the strap correctly I'm sure the chances of it breaking are less. The strap should be tight; not hanging.
FFS people. I played the Wii the other day at a friends house and played the sports games, the damn controller doesnt take that much effort to make the springs in the motion sensor move.
Lets think about this for a moment, DONT SWING THE WIIMOTE LIKE ITS A FLIPPIN FRISBEE IN YOUR HOUSE, your not making the game swing the virtual tool any faster than the sensor was designed for.
Did you see the velocity of that swing that dude made? ITS NOT REAL TENNIS MORON.
Please for the sake of people that actually want and KNOW how to use this equipment, dont buy this console if you tend to use it like these stupid people do and whine about it.
REMINDER: SLOW AND STEADY STROKES
"REMINDER: SLOW AND STEADY STROKES"
Funny, my girlfriend said the same thing.
Do you really think people going to swing the wiimote like a sissy boy when playing against friends and such? If you expect people to use the wiimote as the primary way to control a racket, a club, a bat, etc, you should also expect people would be applying the same strenth as they would to a tennis racket, a baseball bat, a golf club if they were actually using one.
"TheWinkel @ Nov 24th 2006 8:49PM
Or, uh, don't use huge sweeping movements with extreme motions. It wasn't designed with the idea that you were actually going to try to serve like Pete Sampras with it. "
actually, ive seen some of the commercials saying its lame to just sit there using as little movement as possible. thier trying to make gaming an excersize with this, though its not such a bad idea. some friends have lost a good amount of weight on ddr alone, and now this. its NOT hard to close your fingers around the remote ppl. while your on a bike, you sweat. so does your hand slip off the handle, smash the bike when you fall, and blame the bike company?
ive played wiisports boxing till ive been dripping with sweat. a good 2 hours of play with others, and not doing bare minimum for movement either. if it took you the strap breaking to notice the SMALLER strand between the remote and the braided part, well.... your out one TV arent you?
BTW. the dock for the blackberry, the portable omg easy to break thing was next to the tv.... you hit the tiny screen next to the giant one. bull. hes just trying to cash in on when he dropped it.
noone else notice how noones angered that probably the only remote they had is destroyed now? NONE of the reports say the remote was smashed.
1. For the TVs at least, the people probably werent wearing the strap or play like retards, you arent supposed to fling it around hard enought to go crack a tft.
2. Even if the strap broke, you flung it at the tv, its your fault, not nintendos. If you have a wavebird, and it htis something, you arent goignt o sue nintendo for not putting a strap on it?
3.So far there's a few "sightings" of wiimotes damaging something. Only one of which has some evidence, a video which alone doesnt prove anything [strap broken before? doen as a joke? doen to get at nintendo?] whatever.
Meh. Im not beleiveing anything til i get more evidence
I'm confused as to why people who are swinging it hard are called retards. It's called immersion, something that Nintendo is marketing the hell out of. If I'm playing a tennis game on the Wii, I'm going to want to play like I'm in the game. Since there is some relationship how hard you swing and how hard you swing in the game, why not have fun with it?
If it all comes down to wrist flicking, doesn't it just sound like a giant gimmick?
Immersion? Nope retarded.
Swinging as hard as a real racket, bat, club is stupid in the extreme -- there is no resistance. With a real racket, bat, club you are actually hitting something.
These are games, not simulations.
My digital cam has a wrist strap, but like the WII remote, it just there to insure you that if it slip it will not follow. But if I spin it around off-course it will break just like the one of wii, and if it happens I will not blame sony for that. This is really user stupidity and, unfortunately, for nitendo it seems that there are a lot more morons around...
The wrist strap looks pretty similar to what I had on my camera... until it snapped a while back. But that's cos I twisted it a bit much... I tend to fidget with things like that a bit too much.
To be honest, you're gonna have to throw it pretty hard to smash a TV with it aren't you?
OMG,
you people are idiots... all wii tennis needs is a flick of the wrist not an actual tennis volley...
not only that but there are warnings at least 3 before you can actually "play"
I'm not going to be sweating enough nor swing hard enough for that to happen.
Bringing up the commercials is rather pointless. I mean, yeah, they're into it, but if you watch them their movements, while full, are pretty light. They're not running the risk of chucking the remote anywhere. Nowhere in the commercials do they show you should loosen your grip near the end of your motion.
The solution here isn't simply a better strap, although I'm thinking Nintendo will start testing it a bit better... it's having a better grip. If your hands are that encrusted with Doritos and sweat, maybe you should wear some gloves... or buy those rubber covers for the remote.
I believe some of these stories are true, but as they're getting more common part of me is starting to wonder how many people are just taking pictures of shit they broke some other way. Probably not, but fanboys are obviously weird sometimes.
Yeah, my hands will get a little sweaty, and when I am playing Wii, I don't swing as hard as possible, and I don't think this will ever happen. I have tugged on the strap with a decent amount of force and it did not break, so I still think this "caught on video" event is a little suspsect. Also, swinging as hard as that guy did, would give you the same result in the game as a MUCH slower rate.
I also expect to see people complaining that they have Wii-induced shoulder problems after continued gameplay....
Well, this proves a point--why not just put the bulk of the strap in the remote so it won't snap...hmm.
People should be allowed to enjoy the game as they like, and now that you've added a physical dimension to the game, you either protect it, or make it garbage so you can rake in the profits from having to sell more.
Why don't all of us PSP owners out there contribute all of our unused straps to our fellow Wii'ers in need?
For everyone saying nintendo was negligent... What do you propose they should have done differently? And don't say "A better wriststrap" because that is retarded. That wriststrap is the same that comes with all other electronic devices.
Pretty much the only thing they could have done to prevent this (other than not sell the product to gold-digging retards) would have been to make the strap so ridiculously oversized and thick that nobody would have warn it from at all.
I've been playing my wii pretty much nonstop since picking it up tuesday, and haven't had any problems like this. Even if I was on speed like the guys in the video, I dont think I could have thrown the remote that hard. There was no way the strap broke when the controller slipped out of his hand. First, the force implied on the controller while the strap was breaking would have changed the trajectory, and it would have flown like a unimpeded rocket from his hand. Secondly, unless the strap was badly frayed BEFORE his wild movements, it would have done a lot to slow down the controller, and the controller would have landed like 2 feet away from him.
Does the remote still work?
That means Nintedno did its job.
Now do yours and take care of your crap!!
I have not had the slightest problem with my wii remote straps and that included testing out the limits of the tracking by swinging the remote back and forth very quickly by the wrist strap in Wii baseball for pitching. it didn't even improve the speed of my pitches so i would say that the use of excessive force is unnecessary and the straps being broken not the fault of nintendo those nylon lines can handle quite a bit of weight i would say put one on a force meter or call mythbusters.
After playing all of the sports titles and twilight princess for several hours, I can't imagine this happening unless you actually let go of the wiimote. We had some drops and near misses, but it never left our hands cleanly enough to have any sort of velocity, certainly not enough to break the wrist strap.
No sympathy for the WIIk.
Seriously if u can't "handle" it this is gods way of wiiding out the chaff from the wiiat!
this is just the person being stupid, you don't swing it like its an actual tennis racket. its a game. idiot.
So you think a blurry youtube video that doesn't show the controller before hand (i.e. theres no reason to believe it wasn't staged, the video proves nothing other than the fact that it IS over zealous gaming) and in which the "action" takes places out of view (when it snaps his body blocks it) is proof?
Please, if you are ever called, find a way to excuse yourself from jury duty.
No matter how real it is, you're still not actually holding a tennis racquet and you shouldn't swing this hard.
Real life immersion is one thing, making a fool of yourself by swinging like this is another.