Nintendo now shipping beefed-up Wii strap?

We've seen the violence, now behold the solution. We think. Friendly tipster Arthur S. bought a Wii on November 24th with a flimsy little Wiimote strap just like the rest of you fools, but when his mom, won over by the beauty of the tiny little Wii box, purchased her own on December 6th, Arthur was shocked to discover a new and improved string for connecting the strap to the Wiimote. She also purchased an additional controller, which had the flimsy, non Tyler-proof string. This would seem to imply that Nintendo is quietly improving the Wii straps as the consoles fly out of the factory, but since none of this is official, we only have blurry camphone pics (is there any other kind?) for proof of this change. Peep another after the break.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2006 2:37PM]

geez, those pics are terrible. Those look like they were taken with a cameraphone. And if you're using a real digital camera, use macro for close-up shots!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2006 3:40PM]

Just got my Wii today (UK launch). I believe I still got the old strap. Well if it breaks I'll ask Nintendo for a new one. BTW my Wiimote came with strap attached. Awesome.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 10:16PM]

i just bought my wii 2 days ago on Dec 29th and the wii remote came with the "flimsy" strap...i was surprised because i heard that they were shipping with the newer ones....

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 4th 2007 8:55PM]

Oh my god, this is making me mad, I preordered my Wii, and the I thought since the strap recall was made the shipment of Wiis would slow down. Well now it just seems like no Wiis are coming to my town at all.