Wii blamed for ridiculous increase in British hospital visits

Nintendo's Wii has been maiming careless gamers since the day it was launched, but an inexplicable uptick in Britain has professionals scratching their heads. According to Dr. Dev Mukerjee of Broomfield Hospital: "There has been a 100 percent increase in patients complaining of Wii-itis." Turns out, Wii-itis is their word for playing so much Wii that you injure yourself. Astonishingly, up to ten people per week are being "hospitalized with injuries caused by playing Nintendo Wii games," which has forced medical personnel to "issue warnings of the dangers associated with the video game system." Some of the most common injuries are Wii-knee (seriously) and tendon stretching / tearing, both of which could likely be avoided if gamers would bother to stretch before breaking a sweat. Sheesh -- what do folks even learn in Physical Education these days?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 23rd 2008 6:32PM]

That's what they get for playing with the crappy console. Quite being cheap, get a real (PS3) console, and quite-ya-bitchin.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 23rd 2008 9:57PM]

I frequently cut myself when playing Twilight Princess. Because little wrist flicks can initiate a butterfly effect that eventually winds up with a hurricane that blows a tree onto my house, and consequentially onto myself.

It is a stupid thing to get hurt by a Wii. People who get hurt are foolish.

[Gad Get Posted Dec 24th 2008 6:43AM]

Tell me about it! I mean, why would you want to hurt yourself?

[BeholdersEye Posted Jan 1st 2009 6:07AM]

When will a doctor actually do a study on the wii, instead of warning of the constant stream of incidents. Wii needs a doctor to watch players and comment on what actions is leading to injury and how to stop it and do it correctly.

[sonicwind Posted Dec 25th 2008 11:19AM]

FYI, studies are all showing that stretching before exercises actually results in weaker muscle function. The problem with the Wiidiots, is that they've never actually exercised before.