CTA's Bowling Ball for Wii comes with giant wrist strap, zero liability

Riiflex Wiimote weights sure look life-threatening, but they're not nearly dangerous enough. To give your Wii Sports nights that little extra bit of risk and intrigue, what you need is a (nearly) full-sized bowling ball. Appearing on what is perhaps the least functional website ever, CTA Digital is showing off an "authentic" bowling accessory, splitting open like Pac-Man to gobble up a controller, then closing up again to form what should be the perfect weapon for knocking down both bedposts -- and giving anyone standing nearby a concussion. There's no mention of how much the thing weighs, but we do know that it has what looks to be an industrial-strength wrist strap on there, and that thoroughly broken website contains not one but two statements indicating the company will not be held liable for what you do with the thing. You know what that means: game on!

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[seamonkey420 @ Jun 19th 2009 8:30AM]

can't wait for the youtube vids of "omg i threw my wii bowlling ball through my plasma!!!"

hehe :)

[Matt @ Jun 19th 2009 8:58AM]

Silly Monkey! You don't play Wii on HDTVs!

[squeeg @ Jun 19th 2009 1:15PM]

@Matt

I do, and it looks quite exquisite. Apparently, you've never heard of upscaling.

[Game_playa @ Jun 19th 2009 3:38PM]

@squeeg
And apparently, you've never heard of sarcasm

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Jun 19th 2009 4:08PM]

Didn't you see the wrist strap? The youtube video will more likely be, "oh my god, I broke my freakin' wrist!"

[Superstition @ Jun 19th 2009 8:30AM]

I am no bafoon, but I just don't trust myself with something like that.

[superhobo @ Jun 19th 2009 10:53AM]

Are you a buffoon then?

[sacapuntas @ Jun 19th 2009 11:23AM]

NO.... he is sane....

[Rito Man @ Jun 19th 2009 8:40AM]

WTF!!! Next thing would be the frying pan for that cooking game!!

[y3k.nik @ Jun 19th 2009 8:42AM]

Complete with a stove and oven accessory for 350$.

[Dawgboy @ Jun 19th 2009 9:17AM]

Would that be Cooking Hero?

[SewerShark @ Jun 19th 2009 9:44AM]

Cooking Hero: Mama edition

[Irfan @ Jun 19th 2009 3:27PM]

but then people would just add that in to the "real cost of owning a wii"...

[Kaitian @ Jun 19th 2009 8:57AM]

There is definitely going to be alot of dislocated shoulders as a result of this. This is an example of when bad ideas should never be put into fruition.

[Wwhat @ Jun 19th 2009 9:03AM]

Yeah that's why real bowling doesn't exist.

[Kaitian @ Jun 19th 2009 9:05AM]

Uhh I think you miss the point of what I was getting at...

Bowling ball.... with a strap....

[Jay Voorhees @ Jun 19th 2009 9:37AM]

I think you're both missing the point, ""Even though holding and bowling the ball is so like-like to the actual sport, never, ever release the ball!!"" The point is horrible grammar and an even more horrible product which encourages people to never let go of their balls.

[Mike @ Jun 19th 2009 10:10AM]

It will probably weigh less than a pound. If you dislocate your shoulder with that, then you fail at life..

[Wwhat @ Jun 19th 2009 10:51AM]

That's what I'm thinking mike, and I guess the original thought in this thread was that it weighs much heavier, but that is extremely unlikely because shipping is by weight (and metals are high right now) the makers of such products would not pay for that, and don't actually are that dedicated that they'd want it to be the weight of a real bowling ball anyway, not apart from that that would obviously not be practical.

[Wwhat @ Jun 19th 2009 10:52AM]

Excuse the writing style of the previous post, it's all correct I think but reads..erm.. painfully.

[ryan.tacy @ Jun 19th 2009 8:57AM]

From the CTA site... "Our marketing team at CTA uses the most up-to-date techniques to assure that our products make a strong impression..."

Strong Impression indeed...

[kevin @ Jun 19th 2009 11:30AM]

And I eat corned beef and cabbage to make sure I leave a strong odor.

Doesn't mean the odor is any good...just strong.

[Chris Are @ Jun 19th 2009 12:03PM]

What's better: "CTA is today's leader in producing innovative accessories for the digital era." I'd think Nintendo would be the leader- or at least Nyko.

[boomer7638 @ Jun 19th 2009 9:00AM]

wow. a post about something other than the iphone... amazing...

[Deuche ex Machina @ Jun 19th 2009 9:32AM]

Laughed my ass off at that one, I'm trying to dodge the Apple stories myself, and look what sneaks into the comments here. Careful, or someone will decide that you need to be banned.

[Duke @ Jun 19th 2009 10:06AM]

...or will take note that you're being a cry baby.

[Mr305 @ Jun 19th 2009 12:45PM]

Imagine playing with this huge ball and balls being crushed as it swings back.

[karltimber @ Jun 19th 2009 9:25AM]

wait til the kids get their hands on it :)

[Verythrax @ Jun 19th 2009 9:23AM]

I see "fail" written all over it.

[brett @ Jun 19th 2009 10:13AM]

really? it looks blue to me...

[ZaxCG2 @ Jun 19th 2009 12:00PM]

Press your face against the screen. You can see it.

[brett @ Jun 19th 2009 1:14PM]

wait, you mean the fails are *in* the computer?

it's so simple!

[TareX @ Jun 19th 2009 9:26AM]

Depending on how sensitive it is to curls and wrist movements, this could be an epic win or a blatant fail.

[Carl @ Jun 19th 2009 9:32AM]

Um......why not just go bowling? Atleast if you f' something up there its not your house, cuz NO ONE has ever rolled two balls down the lane.

haha, ah.....that was a funny last statement. didn't even mean it to be.

[SewerShark @ Jun 19th 2009 9:42AM]

I wonder how do you hold it. Depending on the size of it, will be difficult to play a bowling game.

[Idlemind @ Jun 19th 2009 10:32AM]

I hope it comes with a first aid kit...

[RichardBronosky @ Jun 19th 2009 10:55AM]

From the artice:
Even though holding and bowling the ball is so like-like to the actual sport, never, ever release the ball!!

So, if you can't release the ball, why are you BOWLING WITH IT?

I call FAKE (s/KE/IL/) on this one.
1. There is no way to put finger holes on such a product that it going to please more that 10% of the population.
2. If you can't release the ball, and you have a thumb and 2 fingers (middle finger + 1 from either side) in finger holes... how are you supposed to release the B button to roll?

[G @ Jun 19th 2009 11:05AM]

damn, when you are desperate enough to buy something like this you might as well go play bowling FOR REAL

[BigD145 @ Jun 19th 2009 11:06AM]

No.

[Giroro @ Jun 19th 2009 2:58PM]

This looks like it will be perfect for Wii Boxing!

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/04/cta-digitals-wii-bowling-ball-is-perfect-for-boxing/

[Yetzero @ Jun 19th 2009 3:35PM]

Looks like a ball and chain for the wrists