CTA's Bowling Ball for Wii comes with giant wrist strap, zero liability
By Tim Stevens 
posted June 19th 2009 8:27AM
posted June 19th 2009 8:27AM
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can't wait for the youtube vids of "omg i threw my wii bowlling ball through my plasma!!!"
hehe :)
Silly Monkey! You don't play Wii on HDTVs!
@Matt
I do, and it looks quite exquisite. Apparently, you've never heard of upscaling.
@squeeg
And apparently, you've never heard of sarcasm
Didn't you see the wrist strap? The youtube video will more likely be, "oh my god, I broke my freakin' wrist!"
I am no bafoon, but I just don't trust myself with something like that.
Are you a buffoon then?
NO.... he is sane....
WTF!!! Next thing would be the frying pan for that cooking game!!
Complete with a stove and oven accessory for 350$.
Would that be Cooking Hero?
Cooking Hero: Mama edition
but then people would just add that in to the "real cost of owning a wii"...
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.
Yeah that's why real bowling doesn't exist.
Uhh I think you miss the point of what I was getting at...
Bowling ball.... with a strap....
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.
It will probably weigh less than a pound. If you dislocate your shoulder with that, then you fail at life..
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.
Excuse the writing style of the previous post, it's all correct I think but reads..erm.. painfully.
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...
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.
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.
wow. a post about something other than the iphone... amazing...
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.
...or will take note that you're being a cry baby.
Imagine playing with this huge ball and balls being crushed as it swings back.
wait til the kids get their hands on it :)
I see "fail" written all over it.
really? it looks blue to me...
Press your face against the screen. You can see it.
wait, you mean the fails are *in* the computer?
it's so simple!
Depending on how sensitive it is to curls and wrist movements, this could be an epic win or a blatant fail.
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.
I wonder how do you hold it. Depending on the size of it, will be difficult to play a bowling game.
I hope it comes with a first aid kit...
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?
damn, when you are desperate enough to buy something like this you might as well go play bowling FOR REAL
No.
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/
Looks like a ball and chain for the wrists