In the month since the Wii was released, you’ve probably heard about problems with the wrist strap breaking, causing considerable damage. I personally find it difficult to comprehend a scenario in which this would actually be a problem (and I’m not alone). This past week our Wii moved out from under an evergreen and was placed beneath a television, and since then we have put in a lot of time on Wii Sports. My two brothers especially enjoyed it, putting in nearly six hours of play time on Sunday alone. In all of this time, there was no wrist strap present at all. It only took about ten minutes for us to realize that the wrist strap did little besides get in the way. I’ve yet to see a Wiimote even get dropped, much less thrown, even though we are all using full-force baseball swings and bowling ball tosses.
Is anyone else actually using the wrist strap? If so, is it actually preventing anything?
Update: My Wii friend code: 1974 6315 2837 8279. Let me know your code if you want our Mii’s to mingle.
December 29, 8:46 pm
Everyone who comes over to our place uses the wrist strap.
On a much more interesting note, our friends Bill and Beth were involved in a wii violent situation (get it, like wee). Bill was mid-serve while playing tennis and hit Beth in the face with the remote. She’s in critical condition, but we think she’ll pull through.