I ran across this story today.
I’m sure that story is right to the point for someone who knows anything about a Wii. Law firm Green Welling seem bent out of shape about it. But what the hell are they talking about?
I’ve never even seen a Wii.
The Wii uses a wireless controller that you point at the TV and move around to control the on-screen action. The strap is meant to keep you from accidentally losing your grip and throwing the controller through the TV. See here
The article I read had a representaive showing the wireless controller in use, and the problem was obvious. You put the strap around your wrist like a camera strap or braclet. The straps were to thin and broke for active players. The replacement strap is thicker. It’s something that should have been obvious with proper premarket testing.
I don’t know, but it sounds filthy and perverted!
Keep us posted, there’s a good chap. 
The Wii strap is what a father pulls out when you’ve been a little bit naughty.
Actually, the situation seems to be that players are letting go of the controller while swinging, relying on the strap to hold the controller. This is counter-indicated in the instructions, and I’d love to know why people were doing it in the first place. None of the games requires releasing the controller from one’s hand while in mid-swing.
Houston, Wii have a problem.
Some people need to switch to decaf.
One more thing - if you’ve had your eye on a Wii for Christmas, this vid’s for you.
WAG it allows a more powerful ‘swing’
Which is something they should have anticipated would happen when millions of people play with hand held remote controler in an action game. It’s there because somebody relized people can lose their grip on the remote. They didn’t test enough to see if the remedy was suficient to it’s purpose. When it’s product that sells in the millions, you want to be sure you don’t have recalls, because their extremely expensive. Small defects on large quantities, put companies out of business. I’ve worked for a manufacturer, and have delt with engineers on prototypes, and production product. A part as cheap as 2 cents, can cost hundreds to replace, because a professional has to tear apart an appliance to replace an o-ring. Times that by every item sold with the defect. The strap can be repaced by the consumer, but it still is expensive.
^ It’s not a recall.