Wii Wrist Strap Gets Silently Beefed Up by Nintendo
December 8th, 2006
After a number of concerns about easily broken wrist straps on the Nintendo Wii’s “Wii-mote” controller (and Nintendo’s denial that anything was wrong other than aggressive game play), it appears that Nintendo has started to include improved straps with recently shipped consoles.
From this comparison image posted on GoNintendo, it’s clear that there are much thicker cords on these controllers than were in the initial shipments. While there’s no absolute confirmation that the new cords are actually more durable, in most cases a thicker cord should mean a stronger cord. Nintendo continues to tow the line that there was nothing wrong with the design of the straps to begin with, but I’m glad to see they worked on a solution anyhow. There’s no word from Nintendo if these upgraded straps will be available for purchase to improve the original Wii-mote.
[UPDATE: You can now order a replacement strap from Nintendo for just $1.00 here. From what we've heard, the one's they're shipping are the new version.]
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I tend to agree with Nintendo on this one. I’ve been playing my nice, sleek, entertaining Wii system for some time now, and I’ve had no trouble at all.
I got one of those sets of skins for my Wiimotes so that I could tell the difference between one and another. That set of skins came with a colored strap for the wiimotes. I’m using those for a little while because they’re pretty, but I don’t honestly think anybody in my house will be breaking a perfectly good wrist strap any time soon.
Nintendo should focus more on inviting indy game developers and less on appeasing “the sky is falling” internet propagandists such as wiihaveaproblem.com and the like. There will ALWAYS be some idiot that’ll break something. Sometimes they have to accept responsibility for their own stupidity.
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