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wii wrist straps get recalled by nintendo

Nintendo Wii Controller Strap Replacement

Whether or not you believe all of the incidents that have occurred due to a faulty wrist strap on Nintendo’s Wii controller, Nintendo certainly doesn’t want to take any chances and today issued a recall, and started offering free replacement wrist straps.

This confirms our earlier report that Nintendo had started to ship new straps…

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December 15th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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wii wrist strap gets silently beefed up by nintendo

Nintendo Wii Improved Wrist Straps

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…

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December 8th, 2006 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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