Nintendo nice enough to help out idiot gamers

Engadget tells me that in response to all the breaking TVs from flung WiiMotes and other disastrous consequences of giving normally inactive gamers things to do with their bodies, Nintendo is recalling the Wii straps.

Honestly, I like Nintendo and good for them, but this seems a little ridiculous.

My roomate and I have been playing the Wii since it came out, and while I’ve knocked over some furniture myself, it’s not because I let go of the remote. I can’t think of a game where you’re supposed to twirl the mote around by the strap. I’m pretty sure such a game isn’t going to exist.

So when people break TVs or windows by flinging the mote around, it’s because they let go of the thing. Sure, the strap’s there in case you accidentally drop it. But it’s not supposed to hold a fastball. Honestly, you have to be a little slow to break something by flinging a ‘mote.