EK987

I'm located in the U.S., just to let you know.

My mom was watching the news and found out that 3.2 million people (the ones that have purchased Wiis) will have to send back their Wiimotes because of the wrist strap problem. Wow! I was shocked, and quite glad because I don't have a Wii yet. It would be a pain in the neck to have to send back the Wiimote and be "Wiimote-less" (unless you have an extra Wiimote) for a few days or a week possibly (if not more than that).

the_peripheral

I'm not sending back anything. The Wiimote strap is useless for me. I've never dropped or lost control of it, it's only people who are insanely into the game that do that...or people with bad motor skills.

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Khool-Ade

Or in my case people trying to show off at skanksgiving and chuck your remote into the wall....needless to say he did NOT get laid that night.

iamthesharkk

sheesh why does everyone decide to post everything they hear! i have porbbaly read 2938293 threads on ThEy ArE ReCaLlInG ThE WiI!@!#! no they arent. go ahead and lsiten to you little local news. if there was a mass recall dont you think it would be posted on nintendo.com or even a different reputable gaming website????? phew finally let some steam off.

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EK987

To: The peripheral.. Haha, yeah, that's true. I'm wondering if even half of those people will send back their Wiimotes.

Unless Nintendo has some type of list that keeps track of every Wii sold and sends mail to those who have to send back their Wiimotes, I don't think many people will send them back.

Conor Fitz

i sen t back mine bcause i dropped it and told nobody

wii love gamin

or you could just get a new strap http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/strapreplace.jsp here

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Master Wii

If it was needless to say, then why say it anyway?

Kryptenx

Exactly. No one is sending in shit. Nintendo is just sending out new straps.

Please use the search function next time, we've seen this thread 50 times(in the past hour).

EK987

Haha, very true.

As I like to say-- it's funny because it's true!

Khool-Ade

Well maybe it was needless maybe it was...i just like making fun of my friends is all. Is that a crime? Well Master Wii, if loving you is wrong i dont want to be right.

BlenderWizard

+1 to that... I was gonna say that, but you already did.

I had to school the moron lackey at Target the other day... I asked him about FarCry, and then he said, "Hey, did you hear about the recall?"

I said, "No." At this point I was assuming maybe he was talking about something other than the straps, since I had ordered mine from Nintendo the day before.

He said, "Yeah, Nintendo's gotta replace all the straps."

I looked at him like he was a moron and said, "No, there is no strap recall; all you have to do is go to nintendo.com or call NOA, and they'll send you the new ones."

MetroidZ

3.2million wiimotes COULD be sent back, pple have to chose if they think its necessary.

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ftcmark

There's no recall, you just order a new strap.

SpideyKonfusion

YES! someone else said it! thank YOU!

Like he said, it's not a recall, it's a replacement service.

and like many other people here, I feel no need to replace my existing straps. atleast the new controllers will have them, and I'll make sure to use those Wiimotes when I'm drunk. although I still probably wouldn't need them :P

-SpideyKonfusion

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Arcadium

I don't wanna have a new strap, mine works good, and I don't think it will break into pieces.

Anyway I can't return it...

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BlenderWizard

There's no returning anything... all u do is go to nintendo.com, and order 1-4 straps.

And it's totally free.

So, unless you can't spare 3 minutes, there's no reason not to do this.

FRuMMaGe

I hear that some people actually think you have to let go of the controller to bowl the ball in Wii Sports. It specifically mentions not to do that in the guide now.

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Master Foot

Who makes up these BS lies?! Do you really think that someone will actually not want a Wii because of some stupid strap problem? Give me a break. Let Nintendo replace it or just buy a lanyard and move on. It's not the end of the world. Microsoft still will not replace their overheating Xboxes for free and Sony will not fix PS2 optical drives for free. The Wii will live!

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sstew13

uggghhh they dont send the whole wiimote back you order a strap...

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