Wiimotes and Lightning

[Jenslin]

Well, my brothers were playing our Wii early day during a thunderstorm. Story goes that a huge thing of lightning was near our house and then the Wiimotes started not to work. It is still thunderstorming here and still won't work. I was just wondering if it is just something with the thunderstorm and the wireless Wiimotes or a problem with the Wiimote.

(On a side note, sorry for being inactive. Moved to a new house)

 

[vagrant]

Perhaps an evil magical wizard placed a spell on your wiimotes.

That sounds a little more possible.

 

[Lunatix]

The lightning shut off your wiimotes and now they are corrupted/broken/useless is one possibility

 

[vagrant]

The lightning shut off your wiimotes and now they are corrupted/broken/useless is one possibility

Let's hope that's a joke.

 

[Almo]

lol as far as i know your not sposed to use electricals in a lightening storm anyway

 

[ZiG]

Perhaps an evil magical wizard placed a spell on your wiimotes.

That sounds a little more possible.

More possible than EM fields from the lightning interfering with a bluetooth signal?????

 

[vagrant]

More possible than EM fields from the lightning interfering with a bluetooth signal?????

Yes.

 

[ZiG]

Uhhh. oh. ok. I would have thought it would be plausible that electromagnetic fields would interfere with electromagnetic signals. :S

 

[vagrant]

Uhhh. oh. ok. I would have thought it would be plausible that electromagnetic fields would interfere with electromagnetic signals. :S

Unless there is a constant stream of lightning hitting within like a kilometer, it wouldn't be what is causing it.

 

[+Maniacal=Maniac+]

The IR Interference From The Lightning Flash Could Have Shorted Out The Sensors In The Wii Remote.

That's My Theory.

 

[JLU51396]

Maybe were about to have a "War of the Worlds" :lol:

But seriously, Did you try changing the batteries in your Wiimote? And if you did, then the lightning must of short-circuited it in some crazy way. Did the lightning affect your Nintendo Wii?

 

[JLU51396]

Hey maybe the Mythbusters could try this myth.

 

[Wiily Good]

Maybe the lightning was in fact caused by the shorting out of the Wiimotes?

 

[vagrant]

Hey maybe the Mythbusters could try this myth.

Or I could just tell you it isn't possible.

 

[Lunatix]

Oh yeah i remember a time when there was a lightning storm and it broke my router(Would'nt turn on after so i threw it away.) that is always on so if you are in the same situation i was your Wiimotes are BROKEN. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Just be happy that it didn't break the wii.