Nintendo offering free wrist strap replacements.

[Valkysas]

whether yours is broken or you just want a new, thicker strap to be safe, you can go to here and order them for free. there is a limit to 4 per system.

[Red Dragon]

Re: Nintendo offering free wrist strap replacements.

I just need a Wii now...

I wish you could order 4 straps for future use.

[Excelryu]

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Haha. The straps started breaking and the controllers break loose crashing to a hdtv scratching it or worst. Seems this has nintendo offering free straps.

[Ivalice]

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If you wave your remote around like a ****ing tard hard enough for it to break the strap, you deserve a broken tv or bloody nose.

[DarkwingChuck]

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The original strap is plenty strong. According to this guy on Nintendojo it can hold over 25 pounds.


25 pounds of books and 100 fl oz of Mountain Fresh laundry detergent.

He also tested it doing normal and exaggerated playing motions and it didn't break until he finally pulled it apart.

So, for my final act, I went old school. With one hand on the remote and the other on the strap, and I gave it a heave. I reached that point where I was pulling so hard I began to shake, and then, finally, progress -- I heard a click, and then a snap.

[Nixon]

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I haven't had any problems with my wiimote strap, but I'll take them up on that offer because I like free stuff. :P

[RPGD]

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I find the original Wii remote strap to be pretty firm and sturdy. I'm surprised that people are actually breaking it.

Maybe I'm doing some thing wrong? Perhaps I'm holding it too correctly, and not releasing it? I don't want to risk breaking it by doing anything reckless, though.

Regardless, I wanna see one of these new thingies.

[Vonwert]

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To break the strap, you are supposed "to wave it like you just don't care".

[gray]

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i'll probably order some. just cause. but so far i havn't been so stupid as to launch my wiimote so hard that i break things.

[DYRE]

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Why is it that you would even need a wrist strap? Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't ever have to swing the Wiimote so hard that it actually comes out of your hand, right?

[Valkysas]

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No, you don't. you also don't have to let go of the thing. but some people do, and they blame it on nintendo.

[Jamos' Old Account]

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Some people are idiots.... minus the "some."

[Excelryu]

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Yeah why would the actually let go the controllers? Maybe they wanted to see if Zelda's sword would go out flying like a boomerang. Or maybe they thought they needed to throw the controller to score a point on basketball.

[Kire]

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I don't need the new straps cuz I'm not a spaz.

And if you work up a sweat...seriously, that should tell ya something.

[Misty]

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I try not to swing my Wiimote too hard--unless Zelda begins to **** me off. Then I start swinging my sword like crazy just to vent my frustrations on an enemy giving me trouble ^_^;

I'll .... try to be more careful when swinging my Wiimote like some crazed lunatic.