Hold That Wii Remote Tight, Or Tragedy Strikes!
Word to the wise, Wi-mote straps snap. Make sure that you hold onto the little bugger, or this could happen to you. Hearing that controller slamming into the ground is pure torture. If your little paws are getting too sweaty, just wipe them off and continue playing. Adjust your strap occasionally, and just remember, you don’t have to swing that hard to play Wii Sports. I don’t think the system measures movements that fast.
Wii Remote and Sweaty Palms Don’t Mix [Aeropause]
Toots
Posted to Video Games on 24 November 2006
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Holy crap, people. It’s not real tennis, how hard you swing does not determine how fast the ball goes.
I really don’t understand why some people are swinging away THAT hard… Just a flick of the hand w/ a little arm movement does the trick.
What a dummy. Why should you have to swing so hard? I sure don’t know. Like the other two said, just a little flick works.
Uh, sorry to break it to you guys, but it’s supposed to be “real” movement. You’re not being a “dummy” because you swing your racket hard. You can’t tell people to pretend like they’re playing real tennis, but to hit it like they’re using a regular controller. Our household broke a strap after 2 days of play… not OK in my book. We weren’t abusing the controller, we were pretending to play tennis, as instructed by the guide book. It’s a real problem which needs to be addressed.
Strange – that’s not the same strap I got on my Wii . . . The one on the video looks like a thin piece of plastic – my strap is a woven nylon material, seems very strong to me. Me thinks some people just want attention.
Finally tried a Wii (with Zelda) ... must say I sucked big time. But the strap seemed strong.
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even if you play it like real tennis – i might be wrong – but i thought the goal is to keep that racquet in your hands and just smash the ball, isn’t it?
I’ve seen people go at Wii sports like their lives depended on it.
I reckon that’s a testament to how well Nintendo’s thinking on the Wii lines up with real people. It doesn’t matter that you only have to flick the controller… people WANT to play like its for real. It’s fun! Actual, honest to goodness, giggle out loud, FUN!
If memory serves me well, I believe that in a game store I saw these rubbery thingies to slip over your remotes. I guess this is what they were for.
You don’t have to swing like your Bjorn Borg!!
But I can say that I wouldn’t mind getting sweaty palms with Rob!!
I still think this guy is a tool for swinging it that hard. It’s not real tennis, it just mimicks real tennis. You don’t even move the guys so how can it be real tennis? He’s lucky that he didn’t do more damage.
My 6-year-old niece managed to let go of the remote and have the wrist strap slide off of her wrist, resulting in a wiimote-wall encounter. No damage to either, but we’re obviously in uncharted territory here as far as throwing game controllers goes, wrist strap or not.
Another typical “GUY” doing his thing. I mean give it a break…lets just hope next time this bonehead throws it and hits one of his bonehead friends….LOL! Get that on camera!