Turnabout, My Dear Nintendo...
In every megacorporation a little exploding component must fall – it’s an axiom that is as true now as it was 10,000 years ago when Plato said it to the dinosaurs, who didn’t listen. Recently Nintendo offered to replace flimsy (and apparently lethal) Wiimote straps; now there’s a problem with Japanese power supplies for both DS and DS Lite systems that merits an actual, factual recall: they explode and kill your babies.
Ok, well, they’re overheating. And being replaced. If you read Japanese you can find out all about it on Nintendo’s Japanese site, otherwise you can try reading the translation that hunky exploding-periphery-ninja Niero slapped up over at Destructoid (along with the lovely graphic).
Only about 200,000 Japanese DS/DS Lite power supplies seem to be affected, and those are Japanese, so if you or someone you know has an imported DS, check the back of the power adapter and make sure there’s no little JRC symbol in the bottom corner, as shown. If you see it, drop everything and run screaming like a virgin before Plato and his dinosaur armies.
Nintendo is recalling flaming DS power supplies [Destructoid]
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Posted to Video Games on 15 December 2006
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Oh! I’m so sad this is the only article with the “exploding babies” tag. I expect more in the future.