Nintendo president Satoru Iwata acknowledged Wii strap failures today and says the company is invistigating the problem, though no specific measures have been taken. From the article: “We are investigating,” Iwata said of reports about the Wii’s strap coming off as players swung around the controller, at times causing the remote to fly out of their hands. “Some people are getting a lot more excited than we’d expected,” Iwata said. “We need to better communicate to people how to deal with Wii as a new form of entertainment.”
While I’ll admit the strap is a bit thin, there’s no need to use the same level of physical force when “pitching” or “swinging” at digital balls. Take it easy folks…
