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Wiimote Straps Result in Class Action Suit

Posted by Zonk on from the sigh dept.

Kotaku reports the news that problems with breaking Wiimote straps has resulted in a class action lawsuit against Nintendo. From the press release about the suit: "Green Welling LLP filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of the owners of the Nintendo Wii against Nintendo of America, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The class action lawsuit arose as result of the defective nature of the Nintendo Wii. In particular, the Nintendo Wii game console includes a remote and a wrist strap for the remote. Owners of the Nintendo Wii reported that when they used the Nintendo remote and wrist strap, as instructed by the material that accompanied the Wii console, the wrist strap broke and caused the remote to leave the user's hand. Nintendo's failure to include a remote that is free from defects is in breach of Nintendo's own product warranty."

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  1. Hey Rocky! by AnswerIs42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What Bullwinkle?
    Watch me pull a lawsuit out of my a**!

    This will most likely get swept under the rug and forgotten.

    1. Re:Hey Rocky! by DuckWizard · · Score: 2, Funny

      But that trick never works!

      Oh. Wait.

  2. Wow... by Kirin+Fenrir · · Score: 2, Funny

    You've got to be kidding me. Are the plantiffs wii'tarded or something?

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  3. Re:Wait... by thebdj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or is this lawyer just a greedy bastard?

    Does a bear shit in the woods? Is the pope catholic? These are all questions with one pretty clear answer...

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  4. Re:This Litigious Society by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the wrist strap broke and caused the remote to leave the user's hand"

    I would think that the remote leaving the user's had would cause the strap to break. Maybe thats the problem. The straps are propelling the wiimotes!

  5. Re:Ridiculous by eriklou · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or you can play 4 player games all by your self.

  6. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by Noxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stupidity in nature is a crime which carries the death penalty...unfortunately civilization allows probation instead.

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  7. But Wii is so realistic by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 2, Funny

    that if you lose a tennis game you do a John McEnroe and throw the tennis raquet on the ground.

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  8. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think Penny Arcade had a good explanation...

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  9. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by icedcool · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right. My rule is " you break it you buy it." All my buddies make damn sure they hold on tight.

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  10. Re:Ok so let me sum up by rlp · · Score: 3, Funny

    IANAL, but I did notice that the complaint included a statement regarding a Mr. Chewbacca.

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  11. Magical pants! by Grendel+Drago · · Score: 2, Funny
    No, but putting a styrofoam cup of even warm coffee between your legs is the quintessential act of stupidity, and she was paid for it. What would have happened had it not been so hot it scalded her? A lawsuit for her dry cleaning expenses?
    If your messy sweatpants require you to undergo two years of medical treatment costing eleven grand, I think I'd be okay with you suing about that. Because you'd have magic pants.
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  12. Re:Knock it off. by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hot coffee lawsuit" makes me think of Jack Thompson.

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  13. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by SageMusings · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, I for one am glad this happened.

    It's about time. Why, the packing box almost slipped out of my hand while walking to the car after having just purchased it. Clearly, Nintendo does not have my best interests in mind. I will just sit back and wait for my $0.37 check while the thoughtful attorney scores a new Lambo and a new mistress.

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  14. Re:My CAMERA has a strap by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean that we're not supposed to throw the DS?

    Oops. >_>

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  15. Re:Disgusting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I love the US, but sometimes I just have a hard time being 'proud to be an American.' (I reserve the right to not check my spelling or grammar. Deal with it!)

    Well, look on the bright side -- at least you aren't an annoying fucking stupid cunt like your countrymen are!

  16. My solution by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If anybody reading this is having such a problem, I'd be more than willing to help you with your problem and take that defective console off your hands for you. I'm willing to take this burden in the spirit of Christmas.

  17. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by mrchaotica · · Score: 2, Funny

    Counterpoint.

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  18. Re:Ummm...No by VJ42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does adding a safety feature to an item that doesn't need one open a company up to lawsuits? Because we need to think of the lawyers, the poor, starving lawyers who have nothing better to do?
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  19. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by kaptron · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you're the guy that's always preventing cool products from being released in the US! That's discrimination, I am so going to sue your ass!

  20. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by miro+f · · Score: 2, Funny

    just give the remote a quick flick with your wrist. I get 150km/h fastballs every time

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  21. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by paulpas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Habitual masturbators don't have these problems. :)

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  22. Lawsuits by Shadyman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can they sue, even though Nintendo issued a wii-call?

  23. Re:I have owned a Wii since the UK Launch by Trifthen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, that's an awesome idea! Socks never come with warnings that wearing them will make hard flat surfaces dangerous to walk on due to reduced friction! I'll be rich!

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  24. Re:If only stupidity were illegal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you do realise that the cumulative effects of your post and the parent meant that dicks will sue asses.

    -Sj53