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Nintendo Slapped With Wiimote Strap Lawsuit Once Again
GameCyteSean writes "GameCyte is reporting that a new class-action lawsuit has challenged Nintendo's Wiimote straps once more. Interestingly, the suit was filed by the same lawyer who led the original 2006 attempt, and now argues that Nintendo hid records of broken TVs from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. From the article: 'This doesn't seem like a spurious accusation, either. Attached to the court filing (PDF) as a matter of public record is the very evidence Nintendo allegedly tried to hide: actual, internal Nintendo documents (PDF) where customer service reps received complaints of cracked televisions and broken Wiimote straps — and the corresponding Monthly Reports that Nintendo was compelled to file with the CPSC as part of their agreement.'"
Sorry, but your friend's boyfriend should probably not be trusted with sharp objects, or to be alone in the pool and other things you don't like to see 1 year olds do. I don't care how manly you think you might be, if you can admit you have injured yourself playing a video game, you're not manly.
The Wii might be showing us who should move on to procreate and who should not for the next big step in evolution of mankind.
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This is how I picture the origins of the lawsuit: Some guy is playing a Star Wars game. He wants to make Obi-Wan do the force throw thing with his lightsaber, knowing that Obi-Wan's saber will fly back to him. So, he figures that if you need to swing the Wiimote to swing the lightsaber, logically, you must also throw the Wiimote to throw the lightsaber, and it, like the lightsaber, will return to his hand. Unfortunately, physics rears its ugly head, and he discovers that this is not the case, and decides that Nintendo owes him a new TV.
I put on my wizard hat...
Seriously, if you break your TV with a remote, its your fault.
I disagree. Clearly my inability to hold on to a remote with my greasy cheetos-covered hand is a fundamental online rights issue. Hence the tags for this story.
Perhaps, although it would seem the average /. nerd isn't very susceptible to jokes.
On the other hand, that whooshing noise could either be the joke or a remote.
Nintendo is being sued because people are too stupid to hold on to a chunk of plastic? These people need to get a grip.
This is how I picture the origins of the lawsuit: Some guy is playing a Star Wars game. He wants to make Obi-Wan do the force throw thing with his lightsaber, knowing that Obi-Wan's saber will fly back to him. So, he figures that if you need to swing the Wiimote to swing the lightsaber, logically, you must also throw the Wiimote to throw the lightsaber, and it, like the lightsaber, will return to his hand. Unfortunately, physics rears its ugly head, and he discovers that this is not the case, and decides that Nintendo owes him a new TV.
That makes more sense. My first reaction was he was playing a porn game and got too excited.
Posting AC so my wife won't hit me.
These are not the jokes you are looking for.
Circumcision is child abuse.