The most expensive mistake Nintendo ever made

[@ThomasGameDocs]

thank you so much for watching!! I couldn't be here doing this thing I love without you all :))))

[@someweirdwaffle977]

Nice video

[@vidsaboodyyt]

Yey

[@mrglados1556]

great video i love these styles of videos man do some more dev history btw may i suggest paper mario?

[@bob8956]

love your videos

[@Acider.]

Hello

[@Droidekadotexe]

I remember being a kid and swinging those 3rd generation wrist straps like a helicopter blade for hours. If it can survive that and still be intact to this day, I think their design is just fine.

[@byggrynsgroet]

im willing to bet alot of money that most of these people didn't even use the strap but blamed it on the strap snapping after

[@ninjachicken8773]

@@byggrynsgroet Same

[@affectedrl5327]

Yeah same. People that managed to damage anything with the 3rd gen wrist strap are stupid (they probably didnt even use them)

[@sonnymoorexsonic]

same, i didn’t even know how to tighten it for several years after i got it

[@lordtajine9721]

Same!

[@TDRR_Gamez]

I seriously can't comprehend how hard do you need to be playing these games for this kind of stuff to happen, I've played Wii since I was 8 and I've never had one of these accidents lol

[@minixlemonade]

Keep in mind the people who did this likely haven't touched a video game in 30 years. Aaand, also mistakes happen. I do remember accidentally chucking it across the room once lol.

[@DisgustedDisgustingDude_DDD]

@@minixlemonade yeah if you know how the motion sensor works, you don't need to swing too hard for it to register as "strong" swing.

[@waluigiwah5724]

@@minixlemonade I've hit a wall or 2. But I never use he wriststrap. And I've had the wii mini and wii u for probably over 10 years worth of play combined. And it did nothing to the walls I hit, And sometimes when I'm bored I swing the remote around by the strap too, So most of those were probably from that.

[@Aus-sf8fh]

@Olivia Belcher you had a wii remote when you were a year old?

[@curtislevey7639]

I must have been pretty reckless as a kid, but I don't remember ever even 'launching' the Wii remote. I definitely swung it about on it's strap with no difficulty though. I would let the remote drop and hang from my wrists when resting or waiting. It's just a cash grab

[@slv-mf7ui]

People: don't know how to hold a controller. "Ah yes, this is clearly Nintendo's fault"

[@dominantwolf4593]

It’s insurance fraud

[@dominantwolf4593]

@rastas _ those are not equivalent statements. One is insurance fraud by consumers, the other is bad business planning.

[@MsCerealCat]

@@dominantwolf4593 Yeah, but the point still stands.

[@David-Rule]

Oh shut up.

[@David-Rule]

@@MsCerealCat You do have a point, but your hat covers it well.

[@Mortal_Tezer]

LMAO "people are playing more energetically than expected" how hard were they playing their Wii gosh darn

[@lucas_gaming2734]

*wii makes you homebrew*

[@noahbuscuse5243]

Wii makes you homebrew

[@LightsJusticeZ]

Apparently enough to launch a hole in a TV with the Wiimote.

[@3osprey]

they broke their television 😳

[@danielburleson563]

God damn*

[@raxcentalruthenta1456]

I never had any issues with remote straps. The are strong as heck and my siblings played those games very vigorously.

[@tamoozbr]

True

[@Monokirb]

same

[@anneliseandzoey]

me too

[@mergieismoronic]

Did you buy them after 2006? Because if so, then that’s after they changed them.

[@KilleRoy_NL]

Got it at launch, never had a real problem myself either, all the way through the Wii + Wii U's life cycles

[@amberlee4536]

"The strap broke" has only ever been said by children who ignored the instructions about using the wrist strap every time you use the controller and lost their grips. The only time Wiimotes or Joycons have ever gone flying for me, it was because I did that.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I'm surprised Nintendo didn't add a sensor that wouldn't allow the remote to work without the strap attached.

[@loganwhatcott2031]

@@ThePeterDislikeShow expensive and complicated

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

@@loganwhatcott2031 Didn't they coat some of their games with a bitter tasting chemical? This one seems more common sense than that!

[@loganwhatcott2031]

@@ThePeterDislikeShow never heard that, but the mechanism to detect if a strap was properly around the wrist would be very difficult to make cheaply

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

@@loganwhatcott2031 Just have a button on it that's activated by something pressing against it. Kids aren't going out of their way to defeat such, they just can't be bothered to put them on that's all. Doesn't have to be anything fancy.

[@goromajima7677]

I love the idea of people playing tennis so vigorously, that the wii remote slips out of their hands with such velocity that it snaps the band, and rockets into someone’s tv

[@Code_EJ]

surely they just threw it at the tv and were like “omg my tv broke, I’m gonna sue” as if they didn’t just throw their remote at full force

[@dolphinerofachero3159]

@@Code_EJ Good ol’ USA loves suing anything at everyone

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@Code_EJ I mean, I know the Nintendo fanboy's knee-jerk reaction is to place blame on everyone else because Nintendo is an innocent corporation that can do no wrong in their eyes, but shit happens and Nintendo is not perfect. These are the same people that gave an embarrassing display of the Wii's motion controls that couldn't even register a simple slow arm movement and thought, "Yup! This is ready to sell to the public!" Like it or not, there's a bunch of videos still online of people playing with their new Wii and the remote accidentally getting launched into their TV. That initial strap that game with it was flimsy as fuck, it's no surprise there were cases of it breaking easily.

[@BeeBwakka]

@@cannibalisticrequiem Yuuup that original strap might as well have been made of paper, it could hardly withstand any force whatsoever without snapping, or even just slipping off of your wrist since there was no mechanism to lock it around your wrist originally

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

never had that shit.. though i have hit my brother with the remote hard enough to leave an imprint on his forehead for several days.. it was his own stupid fault though.. i had warned him to steer clear of my line of fire yet instead of listening and walking around me in a circle he had to walk so close to me that i hit him

[@JackCats0]

Image you get an email one night from an unknown address and it says “hold the remote securely and avoid excessive motion” with nothing else attached.

[@noorhafizat]

That sorta breaks the emailing rules

[@nicksullivan1610]

just an anonymous email that says "DON'T BE MOIST."

[@isaiahromero9861]

D R Y Y O U R H A N D S

[@yeaaaaaaaaaaahff]

K e e p i t t i g h t

[@ssjalpha6593]

And you get it while you’re playing your Wii at 2am

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

This reminds me of something that a park ranger once said when asked about why its so hard to make bear proof trash cans "There is a surprisingly big intersection between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans"

[@paddyrobbo2430]

The straps never “broke” people just didn’t wear them i used to swing it around like mad using the 1st gen strap, more than i played wii, and it never broke

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

i removed all the wrist straps on our wiimotes so they would into wiiwheels nunchucks and the charger and since we don't have any games that involve swing the controller it made sense to remove them

[@paddyrobbo2430]

@@IndustrialParrot2816 exactly it was a bad design on nintendo’s part

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

@@paddyrobbo2430 right

[@ryanschwartz4959]

@@IndustrialParrot2816 Except last I checked, the Wii Wheel had a slot to let the wrist strap pass through.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

@@ryanschwartz4959 not the charger though we couldn't chrage the wiimotes without taking off the straps

[@aekaydubs]

My 6 year old recently broke our 60” TV with a Wii remote in this, the year of our Lord 2021. The strap was fine; she just didn’t feel like wearing it. Sigh.

[@chasesigler9885]

That was ne as a kid you legit shouldn't let kids play wii alone

[@quigonkenny]

Wonder how many people's wrist straps broke *after* something like that happened?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I never wore the wii remote strap in my life and I never threw it in all the 9 years that I've had it. Well, except intentionnally throwing it on the couch when I was pissed, which obviously didn't really damage the wii remote or the couch. I really don't know how you can throw it unintentionnally.

[@jaybonn5973]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 very sweaty hands. Some peoples hands just start to sweat of left holding something

[@epicwappy20]

rip

[@Oldgeezershadow]

Fun fact: Super Paper Mario made a joke out of this. Three of the enemies in world 6 are named, in order, Sweaty Palm, Clammy Hand, and Forbidden Slap. It was a reference to this precise issue.

[@grunch610]

In NSMB wii?

[@dunkleosteusterrelli]

Super Paper Mario????? I don't remember that being in the game, must be getting confused with another game infact still having the game I can look into it I and it's nothing these

[@elijahbuettel5107]

I’ve literally spun those remotes around from the strap repeatedly as a strategy for some games and never broke it

[@Chops95]

Used to love doing that haha

[@yuna6705]

Same! Like it just doesn't!

[@icouldntthinkofaname3871]

Same I’ve had mine for over 10 years and done that all the time and they’ve never broke.

[@JackDaniels-ex9mf]

Take it and tug it straight on hard like you accidentally threw it really hard

[@kennycarter5682]

Spinning the remote around using the straps.. that was a hell of a fun thing to do

[@jnee]

Slipping out of your grip with enough g-force to wrench apart the fibres of the strap?? Butter-fingered super saiyans these people must be!

[@horseenthusiast9903]

Lmfao this comment just made my day

[@palmzmetal9131]

^Yes. The "super saiyans" part was just too funny 🤣

[@katedp7825]

"Butter-fingered super saiyans."😂😂😂😂

[@nahor88]

Keep in mind there were thousands of "non-gamers" buying these consoles. My dad (and my ENGINEERING dad at that) was convinced you had to actually move around to play Wii Tennis, not realizing THERE ARE NO SENSORS ON YOUR FEET. I'm willing to be there were many people trying to play these games like they're the real life counterparts.

[@Isaacreeper]

The best memory Ive had with the wii is when my older sister and I were supposed to be asleep on a school night but we snuck out into the living room to play Wii Sports. Of course when we turned on the TV we spammed the mute button to ensure that no sound could be heard and we began our hour or two of playing the Wii. At some point during a heated match my sister, who wasnt wearing the wristrap, let go of the remote. It slammed against the TV, which was one of those old giant boxes with a hard glass screen so no damage done, bounced off the wall and clattered onto the tile. My sister and I stood stock still for a good second and looked at eachother in horror. Without a word we scrambled to turn the tv and wii off and quietly sprinted off to our rooms to act as if we were asleep. I will honestly never forget that.

[@endorobo]

imagine the straps never broke and everyone lied about having the straps on

[@ffccardoso]

this

[@rodrigosoto4827]

This is probably what happened.

[@mr.tv4345]

My dad cut the straps off of ours for some reason

[@Histgyph]

@@mr.tv4345 your dad is an interesting man

[@taylor22222222]

@@Histgyph 🤣

[@unownintendo]

Joycon drift > wiimote staps I used to whip those things around my wrist as a kid and they’ve never broken on me lol

[@WiiNunchuck]

Wii > Switch This is the proper answer to that

[@unownintendo]

@@WiiNunchuck I was meaning that joycon drift is a bigger problem than the wiimote straps is all

[@Sreekar617]

My strap is twisted to the point of wrist band tightener not working

[@waluigiwah5724]

@@unownintendo Atleast it isn't damaging the users TVs exc. Rather just a issue with controlling the game. No damage done to anything around it besides the controller.

[@luisenriquegalicia490]

I used to be pretty rough with my Wii remote and even sometimes I used to strap it to my wrist and throw around the control just to see if I could catch it without it hurting with the inertia, although I had the 3rd version but I still was pretty rough with it

[@Belette6763]

Fascinated by the fact that the controllers could make holes in walls. If my controller was sent flying and hit the wall, the controller would break, the wall would still be intact.

[@RipVanFish09]

I’m… not too sure about that. Wii remotes are practically indestructible.

[@loogs560]

When I was a kid those straps hung on like they were straight up steel

[@cameronjohnson5671]

This was not Nintendo’s fault, been using my straps for over ten years and they have never broke and I’ve never broke anything, except some cups I left to close :)

[@techstorezombie9316]

The truth is these idiots dont want to own up to the fact that they weren't wearing their wrist straps when they flung their remote into their TVs.

[@minikipp8549]

the only thing that's ever been injured by a wii remote is me when i sat too close behind my mum playing golf

[@allysparkieee3897]

exactly 😂 my sisters used to helicopter the remotes by the strap and none of them ever broke and i still have my wii and use it to this day lmfao, we bought it in 2007 and it’s still goin strong

[@icouldntthinkofaname3871]

I think I’ve had mine for over 10 years and played a ton of games where you swing the remote at full force and they’ve never broken. I think these people just weren’t wearing the wrist straps and wanted to try to get some money.

[@KazumaK98]

It´s like the Phone Screen broke on its own when I put on the Table

[@davidwilson2916]

Gotta love how Nintendo immediately addressed and fixed the issues with the Wii Remote strap, but still haven't tackled Joy-Con drift after five years and several (much more credible) lawsuits. Different times...

[@CyanicCore]

Before and after watching, I'm surprised this spiraled into such a large issue. After all out if all the issues my 5+ wii controllers had over the years, a broken strap was not one of them. I know I've even twirled them by the strap on several occasions, and no strain. Besides, during Tennis and Bowling, aren't they holding on to the remotes? Did they really all slip?

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

same here.. only issues mine had on the technical side were things like nunchuks not connecting correctly because of the humid country i live in

[@melody3741]

Nope. Anyone who threw them wasnt actually wearing the strap and broke the strap afterward to make it seem like it wasnt their fault.

[@terriblecacti]

I only ever had one strap break, and it was after years of my cat chewing on the little plastic piece you use to adjust the tightness. And considering I had a younger sibling who was my tryharding, moral enemy in all things Wii Sports (especially boxing where we’d punch as hard as we could inches from one another’s faces)…no idea what these people were doing

[@CyanicCore]

@@terriblecacti I've seen one video of someone bowling weirdly without the strap on.. right into the the TV. Still, no strap issue there.

[@computertutorials1286]

I pretty much did that on a daily basis, and the strap never came close to breaking.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

"but what about the potential missile you'll be holding" *Takes notes*

[@JordiumZ]

lol

[@What-the-fact01]

C'mon kim jong-un don't be missile guy anymore create lasers its more fun

[@lucentshadow]

*He’ll destroy us all.*

[@therealthatcatstabe360]

_NO_

[@anas100x]

You’d manage to miss the tv and hit the lake thousands of miles away

[@sparks6177]

I distinctly remember either never using the strap or when I did and if it ever flew out of my hand it never broke. The same goes for my siblings (4 of them, that could find a way to break a solid block of tungsten) not one tv broken or strangely wiimote shaped dent in the wall. Those straps are probably made in the same primordial pit that the Nokia crawled out of

[@AshnSilvercorp]

**anyone makes a new physical product** Lawyers: _This is the fun part._

[@padgill]

*This is where the fun begins!* -Anakin Skywalker, 19 BBY

[@Arkid77777]

Fr, sound like they were just trying to sue Nintendo just for the Money

[@thebuff1840]

I have literally never used a wrist strap throughout the entire time I have owned a Wii witch is like 7 years now and have broken a solid 0 things with it, I straight up don't even have wrist straps on my Wii remotes any more so I was really surprised when I heard that people were breaking TV's with them somehow

[@LaYz_Killz]

I have never worn them either

[@anonamatron]

I don't even own a strap. I got my Wiimote second hand at Gamestop and it didn't come with one.

[@DiamondKittyCat]

I almost never used a wrist strap.

[@swordnizen9966]

Idk some people are just REALLY into it I guess /:

[@Sreekar617]

Same

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

As a technical drawer, here's a piece of wisdom for you: ALWAYS overdesign anything you make to be able to take more strain than you expect anyone would put on it. Making idiotproof objects is nearly impossible, since they keep improving the idiots, but try anyway. And on that matter, when you're supposed to be holding that object in your hand, design it to also be a hammer. People will use it as a hammer, so design it to be a hammer.

[@WoodlouseFairy]

Haha yes!

[@bryanmercado4991]

This is true for any framing gun used in construction. People used those things as hammers more than they used it as a nail gun.

[@666cashley]

This comment made me lol

[@jumpman8282]

If Nintendo had just made it impossible to use the controller unless the wrist strap was in contact with your skin, i.e., properly fastened to your wrist it would probably have saved them a lot of trouble, because in my opinion the only problem with the wrist straps is that many people don't use them.

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

@@jumpman8282 That wasn't what i was saying. Most likely the remotes went flying because people didn't feel like using the strap meant to prevent this exact scenario, but honestly, they should have overdesigned it to the degree that it should have been impossible for someone to get the strap to tear on purpose without using tools. That way, they can say "Well we designed it to be so strong that shouldn't even be possible" when someone does sue them over it.

[@CarthusDojo]

The Wii was my favorite console to speed run getting new TVs

[@EpiKLyeah]

Lol

[@BBWahoo]

I remember using the component cables on a CRT, god it was so beautiful, I was sooooo confused why it was so blurry in an LCD

[@rascalpants08lizziedrippin69]

Oh hi Carthu

[@BigDaddyD_Official]

And then there’s the VR controllers…

[@electrifiedgaming678]

my two favorite youtubers!? NANI

[@PrimmsHoodCinema]

Lol you can literally apply that dude’s logic to anything you hold in your hand.

[@christadaniels1293]

I have a disability that occasionally causes my hand to go slack and lose my grip on whatever I'm holding. I once sent a heavy pair of nail clippers flying causing a chip in my window. I drop lots of crap all the time. Ironically, one thing I've never dropped is my wiimote. I got my Wii to assist in my physical therapy. I never use the jacket but always use the wrist strap. I'm honestly a bit perplexed by how many people have managed to cause major damage with a wiimote.

[@hofslasher]

All-Star Primm nice to see you on this side of KZbin

[@Ofdensen]

Even Benis?

[@ghyslainabel]

Not really, no. If a Nintendo 64 controller or a mug slip off your hand, it will fall on the ground, not in a wall or a TV.

[@ghyslainabel]

@@christadaniels1293 a Will remote works fine with small hand gestures, and this is how professional gamers and developers use it. Some people, however, are so taken into the game that they will swing the remote at full force as if it was a real golf club or a tennis racket. This is when a remote may slip out of hand.

[@Sunny01331]

The end of this video would have been awesome with a strap strength stress test with all three versions, showing how much weight or jolt they could withstand in pounds.

[@RayanMufti]

I’ve had 4 of the first edition remotes since 2007 and none of their straps broke. The silicone cover came in handy a few times, though, because they soften hits from swings. I think Nintendo should be rewarded not penalized for making a new type of game that’s more active , rather than couch potato

[@alakepj9628]

I 100% agree. Usually my brothers and I are not allowed to play many videogames especially on a school day, however my parents still fully support us bringing out the WII and playing a few rounds of golf or tennis. The actual active part of the console is such an important thing for people who struggle to get their kids outside and it provides a way to get exercise even when it's raining outside. This makes me that much more excited for when the new nintendo sports game comes out in a few days.

[@SLcarnival10]

Been using the wrist straps since the beginning, and I’ve never had problems. How hard do you have to be flinging the remote to break the strap???

[@MuscarV2]

Obviously not all straps are the same, nothing can ever be made 100% secure, a few will break easier then others. It seems like people are too dumb to understand this based on all these comments, which is pretty sad.

[@SLcarnival10]

@@MuscarV2 What I’m saying is that I’ve never had a time where I’ve accidentally thrown my Wii remote. Strap or not, you shouldn’t be forcefully chunking your remote everywhere, which eliminates a good portion of the strap problems.

[@snintendog]

there are some tension tests on youtube it seem 400lbs of force is what snaps the thin ones this is a very strong adult trowing a baseball at around 120MPH...If they had the straps on they wrist should be snapped or have insane whiplash funny that no one ever brings up how the strap hurt their wrist in the courts.

[@Trecherousbeast]

What I’m more confused about is what games they’re playing! Most of the Wii games I’ve played straight up stopped the game to tell me not to make quick sudden movements.

[@crestfallenwarrior5719]

You want a Tutorial?

[@prim16]

I was about to say "those straps are sturdy and secure as heck", but then I realized I must have the third iteration. I didn't know there were straps that didn't lock.

[@RipVanFish09]

Same

[@dote5757]

Why do I get the feeling that these weren’t the concerns of actual consumers, but more like lies to take down the wii

[@williamkoscielniak7871]

More like lies to make money.

[@charimew3745]

SEGA

[@hackdeez1075]

Suzuki sameri

[@WoodlouseFairy]

Ayes

[@TheDarknash]

It was either that or people were too stupid to know how to hold something on their hand... Actually.. probably both

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Well when you're trying to defeat Matt, or Elisa and Sarah in Wii Sports... a broken TV is a small price to pay for salvation

[@GJ1998ARG]

You r everywhere

[@madzoroyal]

😂 💦

[@ezonthethinker955]

#6

[@squrrll]

"The most expensive mistake Nintendo ever made" Click bait much? There is an exactly 0% chance this was the most expensive mistake they've made. A few million in replacement straps is nothing.

[@selina9474]

flashback to when one of my friends just swung their remote around like a helicopter on let's dance and got more points than all of us who were trying intensely 😔

[@Lostxanfound]

@@kinoposts lol my sister made me okay with her when I was child and I spinned remote around while she actually dance like dancer

[@Lostxanfound]

@@kinoposts she hit me for make me try dance lol

[@Lostxanfound]

@@kinoposts plastic sock on her mote would helped pain when she hit me tho so you true

[@niscent_]

this works because most people suck at rhythm games. timing is not close enough, too many parasite moves and so on. just dance had to be accessible so it's very forgiving, especially with false inputs, to the point that being normal bad yield same results as the equivalent of button mashing. i've seen some people who know their way around the game, you're not even getting close to their scores with mashing when they're not even trying. but that's because not even trying on a rhythm game usually means getting zero misses, and at worst 80% of inputs not perfectly on time. when you already trained your rhythm sense (as one of the old games called it), and you're used to how the game takes and reacts to inputs, all you're left to aim for is perfection. don't take my comment to heart if you just enjoy the party game. if you're, or get into, rhythm games, then best of luck with your training. in both cases, have fun.

[@Question_Mark_Guy]

it's crazy to think that one of the most famous console ever almost got shut down because of a strap

[@patildo]

?????????????

[@glidershower]

Digging your username, my friend!

[@Question_Mark_Guy]

@@glidershower what

[@chickennugget6684]

meanwhile microsoft is dealing with extreme mass overheating consoles and sony is busy cutting features to sell a damn ps3

[@james1311na]

@@Question_Mark_Guy he likes your username

[@noisycarlos]

Those controllers were so light that I suspect regular yarn would've held them in place just fine

[@owencunningham5816]

I'm surprised you never talked about the silicone wiimote covers they rolled out to prevent this damage, I thought that you would have at least touched on it towards the end of the vid

[@pigerchou]

the wii condoms should be their own video 😂

[@SirYodaJedi]

You mean those rubbery things that do nothing but make your hands sweaty?

[@TheHomieLew]

@@pigerchou liking the poofesure lingo

[@leonardo.diCATio]

I was like 6 when the Wii was released, and oh did I love chewing on those covers.

[@endertobias1908]

@@SirYodaJedi thats what she said

[@Mike-kb3re]

The most expensive mistake Nintendo ever made: "WII U"

[@TruVarVa]

*joycon drift in the switch

[@catboygremlin]

virtual boy

[@TheHomieLew]

That was on us lmao, nobody believed in it so it had no way up

[@waluigiwah5724]

@@catboygremlin It got way less sales than the Wii U, Why the crap do people always act like the Wii U was bad. It had good games and more. People should use the virtual boy as a example of bad instead.

[@IceCTucsongaming]

I still have my wii u and love it

[@cocotug0]

this just reminded me of a time when my cousin was playing some wii. i always enforced the strap use. he was very young an threw a temper tantrum after losing. tried to throw the remote but the strap sent it around back to his face. it was way too hilarious.

[@Slyphoria]

I have NEVER had a Wiimote leave my hand while playing, to this day. Clean your greasy hands, people lol

[@Stuntcat-vv8cm]

The only time a wiimote has left my hand is when i get mad at the Wii Play Tanks minigame and throw it

[@catboygremlin]

counterpoint: hyperhidrosis

[@Slyphoria]

@@catboygremlin Recounterpoint: "Hyperhidrosis is rare, affecting about 1 percent of the population." For people affected by it, I'm not trying to mean them, anyway. Not gonna blame the condition for Wiimote launching.

[@rub800]

Maybe too much KFC

[@TheHomieLew]

There was a microgame in Warioware Smooth Moves where you had to drop the remote to win, it was lowkey just a test if you had the wrist strap on

[@bellyjelly0812]

Reading all these comments about how people's straps never ever had any strain, I think this story is a bit embellished...

[@nesyboi9421]

I think it was just people playing without the wrist strap and not holding it tight enough, then blaming it on the wrist strap.

[@JaredConnell]

@@nesyboi9421 guaranteed most people weren't using the strap and then wanted to blame it on something. Why aren't there tons of pictures of frayed and broken straps and only pictures of broken tvs and walla?

[@mjc0961]

@@JaredConnell There were pictures of broken straps in the video. 🤦‍♂️

[@DisgustedDisgustingDude_DDD]

@@mjc0961 mind sharing the timestamp?

[@williamkline6450]

I think it’s just not many people had the old straps

[@nikolartwork1471]

Oh my god, I almost played Wii Sports with my atrociously sweaty gamer hands. Thank you for gracing me with this insight.

[@logicalfundy]

You know, the facts that (a) Gordon Jackson established his website quite early, (b) Nintendo didn't outright recall the remote, and (c) no evidence was bought forward in the second lawsuit *even though the case was handled by the same lawyers* - has me pretty suspicious.

[@bwoogie]

you forgot to talk about that rubber cover thing they made for the remote too.

[@nutmeggaming11261]

The remote foreskin?

[@chasemiller7974]

The jacket as they called it.

[@AndrewChristensen3]

@@nutmeggaming11261 the one jacket they can't steal 👀😂😭

[@pablobarrios7681]

@@nutmeggaming11261 so technically, putting it that rubber cover is a reverse circumcision

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

oh that thing yeah i removed those too because they got in the way of the chrager and wii wheel (our most played game is mario kart wii)

[@Zenny_cs]

Not only did I as a kid swing the remote around my head like a helicopter above my head countless times and never had a strap break, but on a side note... people tend to exaggerate how hard you even need to swing the remote to get an input. You don't need to full swing.

[@AndrewFullerton]

Yeah, I'm sceptical about most of these claims. I remember hearing about the dangers of people breaking their TVs all over the place in 2006 but I've never met anyone who actually had it happen. If I had to guess I'd say people just saw an opportunity for a frivolous lawsuit and took it.

[@R8Spike]

I only had it happen to me once, and that when my little brother raged in mkwii purposely throwing them at the tv)

[@Sku77k1d]

Literally only met one person who had it happen and that was because they didn’t even use the straps lol

[@OTPulse]

How often tennis players suffer injury from the opposing play releasing their racket? Like never happens, it's like releasing your grip is a dumb thing to do...

[@_shadownotes_]

I agree, these are dumb lawsuits. But to be fair, a large amount of Wii game play involves pressing buttons often WHILE swinging the remote, therefore loosing your grip may happen sometimes, especially for inexperienced players. Also there originally were no rubber grips on the remotes like the ones that exist on tennis rackets. All that being said, I have lost my remote several times, and it may have caused damage if I weren't wearing the wrist strap. Still would have been my fault though.

[@WingingItCrypto]

This is absolute bollocks, I remember swinging my remote around by the strap when I as a kid and it never broke once, had it for 5 years...

[@DelaLivi]

I distinctly remember on numerous occasions where I flung my wiimote out of my hand, and the strap never snapping. these people probably never put the straps on at all.

[@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew]

I never had these incidents happen, heck no one in my neighborhoods had Wii remote caused damages. Makes one wonder just how many of them were honest accidents and how many were done on purpose to get some spotlight

[@ModelsAtWar]

As someone with hyperhidrosis in their hands I’ve got to say two things. Nintendos solution of just “wiping/drying the hands and remote” is not viable for someone like me. And also can we stop saying how gross it is. My hands prune, blister and peel sometimes because they are too sweaty all the time. I already know how gross it is. Even my own mother had a hard time holding my hands at times. No friends or potential dates have ever wanted to hold my hand.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

If you look up the Wii strap lawsuit with San Francisco, Austin, and Seattle, the lawsuit took place at the US District Court for the Western District of Washington. Which is in Seattle, not DC... Wrong Washington, mate

[@amberparry3370]

Hi Kim Jong un

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

You know a lot about US geography for being Kim Jong Un

[@catboygremlin]

makes sense it'd be in washington since NoA's hq is near Seattle

[@wooferjr169]

Even Kim Jong-un doesn't confuse his Washington's.

[@zvch330]

@@drifloonsupremacyassociation I mean he’s the only one who has access to the real internet in the country 😂

[@alexandergeorgiev2631]

I've never had the straps break and my sibling and I went pretty hard. One time she barely missed the TV when the remote slipped out of her hand but that was because she didn't put the strap on.

[@RayOLight]

@@kwdwn spaces fix context

[@WoodlouseFairy]

Yeah same

[@manz007]

Did Anybody ever use the WII remote with silicone cover?

[@DJcyberslash]

Did somebody say strap on?

[@King_of_Antisemites]

I never had a problem with the straps. The only victim of the WiiMote was my sister, who walked in to my room when I was playing. Didn't sense her presence nor see her due to concentration when playing tennis, and.... I broke her nose when swinging my hand.

[@JustJamesNotJerry]

What are they swinging their hands at 100 miles per hour? I don’t remember games needing you to swing your hands like a helicopter.

[@eyeflaps]

Try Spyro Eternal Night. The fighting was pretty much like that IIRC

[@lswhere40]

DDR, sir. Just Dance!

[@Velocifyer]

even throwing a 100 MPH (does the game mean KMPH?) fastball doesnt need 100 KmPH

[@OdysseyKinsey]

I'm having many questions about the damage done by these remotes like... _how the hell do you people swing remotes like that_ and cause that much damage?

[@denverkweh1642]

They all probably got anger issues or something😂

[@Thatsme_achu]

Probs is a twiiter user lawyer

[@ryan___ryan2711]

I have literally never had a strap break, and I have TRIED to break the old one when I got the newer one.

[@theultra9035]

Feel like it’s hard to play intensely without holding the controller hard so I don’t get how they launched it like a rocket

[@erk9822]

We never even used to straps, we just held on to the remote tighter. My oldest brother actually broke one because he was gripping it too tightly and literally broke the plastic

[@David-Rule]

@@erk9822 No he didn't. He wasn't using the strap and threw down the controller in a fit of rage. Just like I did.

[@FabiTheFreak]

@@David-Rule ofc and u didnt rage but sat on the controller while eating carrot cake and wearing a pink dress. I know it. I saw you doing it.

[@procrastination2204]

Did people just forget to actually hold the remotes, simply strapping them to their wrists and madly flailing their arms to swing the tennis racket? If you are actually holding the remote, I don't see how there would even be any tension in the string for it to break, and it would also not be likely for you to end up flinging it into anything. Some people are just stupid.

[@donnhussey568]

I guess people have no grip strength whatsoever.

[@mr.randomgamer888]

During the intense sessions with the sweaty palms snd the over the top swings it slips sometimes, not saying the band is breaking or anything but it "flying out" isn't really some made up thing thst rarely happens, tho never faced a problem with the strap itself, always caught the remote

[@MondkeksLP]

Even using it as a flail wouldn't break the strap. I've tried it plenty of times as a kid.

[@KingRCT3]

@@mr.randomgamer888 I've yet to hear the many stories of actual tennis players losing their racket lmao

[@AURush95]

However, when designing anything, you have to account for stupid people. That's part of the design process, literally. Though I am skeptical that anyone's straps ever actually broke during gameplay, besides maybe the first gen ones.

[@ianswitzer3395]

I'm calling bullshit on 99% of the "the strap broke and the remote still had enough energy to dent my wall". On a basically new strap that would be absurdly hard to do. I have a 15 year old well used original strap, and I was just able to support my body weight from it over a pull-up bar. And yet all these people have straps which were basically new. You weren't wearing the strap. I know you weren't wearing the strap. You know you weren't wearing the strap. Nintendo knows you weren't wearing the strap. The lawyers claiming this is nintendos fault are just trying to make a buck.

[@queen-of-trash]

I never thought anyone used the Wii straps, so I’m kinda surprised the big issue came from people actually using them.

[@javi7636]

Oh I'm sure it was even worse with people not using it, but if you tried to complain when you WEREN'T using the strap then Nintendo would easily say it's your own damn fault for not using the product correctly.

[@cajunseasoning1846]

@@javi7636 And it is their own damn fault for it as well

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

Why not use the strap? This is exactly why every game has a warning/notice that tells you to put it on before you start playing.

[@patildo]

I always used them, even when the game didn't require motion controls. I feel safer when I play while wearing it.

[@GamePlague]

@@casm1532 The wrist strap didn't need to be cut off it was removeable

[@adamnealon773]

The original wrist strap never broke off my remotes for all the years we had it

[@itsGuy]

I remember they gave people free rubber casings for the Wii remotes, you had to call Nintendo and they shipped a pair for free, it helped A LOT

[@wags696]

I literally never used the straps and actually took them off my Wiimotes. Never had any problems.

[@lunathecat4318]

same

[@frankie9_9]

Gonna be honest, never in my life have I used the wrist strap, and the funny thing is the Wii Remote never slipped outta my hand in my life, and trust me I was extremely energetic from when I first played to when I play sometimes nowadays. For the record I was 1 year old when the Wii came out and a played it the day my dad brought it home.

[@Dr._Nasenbaer]

It's a crazy world where something like this can even end up in court. If I drive my car too fast and have an accident, I don't sue the manufacturer who made it possible for the car to go that fast, do I? I've NEVER played the Wii with the wrist strap for what feels like an eternity, and I've never dropped a single Wiimote. 🙂

[@AGwolf2097]

I'm pretty confident that most of the "broken strap" claims of damage were from people who either didn't cinch the little plastic piece, or straight-up didnt even have the strap attached or around their wrist in the first place.

[@gabrielbn]

The original plastic piece in the earlier revisions didn’t come with a cinch, as seen in the video. And I definitely remember people showing images of the broken cords.

[@FAB1150]

Come on, I literally played Tennis and Just Dance without even holding the remote sometimes. The second and third straps were plenty strong for the forces lol

[@nihilisticprophet6985]

How do you play games without holding a remote?

[@FAB1150]

@@nihilisticprophet6985 with the wrist strap

[@RipVanFish09]

@@nihilisticprophet6985just dance ultimate strats: swing the remote like a helicopter. Not even joking.

[@jamiwer85]

The funny thing is, i own the really old wii set, witch has the “breakable” straps, and I have never had any problem, and I play wii tennis all the time!

[@WoodlouseFairy]

Yeah same.

[@Junomaster2006]

I still have it now

[@dominicelwell5468]

how hard were they swinging the remote? i still have my wiimote from day 1 launch and the wrist strap is fine

[@Depl0rable10]

Joycon drift: "are you challenging me?"

[@MrVuckFiacom]

It still baffles me they are getting away with selling switches with a known problem for years.

[@BhappyD]

@@MrVuckFiacom Nintendo seemed much more willing to fix issues in the past, even if they wouldn’t outright admit the issue existed. It’s sad that it’s been this long since the switch release and they refuse to fix the drift issue by making a better controller. Unfortunately, the joycon drift issue is a MASSIVE money maker for Nintendo, as it forces people to buy brand new over priced joycons when their old ones become defective. Not only would it cost Nintendo money to develop a better joycon, but they would also be taking a huge cut in joycon sales as well. I doubt it will ever be fixed for that reason. I’m fortunate that I haven’t experienced drift with my joycons, but it’s awful knowing that something so expensive could become defective at any moment. I love my switch, but it’s awful of Nintendo to knowingly sell a defective product they are fully aware has a major deign issue/flaw, eventually rendering the product useless.

[@realtalk4994]

Bevis: ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!

[@jankington216]

Joycon drift isn't an expensive issue if nintendo straight up ignores it

[@rebeccabriggs9452]

@@BhappyD Apparently there is now a fix to the dreaded joycon drift anyways. Buy a nintendo tri screwdriver (it has to be right size and shape to fit into the joycons), open it up, insert a small square piece of cardboard where the analogue stick is and close it up. People claim this works just fine.

[@chackbro1]

Huh, I never knew about this. My launch day Wiimote's wrist strap is still perfectly in tact

[@JerryCrow]

Lol, there was never a problem with the straps, people just didnt use them

[@dysonsphere2394]

Oh man, I have good memories of helicopter-ing the wii remote around my wrist as a kid to complete some minigames. The strap miraculously survived through all of that If you're going to swing a plastic brick around erratically, don't let go of it, simple as that.

[@warspyking]

Yes, after this incident I'm sure Nintendo will never forget to test their controllers under all conditions, and will prioritize negative feedback from their playerbase... *Joycon drift has entered the chat*

[@Finnishmanni]

Imagine if the guy heard about VR "missile" controllers.

[@stefannilsson2406]

I got a black version of the Wii a few years after the first one launched. It had pretty nice rubber sleeves that you could put the remote in. They gave you a very good grip and they gave the front end very good shock absorption to prevent damage to the controller and your property if it somehow were to become a missile. I don't think I dropped it once during gameplay.

[@habbomirror1236]

Our wii has seen 4 kids daily playing with them. For 15 years. Not a single broken strap or tv

[@jojofan2425]

There always this guy in the comments

[@habbomirror1236]

@@jojofan2425 could just be we got lucky with being too weak lol

[@TheLadyLiddell]

@@jojofan2425 almost every comment on this video is saying how they either never had a strap break (unless being chewed on by animals for years) or that they never even used the strap and still didn't damage any TVs or walls.

[@nible8055]

I’ve personally never had this problem as a kid, strips worked great and no TV’s were injured in the process of me having fun.

[@UnformedPond416]

Next: it is mandatory for all pens to have a wrist strap because people write essays too energetically

[@WyattZirb]

I’ve never felt like I was going to throw the remote or even use enough force in ANY game to break a strap. These people must just have been wildly throwing their hands around and “oops my tv broke, it’s Nintendo’s fault”

[@JDG2764]

Ive had my Wii since 2009 and never broke a single strap

[@justaguycalledjosh]

Nintendo telling people there is absolutely nothing wrong with the product. That seems a bit familiar, if you catch my drift.

[@Wanking_wanker]

"make sure to test the controllers" yeah well we got joycon drift now

[@acetronaut]

Well, it usually happens after you've owned the Switch for a while, so maybe they didn't test for long enough

[@fatyoshi69]

@@acetronaut or from owning one for just over a month

[@FlopFlopHyeon]

Cardboard.

[@imoffendedthatyouareoffended]

@@fatyoshi69 I’ve had mine for a month now and no issues yet. I use it every day too.

[@fatyoshi69]

@@imoffendedthatyouareoffended yeah well my joycons drift so badly now that my left moves left, and doesnt stop even when i move it right, while my right joycon does the same thing, except it goes downwards.

[@hazzard_destroyer]

When they created the switch joycons they probably had people test it with gross sweaty hands and made them swing them as hard as they could lol

[@fattiger6957]

Too bad they spent all the QA time on that and not testing the analog sticks...

[@ColonelHax]

No wonder they are so small

[@ninjachicken8773]

@@fattiger6957 Yeah I just sent my joycons to Nintendo to get them fixed. Luckily, it was free.

[@FiveFoxesInATrenchcoat]

@@ColonelHax A Joycon *probably* can’t do much damage if you throw it at something. . A Wiimote however... yeah that shit is going to hurt.

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

How hard is it to not throw a Wiimote in a TV? I NEVER used the strap and never used the protective gummy case thing. I played this console for thousands of hours, my family and my friends played it too. Never an accident ever. Is it really so hard to hold on to a Controller without throwing it?

[@GiancarloThomazSenoni]

11:35 Nintendo dint learned this lesson with the Joy-Con( the dreadful Jon-Con Drift).

[@Shalakor]

They learned how to deny it even harder this time!

[@antjesseharrismusic]

they are very skilled at continuing to do the least good thing, when it comes to controlers lol

[@BonaparteBardithion]

I was thinking this at about 6:20. They offer free Joy-Con repair, but they still aren't correcting the design and sell them as-is.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@BonaparteBardithion I'm guessing they probably have made some kind of revisions behind the scenes when nobody was looking. Then again, nobody knows why it's happening so maybe they just can't fix it.

[@ttomkins4867]

@@RAFMnBgaming It happens when a bit of dust gets inside and starts scratching up the carbon trace. There have been revisions but nothing significant so the problem still exists. They could switch to Hall sensors but that adds quite a bit to the overall cost of a stick assembly, and will cause the battery to drain slightly faster.

[@vitalik38815]

And now they're claiming that Joy-con drift doesn't exist...

[@Player-jh4ko]

Classic pathetic Nintendo.

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Well, the only deaths and damage happens in game, so this is harder to sue...

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

😂🤡 Why TF are you children always saying that? They Literally talked about in they're press conferences multiple times.... It isn't 2017 anymore

[@zacknattack]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 don't they even have a whole thing where they repair joycon drift for free or something?

[@justadoggo_]

they have fully acknowledged it (it’s their lawyers claiming it doesn’t exist), they just haven’t actually fixed it yet for whatever reason, even though it would probably be cheaper for them then replacing them like they are now

[@INACTVI]

My mom let me play on the Wii when I was six years old and that TV is still not broken and that wii is still intact. And I know exactly where it is right now

[@susanxsaint]

I put a dent in the wall when I was about 6 with my wii remote because I threw it across the room because my brother kept beating me at Mario Kart and I blamed the remote. I was just bad at mario kart

[@ericpode6095]

That's probably how 99% of the "accidents" happened. 😉

[@susanxsaint]

@@ericpode6095 Just a bunch of 6 year old angrily throwing remotes at TVs and walls just saying to their parents "The wripstrap broke!"

[@Code_EJ]

when I had my Wii, I was 7 and had no damages to the Wii mote if you damage your’s, stop throwing it

[@Code_EJ]

if you’re relying on the wrist strap on not having it fly across the room, you’re doing it wrong

[@kat8559]

Did you miss the part where the strap could break

[@Code_EJ]

@@kat8559 No. If you break it, you’re relying on it too much. How would you break it if you aren’t being careless?

[@Code_EJ]

@@kat8559 Picture how the IGN person would have hit their wall. They must have thrown it with enough force to break the strap and then damage the wall

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

only damage ours has is from humidity damage wich is completely out of our hands

[@dustinakadustin]

I love that Nintendo had this lesson and still let the drift stuff go on as long as it has.

[@blakena4907]

Heh, my mom just made us play the console on an old box TV. Those things are indestructible, and ours survived multiple direct hits. I'm pretty sure it's still sitting in the same spot it's been for the last 16 years. Edit: neither the remotes or TV broke, so kudos to Nintendo and Phillips.

[@tjawsmness6882]

XD many, many kudos.

[@spacedog12345]

I'd love to see a Wiimote vs a Sony Trinitron CRT myself. The ultimate showdown!

[@floofyt2008]

That remote and TV are buff

[@drawingastickman8122]

Nice

[@freshstat1csnow]

my fam still has a big JVC downstairs and that thing's been dropped on concrete, still got it hooked up to mom's old Nintendo consoles

[@b8s77dtr8]

I’ve had all three of the straps. Haven’t had an issue with any of them.

[@WereIdes]

Amazing how they managed to sue over 'broken' straps but we still can't get Joycons that aren't utter trash.

[@TheBlaziken34]

I’ve never used a strap, and I never lost grip. I scored pretty well in all the Wiisports while barely moving my hand. I flicked my wrist a lot, but I almost never moved my arms.