Wii Injuries

[bellum]

Wow, I just read an article in Gameinformer, about all these injuries, from the Wii,and they're making this thing called the Wii, full body pod.

The article goes as following

"We've all seen the YouTube videos of televisions ruined by an overexcited gamer throwing a Wii remote through thier set. Nintendo initially sought to combat the lack of general motor skills by encouraging gamers to use the remote's wrist strap, but clearly it didn't take.As a response Nintendo is launching a new play it safe initiative.

"Many of our Following customers are very fragile, due to lack of excersize and low bone density caused by a lack of sun exposure", commented company spokesman Reggie Fils-Aime. "Frankly most of them look like dudes I used to give swirlies to in high school - I was all state football, two years. We've had a lot of reports of broken ankles, sprained wrists, and that was just playing tetris party! Man, you should see the pictures we got of Wii Fit injuries; it looks like the aftermath of a soccer riot.

The linchpin of the play it safe campaign is the WiiBodyPod, a new full body version of the wii remote jacket By stepping into the WiiBodyPod, gamers will be protected from injury by a polyurethane shell as they flail and flop, their ways through Raymans Raving Rabiids Hey, it's the best we could do; I hope it works. But these people are Amazing, this one guy managed to cut his thumb off with the numchuck! "how'd he even do that?" marvled Fils-Aime.
GameInformer 2009

What do you think about this idea, and what do the injuries mean to you, post your ideas here!

[Axle the Beast]

What the hell? That doesn't sound right at all. Are you sure this isn't one of Game Informer's ridiculous jokes?

Either way, I don't see any major problem, as it's the peoples' own fault for getting too excited and doing stupid crap like letting go of the Wiimote.

My shoulder was pretty sore after playing Wii Sports Baseball for a while, but it was nothing major.

[Linkmaster]

...WTF? Some dude cut off his ****ing thumb with a Nunchuck? That thing has no edges, period. I would have trouble cutting my thumb off with a dull knife, let alone that. These people are made of marshmellows and toothpicks. Seriously. The retards...

[Ver-go-a-go-go]

This is just one of Game Informers stupid, biased jokes. They try their best to make Nintendo look bad in everything they do. They've pulled far too many of these "jokes" before, and it's getting very old.

[Josh]

"Many of our Following customers are very fragile, due to lack of excersize and low bone density caused by a lack of sun exposure", commented company spokesman Reggie Fils-Aime. "Frankly most of them look like dudes I used to give swirlies to in high school - I was all state football, two years. We've had a lot of reports of broken ankles, sprained wrists, and that was just playing tetris party! Man, you should see the pictures we got of Wii Fit injuries; it looks like the aftermath of a soccer riot

This, is why Reggie is awesome. :)

I would sure hope this a joke, since it seems incredibly stupid, but then again I wouldn't doubt it with America.

Seriously, how do break an ankle playing tetris? :facepalm:

[chrisbg99]

I'm pretty sure this is part of their April Fools gag. Pretty common thing actually.

[Skull_Kid]

It is just a stupid, lame joke... that's why websites like GameInformer and GameFaqs are crap...

And there's no way you could cut yourself with the Nunchuk

[Petman1325]

Yeah, its those darn biased online people. One little incident happens (i.e. people letting go of the controller during gameplay, thus causing damage), then they decide to poke at it. And really, wearing body armour to safely play a game? That sounds like the stereotypical super-mother. And yet, these people don't poke a single stick at Microsoft or Sony. Look, just because there are a few companies that make games for Nintendo that don't know the awesome true power of the console doesn't mean that the console itself sucks. In example, notice how the XBOX360, their graphics improve annually because people discover their true power, just like the N64 did. I'm just saying that people are always picking on the 110 year old company for no apparent reason.

[Y2K3]

Either way, I don't see any major problem, as it's the peoples' own fault for getting too excited and doing stupid crap like letting go of the Wiimote.
I very much agree with this. I hardly even swing the remote, but rather just flick my wrist. It gets the job done, and you don't need to worry about the possibility of flailing into anything/anyone. And if these people aren't wearing the straps, than it's just even more their fault.

[bellum]

it may be an April Fools, joke like someone else said, it was the april magizine O.o. As Josh said, I do believe people can be so foolish and It's no suprise about America:P. As far as I know, the Body Pod is true.

[Axle the Beast]

it may be an April Fools, joke like someone else said, it was the april magizine O.o. As Josh said, I do believe people can be so foolish and It's no suprise about America:P. As far as I know, the Body Pod is true.
I don't see how it's possible.

They're not going to construct a fricking rubber cast for a person to play a game in. It doesn't make sense, is probably impossible, and even if it was possible it would have too much potential to kill someone (by smothering them.)

And I guaranty you no one ever cut their finger off with the Wiimote. Physically impossible.

[MajoraKing12]

How the heak did a man manged to cut off his tumb!!! And those people are not even being safe! It's more likely there fault because there not doing the stuff that will keep them safe!!>:(

[Zeanith]

What the hell? That doesn't sound right at all. Are you sure this isn't one of Game Informer's ridiculous jokes?
It must be. The spelling and grammar are absolutely atrocious. *points to a single misspelled word*

But I break tv's all the time, but with normal controllers. I get pissed when I fail at a game. xD

But I've never once thrown a WiiMote. I've never gotten hurt with one either.

[Deku man]

Wait that sounds like the Wii jacket.

It is just a joke. Game informer always does that so do not think it is true

[Skull_Kid]

It is because of retarded articles like that that rumors start to run across the internet, and next time we hear about it, we'll hear that a wii controller cause the 3rd world war or something... Seriously, it's the opinion of biased people who don't like Nintendo, clearly

[bellum]

O.o, the section was something about the truth, except for the obvious bias :lol:. Does anyone elsa have this GameInformer, and if you do, could you please get the picture of the WiiBodyPod, it looked so cool?

[Vincent]

This is some old news. People have been getting hurt by their Wii remotes since it launched. There were even a few websites dedicated to Wii related injuries. People would send in pictures, and stories.

As for the body pod, GameInformer has been making jokes like this for a very long time. Again, back when the Wii first came out, they printed a gag article about a peripheral called the Wii Balls. I won't go any further into that.

[El Bagu]

I believe it´s possible that people can get injured using the wii controlls if they´re in an extremly bad shape. If you get exited you can make a motion that will break something in your body. I remember throwing a ball as hard as I could once and that really made my body hurt since I hadn´t done so in a very long time :lol: I´m glad I didn´t end up in a hospital!

[bellum]

This is some old news. People have been getting hurt by their Wii remotes since it launched. There were even a few websites dedicated to Wii related injuries. People would send in pictures, and stories.

As for the body pod, GameInformer has been making jokes like this for a very long time. Again, back when the Wii first came out, they printed a gag article about a peripheral called the Wii Balls. I won't go any further into that.
Really? Wii Balls? woah. Now I"m starting to believe that is another one of gameinformers jokes. The title of the section in the article says"the truth and something else about the truth, except for the obvious bias" if that helps.

[mewtwolord]

...WTF? Some dude cut off his ****ing thumb with a Nunchuck? That thing has no edges, period. I would have trouble cutting my thumb off with a dull knife, let alone that. These people are made of marshmellows and toothpicks. Seriously. The retards...

XD yes HOW THE HELL DO YOU CUT UR OWN FINGER OFF WITH THAT Things what are these ppl chu chu's?I seen this video this guy and this women was playing wii sports ,tennis and the guy flung the wii mote hit his dude and it went inside hiz head!OUCH!

[ResidentZelda]

.......Wait what? the guy that "cut" his thumb off must be a total retard! seriously! but anyways one time I threw my uncle's Wii remote out of the window I had to pay him 40 bucks because that's how much a wii remote is -______________-