Big overhead smash in Wii Sports Tennis

If Wii Sports Bowling was made for TV damage, Wii Sports Tennis leaves light fixtures vulnerable.

Linsey Fryatt is based in London and writes for stuff.tv - the website of the magazine of the gadget. Not many UK folks have a Wii, what with all 50,000 selling out on day one (last Friday). But I guess if you work for one of the leading game console review publications, you’ll have a few of these kicking around. And so it is that Linsey got in touch. In her own words:

“The Wii has me peeved. Not because those wacky little games have seriously dented my social life. Not because my Mii has more fashion sense than the real me. Not even because Wii Sports has tricked me into some gentle exercise.

I’m peeved because the Wii-related damage to my home has now reached hundreds of pounds, thanks to the heady mixture of Polish vodka, Scottish bravado and a particularly strenuous game of Wii tennis (note to self – glass lampshades DO NOT make a good substitute for tennis balls…)”

The damage was actually deliverd by a “particularly strenuous smash by my so-called friend, Email”. Email? (Go figure, as our US readers might say). I guess he doesn’t get out much.

That’s not all for overhead smashes - see some painful consequences after the jump.

We’ve got two US stories for you - both involving low hanging overhead fans.

The aftermath of this first one is covered by YouTube. If this was a cheesy horror movie we’d have been introduced to the fan long before the guys starting their Wii Tennis match. You would just know something was going to happen… and it did.

And they’re not alone. Here’s what happened, though this time it was a dramatic follow through on Wii Bowling. The victim presents his experience as a Marvel Comic photo story.

Take a moment to check your environs before engaging in Wii Sports - Tennis or ‘Bolwing’. If you need to move your TV, believe me, it will be less painful than playing under a lurking light fitting.