Wii makes a big impression

Let that be a lesson to you son! Nintendo go to great lengths to tell you to keep your distance from their totally absorbing games but here we’re seeing the whole family get drawn in, with painful consequences.

Picture the scene. It’s Thanksgiving down at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and the family have got together to celebrate. Parents are doing their usual boring ‘chatting’ and to keep the kids amused they’ve found the perfect toy. The next generation Wii games console.
Enter the main charaters:

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TV skewered by Wii remote

This is unbelieveable! I think the photo says it all. I’m waiting for some confirmation from the original poster of this image to verify that this actually happened during a revved-up game of bowling and will add to this later with more pics. In the meantime, let us know what you think in the comments!

Update: I’m confident that this is 4 real! We’ve had direct contact with Dave Hodges, who was there when it happened. He watched his friend Tyler do something to his 27″ CRT that RCA’s customer service department will probably never have seen before or since. He tells the story in full after the jump, and provides 3 more photos which will still leave you wondering “Is that really possible?” or make you fall off your chair laughing.

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Wiimote makes poor substitute for rubber bone

Snickers the Beagle finds himself between an excited Wii ten pin bowler and her screen.

Mike from Illinois, USA writes:

“My wife wanted to try out the Wii and wanted to give Bowling a shot. The only thing that ended up getting a shot was the jaw of her Beagle. She upper cutted him right in the face! He was OK, but it just goes to show you how dangerous interactive games can be if you don’t have the proper room and keep humans AND hounds out of the way.”

We’re pleased to see Snickers is OK, and still smiling. Let’s try not to add to the Furry Damage category shall we? But we’ll notch one more up for Wii Sports Bowling.

The participating pooch stories continue after the jump.

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Wii remote breaks glass

We’ve been speculating about good ol’ CRT TVs being indestructible - they’re made of glass, right?

Yes, but if the following reports are real, a Nintendo Wii can do damage to glass stuff too.

It’s not double glazed, but that’s a Wii-remote sized hole behind your telly mate!

Boddies in a Guiness glass - are you mixing your drinks? Just be thankful you weren’t a few centimeters to the right, or your Wiimote could have made a mess of that laptop.

The site that reported this glass damage speculates these are not beer glasses - beer and Gummie Bears really don’t go. So, for those who think you have to be on something to cause this kind of damage, here it looks like it was nothing stronger than Sunny Delight.

First LCD breakages reported

So, if you were beginning to think you were immune to a bit of Wii damage just because you didn’t have a Rear Projection TV (RPTV), think again. We’ve found no less than three LCD breakages in the last couple of days, and this time it’s not just TVs.

Victim #5 - LCD TV: Race

Ouch! This really is dramatic. I guess by their very nature, all the RPTV breakages we’ve seen so far don’t leave the picture too messed up - after all, the action is all coming from the back. But with LCDs, it’s a different matter. Ever stood on your pocket calculator? Or the Casio watch you had when you were 11? Now multiply the bleeding effect up to 37 inches of glorious Viewsonic LCD TV. One eyewitness to this particular beauty reported that with the TV off, the screen looked ‘kinda dented’. But when switched on… well, you can see for yourself - the details are gory in the extreme.

Putting the sadness of another dead TV aside, I think congratulations are in order for Race. Although the method of execution doesn’t get many points for originality (Bowling, Broken Strap etc.) this victim just bounces right back. Not only has she replaced the TV, but she’s pimped her Wiimote and is back in lane 8 for another game. Using a Wii Controller Glove (for extra grip) from Gamestop and a DIY zip tie custom strap that would make MacGyver proud, Race is ready for more Wii action with her ‘delightful system’. I’m gobsmacked. Nintendo have performed a miracle here - despite causing thousands of dollars worth of TV damage, users are getting straight back into the game…

Victim #6 - LCD Screen on Laptop - Ugamer_X

Victim #7 - LCD Screen on PDA - Rafael Montano

These next two victims have been caught leaving their other play things in the line of fire. No clues about the games used here, or whether involved a strap breaking incident, but the results are as dramatic as we saw with the TV. Beware - blue screen of death.

What a striking coincidence - these are both HP products. If you’ve been leaving your mobile computing gadgets round the telly again and you’ve suffered a similar fate, let us know so we can let HP off the hook (or dig their hole a little deeper!).

And the moral of this post - keep your pad tidy and your precious portables may avoid Wii impact.