Yasuhiro Minagawa, spokesman for Nintendo said "We are announcing the recall of 3.2 million straps for the Wii computer remote controllers."

The motion controller can be used as a sword, tennis racket or steering wheel by using a waving or swinging motion, but without a strap attached the controller is useless.

 
Enthusiastic users of the Wii will be pleased to know that the recall is said to happen in the near future, giving them the chance to have some injury-free hand-held gaming this time around.

By Lisa Malyon

First Published Dec 15th 2006, 09:25