According to the company that has filed the lawsuit, Green Welling LLP, “Owners of the Nintendo Wii reported that when they used the Nintendo remote and wrist strap, as instructed by the material that accompanied the Wii console, the wrist strap broke and caused the remote to leave the user’s hand. Nintendo’s failure to include a remote that is free from defects is in breach of Nintendo’s own product warranty.”

Nintendo believes the lawsuit to be completely without merit as by the time they were made aware of the lawsuit they had already taken appropriate steps to reinforce with users the proper use of the Wii remote and had made 3.2 million stronger replacement wrist straps available. Nintendo insists that this is not a “product recall”.

 The lawsuit has produced mixed reactions among consumers worldwide. On one side we have the affected users claiming that they want compensation for the damage caused to their TVs and on the other side we have a growing population of consumers that feel disgusted by this lawsuit claiming that there is nothing wrong with the Wii-mote and that the problems with smashed TV sets are the result of its incorrect use.

WeÂ’ve had the Nintendo Wii here at Unbeatable for the past two months and we havenÂ’t smashed our TV yet, and to be honest, we canÂ’t understand how you can send the Wii-mote flying across the room if you use it properly. Just donÂ’t let the remote goÂ….
WeÂ’ve only found one fault with the Wii-mote: everyone in the office has sore wrist, but after hours and hours of continuous playing, we are the only ones to blame, or maybe we should sue Nintendo for itÂ…