for all you wii owners, in case you haven't heard. sorry i have no clue on how to do the link stuff, copy paste onry...

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=13605


NINTENDO ANNOUNCES NEW WII REMOTE JACKET ACCESSORY

Free Accessory Enhances Grip, Adds Cushioning

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 1, 2007 – Nintendo announces the Wii Remote Jacket, a durable, silicone cover for the Wii Remote™ that provides a variety of benefits for the player. Nintendo will include the Wii Remote Jacket with all Wii™ hardware systems and with all Wii Remotes sold separately or packaged with Wii Play™. Hardware featuring the Wii Remote Jacket will begin shipping to retailers on Oct. 2 and is expected to be on retail shelves the week of Oct. 15.

The Wii Remote Jacket provides cushioning for the Wii Remote for people who might accidentally throw or drop their Wii Remotes while playing games. Use of the Wii Remote Jacket is meant to supplement, not replace, the basic game-play instructions: keep a firm grip, don't let go of the controller, use the wrist strap and make sure your play area is free of people or objects. The Wii Remote Jacket also serves as a cover for the Wii Remote. Nintendo recommends players use the new Wii Remote Jacket as a cushiony shield, though the current Wii Remote is a safe product when used properly.

"We're always looking for ways to improve our products and make sure everyone has a safe and fun experience," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Many electronics manufacturers provide similar protective covers for products like cell phones, PDAs and MP3 players."

Current Wii owners who want to equip their Wii Remotes with the new Wii Remote Jacket free of charge can go to Wii.com or nintendo.com, or call 1-866-431-8367 to place an order. Nintendo will begin taking orders on Oct. 2, and Wii Remote Jackets will begin shipping the week of Oct. 15.

The Wii Remote Jacket is designed to be added and removed easily, in case users want to slip their Wii Remote into an accessory like the upcoming Wii Zapper™.

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video games and more than 420 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario™, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda™ and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at http://www.nintendo.com.

I swear people are fucking retarded.

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the sleeaves are costing nintendo 18 million dollars. They're just doing it because they can afford it haha

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TRUE they sold more system than ps3 and X-360. I did get darn email from them on Wii. lol

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I play Wii sports at a friend's house pretty often (with beer). Never seen a Wiimote launched, dropped, or anybody get hit. You really gotta be a tard to make a stupid move like that.

I still don't let people play Wii on my HDTV. Only me. I'd beat somebody to death if they broke my HDTV out of stupidity.

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so um basically this is like a little bubble vest for your wiimote? post pics?

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why is this in all caps? This news isn't important at all haha

i copied and pasted the title of the article =P

I have never ever ever thrown or accidentally dropped my Wiimote in however many months I've had the Wii. Any drops/throws have been entirely purposeful :p And really, how fucking retarded are people? If there's even a slight chance that one could lose grip on the Wiimote, the wriststrap is there to help safeguard against that, as long as you fucking use it, which I do in those cases

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And I still lost /cry

I think if Nintendo is worried about lawsuits, they should use the research of the guy that tested the wrist strap's strenght, or do their own tests to prove that if anything happens, it's because of the user, not any product faults.

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