While incautious use of the Wiimote will (probably) not result in death, there are apparently some risks involved with the components of your new console. Nintendo's manuals are chock full of warnings, and in fact, a screen reminding players to be sure and employ the wrist strap pops up with annoying frequency. But what about those situations that aren't covered in the manual? You may not shoot your eye out playing Red Steel, but we keep waiting for the first stories of flying Wiimotes clocking people in the head.
Worried about all the possible heinous outcomes? 1UP prepared a handy visual guide to possible "Wiinjuries" both physical and psychological. Who knew that Wii caused cancer? According to the above photo, it just might ....
Check after the jump for more personal story.
This blogger can boast a wiinjury of her very own, courtesy of Rayman Raving Rabbids. In one minigame, Rayman has to run with a ticking timebomb wrapped up as a festive holiday gift (those are some cruel rabbids) and one must move the nunchuk and Wiimote up and down very quickly to simulate pumping arms while running. I didn't feel it when I brought the nunchuk down on my knuckle (where there is just skin and bone), and wouldn't even have noticed it, except there was a strange sort of sticky feeling on my hand. I demanded someone turn on the light and voila! Blood. So our Wiimote and nunchuk have been blooded. Also, we learned a valuable lesson -- some level of coordination is required in order to avoid injury while getting your Wii on ... coordination that I am severely lacking. And all apologies for the incredibly fuzzy photo. What can I say, that requires a little coordination also.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-21-2006 @ 10:00AM
Mac said...
cry cry cry cry cry. I mean come on Nintendo! Creating a game where we can get hurt? Look at that finger! Her life is OVER!!! I for one will not stand for this, Im going to go ride my bike
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11-21-2006 @ 10:07AM
TVGenius said...
I clocked my wife in the nose last night returning a serve on Wii Sports Tennis. She was sitting on the couch behind me and leaned way forward to pick something up off the floor.
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11-21-2006 @ 10:11AM
Alex said...
My girlfriend whacked me in the knee last night while returning a serve in tennis last night, it hurt a little but the game did warn me...lol.
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11-21-2006 @ 10:13AM
Author X said...
No. I'm sorry, but /no/. I'm all for Wii puns, but please people they just DON'T WORK when the original word isn't even pronounced with a long e. Wiik, wiimote, mii, my friends's 'Jeremii", wiiosk, even wiimote as derived from 'e-mote' are at least pronouncable. But 'wiinjuries'? No. Bad. 1up should just be glad I'm not going to hunt them down and rub their faces in it.
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11-21-2006 @ 11:01AM
SuperChuck said...
The dramatic injuries are not limited to just humans!
Last night, a curious cat went to sniff my hand JUST as I started a bowling stroke. WHACK! One cat that's afraid of Wiimotes!
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11-21-2006 @ 11:23AM
ramuji said...
"WHACK! One cat that's afraid of Wiimotes!"
Heh. What a pussy.
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11-21-2006 @ 11:37AM
Tomas said...
Well this guys did break something!
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2183346
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11-21-2006 @ 11:10PM
dv8r said...
Hahahaha! After about 6 games of Wii bowling last night with the guys at the office... I had a serious case of Wiielbow. lol!
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11-22-2006 @ 1:22AM
Caesi said...
talk about wiinjuries..after playing 50 rounds of wiisports whether it be bowling or baseball, my shoulder has taken a severe beating. its all worth the good fun i must admit.
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11-22-2006 @ 9:02PM
mlaird said...
I had an incident involving a rather low ceiling and returning a volley in Wii Sports Tennis that ended up with my middle finger being severly cut open. I was bleeding for quite some time. It still hurts to look at.
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11-23-2006 @ 1:05PM
LinkAsASpartan said...
Wow, that was horrible. Maybye the wiimote should have padding...... better yet, squishy padding like the walls in a loony bin! No more cracked TV screens or wiinjuries!
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11-23-2006 @ 4:03PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
My best friend (who is too damned tall) nearly took out the ceiling fan. He's now only allowed to play on the right side of the room.
I'm getting some Wii Sports elbow myself, but damn, I can't stop. It's too much fun.
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