Wii Strap Recall

Wii Remote Wrist Strap Replacement Request Form

Note: you will need to submit your Wii’s serial number in order to be eligible.

An admission of guilt? A small gesture to appease the few who think it’d be fun to let go of the controller and “see what happens”? I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had a problem with a flying Wiimote. Heck, most of the time I don’t even use the strap. But seeing some of my friends play and after totally pwning a drinking glass during Wii bowling, maybe there’s more to this than I’m admitting. In other words, I already ordered a couple.

Check out a comparison of the new straps to the older ones after the break:

Since Nintendo is making $40 per console, and is also probably pulling a fine profit on individual Wiimotes as well, the cost of replacing all of these straps is probably the least of their worries. This is a far cry better than, as one Powet Regulator put it, developing a method of attaching Wiimotes directly to the human wrist bone. That sure would solve the problem.