Smash Boy Report post Posted July 20, 2009 http://www.playsavvy.com/articles/features...our-wiinjury%2F Wii Injuries on the Rise The Wii might make you look like a sports pro, but it can also send you straight to the emergency room. By Micheal Mullen, Thursday, July 16, 2009 You thought that celebrities used fad diets, liposuction and chiseled personal trainers to look that good right? Apparently, pop star Christina Aguilera and her husband Jordan Bratman use the Nintendo Wii. And if you thought that celebs were immune to Wii injuries, you'd be wrong. Aguilera recently disclosed that she wounded her hand on a lamp at home while playing Wii Sports tennis. Yet, Aguilera's not alone. Despite the gaming device's popularity and skill at making families active, there have been complications. Swinging arms in Wii Sports and averting a player's eyes from their surroundings often turn disastrous as Wii Remotes crack TV screens, blackened eyes and cause a few headaches. With the continued success of Nintendo Wii (currently over 45 million units sold), the frequency of those mishaps is increasing at an alarming rate. Here are just a few of the most common injuries we've observed that we hope you never have to face: Hand Bruises and Lacerations: Low ceilings, ceiling fans and lighting fixtures normally don't mean much, at least until you're in the middle of a game of Wii Sports Tennis or Golf, then swing too high. One player in Denmark severed his finger on a glass lighting fixture that was above him. Thankfully his girlfriend, a nurse, was there to help. Black Eyes: Wii Sports Tennis takes the cup for the most injuries caused. Fast-paced game play, combined with the option of having two people play at the same time with wide and often wild swinging styles with the Wii Remote have caused black eyes, cuts around the eyes. In one well-known photo, a woman was hit in the eye after her boyfriend tried to help her play Zelda on Wii. Her boyfriend's wide swing left her with a boxer-style black eye. The boyfriend now has to ask to play the Wii after the incident. Elbows: Picture if you will, four players in a doubles Wii Sports Tennis match in a small living room. As the match gets going, players get better as the competitiveness escalates. With just one player moving a few inches closer to one of the others eventually results in a solid Wii Remote hit to the wanderer's elbow. One female player in Bogota, Columbia says that she took it in the elbow so hard, she felt like she was going to faint. Wiiitis: Dr. Julio Bonis, a family physician, coined the phrase with Reuters and even wrote a letter to the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine about a sports-like injury that he felt after play sessions of Wii Sports tennis. Treatment of the sore shoulder ailment is easily repaired by not playing the game for a week and taking a steady does of ibuprofen. Dislocated Knee: Playing any sport in high heels is dangerous and one Wii Sports tennis player found out the hard way by dislocating her knee during a match. The picture, which clearly shows the injury and Wii Sports tennis still playing on the TV. Broken Straps: The first version of the Wii Remote strap, which every Wii players is reminded to secure around their wrist before playing any Wii game, was a bit thin for the abuse dealt to it by players. To fix the problem, Nintendo did set up a website to get newer, and thicker straps to players. Still, even the replacement strap shows some issues as the small cord that attaches to the Wii Remote reportedly breaks far too often. One player in Austria even decided to use a fake handcuff (acquired at a local adult shop) as a better solution to the strap. TVs: Modern TVs were not designed to take the torture that an erratic Wii Remote throw can cause. Impacted LCD TVs end up with dead pixels, areas of dimmer backlighting or a dead TV. Plasma TVs, which feature glass screen, almost never survive. Projection TVs seem to fare the best against Wii Remotes with lower repair costs since the projection components are located at back of the set (unless the player swings so hard that it tears through the set's screens. The problem is so common that one Taiwanese company, Lcdarm Technology, markets a hard and impact resistant TV shield for up to 65 inches that you place over your TV during Wii gaming sessions. How can you avoid such injuries? Always wear your wrist strap, and when you have guests, make sure they don the straps. Of course, to avoid personal embarrassment, practice on you own, learn to be the master of your space while you're playing and, if you have to, place some tape on the floor to make sure your guests know their space as well before they injure one another. While they might find fun and success with Wii Sports, it's up to each player to make sure they walk away intact. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looney Report post Posted July 20, 2009 i prefer the SHII, keeps the girls out of trouble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXNAtwYMBw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING-640 Report post Posted July 20, 2009 This one's better! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix Report post Posted July 20, 2009 i prefer the SHII, keeps the girls out of trouble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXNAtwYMBw Bwahahahahahahaha :lol2: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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