Attention all you wild gamers: Nintendo is so concerned that the cord attaching your Wiimote to its wrist strap might snap – sending Wiimote sailing across the room and into your precious TV – they’re stepping up with a fix.

The company announced today it will replace about 3.2 million wrist straps for controllers that work with the popular Wii game console. The voluntary exchange program comes in the wake of countless reports of wrist straps fraying and controllers slipping out of users’ hands during vigorous play with the motion-sensing devices. (more…)

It seems Nintendo game consoles have been running third in a field of three for years now. Given the GameCube’s failure to establish itself in a market that’s more concerned with gaming realism than it is with cutesy titles, our expectations for the company’s latest console were very low indeed.

That’s why no one was more surprised than us by how addictive the Wii is. Yes, the graphics are still inferior to its competitors, but when it comes to old-fashioned fun, the Wii outflanks them both. (more…)