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January 5, 2007 10:51 AM PST

More ways for Wii to fly off the handle

by Mike Yamamoto
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(Credit: Brando)

If Hong Kong-based Brando were a little kid, he'd be the one in the back row of the classroom getting everyone else in trouble. That, at least, is what the gadget maker seems to be doing (wittingly or otherwise) with its "Sports Pack" of accessories for the Wii.

The innovative "Wiimote" of Nintendo's new game system has gotten the company in some legal trouble with people who blame the device for gaming-induced injuries. Now Brando comes along with a set of attachments to the wireless remote, including pint-sized versions of a tennis racket, golf club and baseball bat, of all things. (Remember the De Niro scene in The Untouchables?)

Talk about throwing kerosene on a bonfire. It should be noted, by the way, that our colleague Caroline McCarthy was one of the first to point out the Wii-bashing phenomenon way back in November. She's kind of like the Brando of Crave.

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The kid in the back row has lots of fun!
by JoshWrites January 5, 2007 2:27 PM PST
And that's what Nintendo has always been about: fun! People get hurt having fun all the time in sports, dancing, sex.

I want a Wii even more than ever now!
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I smell a Darwin award coming!
by gnathanson January 5, 2007 10:55 PM PST
Are you actually proposing these "Wiimopendages" are dangerous???
How Naderesque of you Crave!

Wii have to stop this atrocity before someone gets killed...
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