Do you actually wear the wrist strap?

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#1 OrangeTurtle472
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I absolutely never do. There aren't any games that need arm movement where the wrist strap is necessary, anyway... I have a feeling that most of us don't wear it. Do you?

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#2 Rocky32189
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No. It tickles my wrist and drives me crazy.
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#3 teknic1200
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nope, pulled that thing off a long time ago.. no gloves no straps and then the wiimote feels good.
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#4 expandingeye
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Can you actually believe people would let go of the remote? I dont understand, if its being held in your hand, why do you need a wrist strap. I just cant picture how you could be that sweaty playing the wii. I dont wear it, but sometimes i do, just for fun.
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#5 DoeJohn531
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Nope, never have, never will.

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#6 Troqe
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I find it a bit insulting considering most of the games don't use the motion controls. Its like, you wouldn't put a wrist strap on your tv remote when you're flipping through the channels just incase it slips out of your hand and breaks your brand new plasma tv.

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#7 Wolblade
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

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#8 Tikicobra
Member since 2009 • 2058 Posts

It's annoying as heck. I have to flip the Wiimote around sometimes in Zack and Wiki, which is impossible with a wrist strap on.

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#9 Toothpick91
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Hahahahaha nope i never wear it lol
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#10 haziqonfire
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I wear it -- just because I always did when I first got mine .. I'm just used to it.
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#11 starfox15
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Nope.

If I lose my TV due to my uncontrollable urge to whip my Wiimote at it, I don't deserve either. On the other hand, if I drop my Wiimote, I'll pick it back up and continue using it, because its a Nintendo product and I know it won't explode due to a small accident.

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#12 teknic1200
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade
it comes off.
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#13 OrangeTurtle472
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How exactly did everyone end up breaking their TV 's anyway? Got a bit too into the game? :P
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#14 sailor232
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The only time I wear it is when I have friends over that I don't trust will keep a good grip on the remote, so I set an example and put the strap on and say in a innocent voice, " better put the wrist strap on so we dont damage anything". Then I breath a big sigh of relief.

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#15 favre4thewin
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade

Thats why you undo the strap and take it off if your not using it.

I saw someone say that they don't use gloves. I guess I never thought of wearing my old FB gloves or a golf glove. I kind of like that idea if I am going to play Tiger. Doubt I would play any other game with them as that is the only game with full motion. That and maybe baseball games.

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#16 awesomeface
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No I took mine off.
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#17 _LiquidFlame_
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Depends on the game really.

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#18 007hawk25
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade

thats exactly why i wear the wrist strap

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#19 Boomarley
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Eh, I got accustomed to it and it seems to help stabilize my movements, so why not?

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#20 snover2009
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I wear it -- just because I always did when I first got mine .. I'm just used to it.Haziqonfire

Agreed.

Plus, I don't want to be one of those guys that just happens to let go and lose a TV.

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#21 SSBFan12
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I do for some games but it keeps coming undone.

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#22 teknic1200
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[QUOTE="Wolblade"]

I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

007hawk25

thats exactly why i wear the wrist strap

it doesn't flap around if you remove it. i'm more worried about the wiimote hitting the hard floor then the tv set, but that strap is annoying.
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#23 doll94
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nope , i took it off the controller the day i got my wii
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#24 Jdog30
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade

you know you can take it off very easily.... right? just like pull on the little bit of string then feed it through and it's off.... and can go back on easily at any time....

and no i've never worn it since like the first week i got the wii. it's an unnessecary nuisance

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#25 Rod90
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade
Same with me.
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#26 Nintenkid49
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade

just take it off. Tha's what i did :D It was to itchy :P

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#27 acidicadis
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I wear mine. I don't really know why, I guess it became a habit.

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#28 ferretluvr
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The wrist strap if for the idiots that are playing Wii Sports Baseball like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5qQq-hkSg
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#29 Dax-360
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Nope. The strap has been stashed away a long time ago!

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#30 nintendoman562
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I only use it for Wii sports/warioware when my little cousins come over.

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#31 Jdog30
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[QUOTE="Wolblade"]

I always wear mine. whips around if I don't wear it.

Nintenkid49

just take it off. Tha's what i did :D

I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW what either of you two are talking about :| :|
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#32 Kcdragon8116
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I always wear mine. It is just habit I guess. I don't need it at all.
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#33 ganga_
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Hahahahaha nope i never wear it lol Toothpick91
uhm what's so funny about that? i wear it for most of the games, dont have a problem wearing it and it adds some safety.
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#34 nintendo2200
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nope

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#35 nicknees93
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It's annoying as heck. I have to flip the Wiimote around sometimes in Zack and Wiki, which is impossible with a wrist strap on.

Tikicobra
theres one good reason not to play it.
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#36 Action_Player
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It's annoying as heck. I have to flip the Wiimote around sometimes in Zack and Wiki, which is impossible with a wrist strap on.

Tikicobra

It is possible to play the game with the strap on since I've always played my games with it on. Except for Guitar Hero that is.

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#37 Lord_Omikron666
Member since 2007 • 4838 Posts

Nope, I actually hold onto my Wiimote

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#38 stargazer55
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hell no i just hold it.

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#39 JebranRush
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Yes, because I usually wear a watch and putting the wrist strap on my other arm always makes it feel balanced. :P
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#40 CcJj09
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It really just depends on the game, but most the time it bugs me too much so I take it off.

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#41 Zelda_89
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no never

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#42 FFCYAN
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I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

Wolblade

Same here. I don't remove the strap because I never know when other people might play and I don't trust people.

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#43 flarebrass13
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yup always wear it, i would hate drop the wiimote during an epic power struggle in madworld only to have it break.

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#44 GamerJM
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Yes. When I first got the console on launch, I thought it was a completely dumb and funecessary adition. A couple weeks later, my sister breaks one of my four Wiimotes on Wii bowling. I've worn the wrist strap every time since.
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#45 King-gamer
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I use to wear the wrist strap alot, but now it annoys me having to put it on and off so I don't wear it anymore :P
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#46 sicteliko
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I wear it, but mainly because it just hangs at the end of the Wii more when you don't wear it on your wrist... I think it's good that it's there though, it won't slip out of your hand that easily, but you'd be glad you had the wrist strap attached when it would happen.
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#47 Shayde_Shadow
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I wear it, mainly because it's become second nature to do so. Altough I did change it for a slightly thicker one, because the one packaged withtheWiimote kept slippingdown my wrist, even when tightened.

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#48 FenderBender30
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[QUOTE="Wolblade"]

I always wear mine. Not just for safety, but the strap whips around if I don't wear it.

007hawk25

thats exactly why i wear the wrist strap

lol just take it off then. And no i dont wear my wrist strap cause its annoying putting it down and taking it off and doing all this crap with it so you can play while it does NOTHING
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#49 jetstopia
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i wear it as i am pretty close to my big tv so any slip and it hits the screen for sure. but i onlr really wear it in big swinging games like tiger woods, we love golf, and bowling in wii sports. i make my girlfriend wear it though we she plays boom blox cause its scary to watch

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#50 blood_dragonx
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Yes!