Is this the most dangerous Wii accessory so far?

[soulten]

Way back in 2006, there was a spate of media reports about new Wii owners damaging their TVs, prized furniture, elderly relatives and/or pets after losing their grip on a remote while playing Wii Sports Bowling. Nintendo, to its credit, took the problem in hand, first mailing out beefier remote wriststraps to all owners, then following that up with rubberized grips for even more security. But this bowling ball controller, from third-party firm CTA Digital, could take the cake.

CTA Digital's bowling ball peripheral

Says the official web site: "This Wii peripheral is the first of its kind to be fashioned after an authentic bowling ball, turning your wii-mote into the optimum performance-enhancing accessory! To operate simply ...plug the three holes with your fingers, as you would a bowling ball. Lastly, make sure to wear the wrist strap securely around your wrist, this will prevent the ball from accidently flying out of your hand...Even though holding and bowling the ball is so like-like[sic] to the actual sport, never, ever release the ball!!"



Uh, yeah. Nothing bad could ever come of this.



What's that, CTA Digital? "CTA Digital, Inc. is not and will not be held responsible for any damages resulting from the bowling ball attachment," you say? No, we're not too surprised to hear that. We haven't actually tried out this wrecking ball of a peripheral, but we're dying to...just as soon as we find a TV that we dislike sufficiently.

[quietchat]

That sounds like fun actually. Give them to a bunch of old folks and 'forget' to have the strap attached.

Personally, if you really want to bowl that badly, and you're actually interested in this controller, you're better off setting up your own bowling alley at home.

[Corwin]

All I have to say is this might be the worst possible thing that could happen to the Wii. Despite the fact that this is a third party peripheral, you just know someone is going to want to blame Nintendo despite that fact that they don't endorse it. If you really need the experience to be that real, then just grab a few bucks and go to the alley yourself. Sure you won't get all the nifty little mini game versions of your regular bowling experience, but that's not really a huge deal. And my final though on the subject is this, should you buy this giant suppository of a controller and manage to wreck your tv by letting it fly into it, then stop by my house where I can educate you on the dangers of large objects flying towards things of value, using my foot in your ass to demonstrate.

[suigintou]

Originally Posted by quietchat

Personally, if you really want to bowl that badly, and you're actually interested in this controller, you're better off setting up your own bowling alley at home.

Except for, you know, the thousands of dollars for construction and upkeep.

[Memorix]

Are people really that lazy now that they can't just go to a bowling alley or use random 2 liter bottles to make a stack of pins and use a rubber ball? Either way someone is going to get injured with this and blame Nintendo for something they have no control over.

[mikesword]

I'd say the baseball bat for Wii sports.

[SkY93]

Originally Posted by quietchat

That sounds like fun actually. Give them to a bunch of old folks and 'forget' to have the strap attached.

Personally, if you really want to bowl that badly, and you're actually interested in this controller, you're better off setting up your own bowling alley at home.

yeah instead of being a dumbass and buying this

[Inuyasha50]

this is defintly a dangerous wii accessory ever.

[aezgaga]

Waaaw.... it kinda look cool XD but still.... if people play carefully and put the wriststrap.. i could be okay sure it's not like real bowling but meh it become less expensive that going alway there with the car and all.... so... as long you play it wisely its not more dangerous than a wiimote ^^

[Sakgra]

oh wow i never seen that before or hurt it but ya i agree that looks like the most dangerous wii accessory so for but i bet there goin to make more dangerous wii accessorys