Unless you haven’t been playing your Wii or don’t yet have one, you probably already got the message yesterday afternoon. Nintendo has sent out a message to all Wiis that the original wrist straps may break under extreme force, and encourages those with the original wrist straps to call Nintendo for replacements.

Wii Remote Wrist Strap

We hope you are enjoying your Wii console.

Nintendo has received some reports that when consumers swing the Wii Remote with the original version of the wrist-strap using excessive force and accidentally let go, the cord connecting the controller to the wrist strap can break. Nintendo has made a new version of the Wii Remote wrist strap available to replace the original one used in early product shipments.

Please call (800) 859-4519 or visit http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/strapreplace.jsp to determine if you need to replace your wrist strap.

Thank you!