Wii strap strength experiments

A particularly inquisitive person over at nintendojo decided to put sacrifice his own Wii straps and conduct experiments to see just how much effort it really takes to snap a Wiimote strap. Using various household items, he proceeded with his investigation. As expected a DS wasn’t much of a problem for the straps. Funny thing is, so was a GameCube.

Surprisingly so were a whole lot of other items. Like a knife block, 15 pounds of books, 25 pounds of books, 25 pounds of books and a knife block, and 25 pounds of books and a 100 fl oz of Mountain Fresh laundry detergent.

Get the rest of the experiment after the Jump!

A particularly inquisitive person over at nintendojo decided to sacrifice his own Wii straps and conduct experiments to see just how much effort it really takes to snap a Wiimote strap. Using various household items, he proceeded with his investigation. As expected a DS wasn’t much of a problem for the straps. Funny thing is, so was a GameCube.

Surprisingly so were a whole lot of other items. Like a knife block, 15 pounds of books, 25 pounds of books, 25 pounds of books and a knife block, and 25 pounds of books and a 100 fl oz of Mountain Fresh laundry detergent.

He did break the thing eventually, but that was after a few hours of wild violent swinging and intentional twisting and turning of the strap at the point where it connects to the Wiimote.

His conclusion? People who broke their Wii straps were probably overdoing it, and he speculates that most of the folks who broke their furniture were probably not even using the strap. Nothing ground breaking and nothing we didn’t really know already, but you have to admit, the experiments were humorous weren’t they? Given the large number of reported accidents, this can make you feel a bit amazed at just how strong people can get when they’re having fun.

Relax, this isn’t tagged as news, mmkay?

Via Nintendojo