Nintendo Hands Out Free Wii Remote Jacket

Tue Oct 2, 2007 12:09PM EDT

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Is your beloved Wii Remote still flying out of your hand and hitting innocent bystanders in the head (or worse, smashing your beloved plasma)? If so, help is on the way—in the form of a free silicone cover, courtesy of Nintendo.

Kotaku is reporting that Nintendo will start giving away the new Wii Remote Jacket, which the gaming giant describes as a "cushiony shield" for "people who might accidentally throw or drop their Wii Remotes while playing games," starting on October 15; the cover will also start shipping with all new Wii consoles. The translucent cover looks pretty cool, at least from the pictures, although we'll have to wait and see whether it interferes with, say, Wii Bowling in any way.

Ready to get your hands on your free jacket? Just visit Wii.com or Nintendo.com to place your order, or dial 866-431-8367.

Related:
Nintendo Giving Away Anti-Slip Remote Jacket [Kotaku]

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  • 6 Posted by compuzen on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:28PM EDT Report Abuse

    Me nor my 9 year old son has had any of the remotes slip out of our hands yet,lol. It is cool that Nintendo is stepping up and giving this and the stronger lanyard to customers for free though. Long live Nintendo.

  • 7 Posted by xoluvin_uxo on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:53PM EDT Report Abuse

    psh. i cant believe ppl actually fling the remote...lol

  • 9 Posted by angel_svn on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:54PM EDT Report Abuse

    This isn't a design flaw, Nintendo. It is silly people. Don't pander to their silliness!

  • 10 Posted by just4kicks5000 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:44PM EDT Report Abuse

    ^_^ I find it very amusing. But if it is called a Wii and it has availible silicone protection, what gender would it be? ^_^

  • 11 Posted by legalqueenforever on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:48PM EDT Report Abuse

    sorry, i didnt really understand it but where do you get it i need one so bad i almost hit someone LOL

  • 12 Posted by mgkoret on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:17PM EDT Report Abuse

    haha,halloWiin, thats a great idea. i might do taht.

  • 13 Posted by xtrememonkey120 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:53PM EDT Report Abuse

    Will people ever take responsibility for being irresponsible instead of blaming everyone else? OH, ok sorry my dumbass can't keep ahold of the remote and oh your dumbass isn't smart enough to stand back a few inches and instead we smash the tv and smash each others heads. Ok now lets blame the company and Scream give me free ----- .

  • 14 Posted by daccercut on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:34PM EDT Report Abuse

    i hyave a wii im gonna get so much stuff for it ha ha ha

  • 16 Posted by lordmayan on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:56PM EDT Report Abuse

    wow... these are for the retards that think try and throw and punch with the wiimote as hard as the possibly can. its not a showoff contest, its a game. It makes no difference moving ur arm that fast isnt going to make any difference, the wiimote isnt made for that.

  • 17 Posted by jon26 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:40PM EDT Report Abuse

    Not necessary - we play our Wii often and never have a problem with the controller slipping!

  • 18 Posted by xboxfreakofnature on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:51PM EDT Report Abuse

    That looks like the same hand on the box and they added the cover on digitaly.

  • 19 Posted by singingangelgirl04 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:23PM EDT Report Abuse

    Well ya know it wouldn't be needed if people put the wrist strap on and played correctly instead of being stupid and showing off. Good idea but it was brought about because of stupid people

  • 20 Posted by darrylr16 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:36PM EDT Report Abuse

    as spongebob would say,PRETTY PRETTY SHINY SHINY

  • 21 Posted by jyang211 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    it is probaly fakeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, you'll probaly have to pay money sooner or later

  • 22 Posted by markdlohr on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:07PM EDT Report Abuse

    Maaaannnnnn!!!! This is as bad as the woman who sued McDonald's after SHE spilled hot coffee on herself... and won!!! She should've never won that frickin' ridiculous lawsuit and neither should ANYONE who thinks it's Nintendo's fault that their Wii remote slipped out of their hands and broke their T.V.!!!!! Does anyone take any FREAKIN' responsibility anymore???

  • 24 Posted by llcangel2002 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:55PM EDT Report Abuse

    It's a great business move by Nintendo, as customers are always right.

  • 25 Posted by tran_huynh_01 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:19PM EDT Report Abuse

    It's nice that nintendo came out with the Wii Jacket however it is a bit ugly due to the fact that the top part looks fat and unattractive. The part is of this is that the jacket is free.

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