The most expensive mistake Nintendo ever made

The Nintendo Wii actually has a design flaw that you probably never noticed And this little mistake cost Nintendo millions of dollars! Let me show you what I mean...

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SOURCES
WiiDamage.com
- https://metro.co.uk/2006/12/12/blog-logs-nintendos-wii-accident-3434756/ Main Story
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061205092226/http://www.wiidamage.com/ Actual Site

Broken TVs
- https://www.engadget.com/2006/12/05/wiimote-attacks-tv-weak-point-for-massive-damage/

Lawsuit #1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070103031214/http://www.classcounsel.com/news/nintendo.html
- https://www.chron.com/news/article/BW-Nintendo-Recalls-Defective-Wii-Wrist-Straps-1850489.php
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2006/12/22/nintendo_denounces_wii_remote_lawsuit/
- https://www.engadget.com/2006-12-21-and-now-the-wiimote-lawsuit.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071013095512/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=21855
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071014085624/http://jobs.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=21710
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/12/8453/
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/12/6231/

Lawsuit #2
- https://kotaku.com/nintendo-faces-new-remote-strap-lawsuit-5108362
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/3725869/Nintendo-sued-over-dangerous-Wii-controllers.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090309201212/http://www.gamecyte.com/nintendo-slapped-with-strap-lawsuit-once-again
- https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/colorado/codce/1:2008cv02616/110514/1/
- https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13836231994460622694&q=Elvig+v.+Nintendo+of+America,+Inc.&hl=en&as_sdt=2006&as_vis=1
- https://www.theregister.com/2008/12/12/wii_strap_lawsuit/

Strap Changes
- https://www.engadget.com/2006/12/07/nintendo-now-shipping-beefed-up-wii-strap/
- https://www.engadget.com/2006/12/15/wiimote-straps-recalled-yeah-all-of-them/
- https://www.standard.co.uk/news/nintendo-admits-wii-messed-up-7249935.html
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6182013.stm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote#/media/File:Wii_Remote_Straps.jpg Lock Grip

CREDITS
- Wii Sports footage via World of Longplays

MUSIC
- Both versions of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 via MusOpen
- Bizet's Habanera from Carmen via incompetech.com (Kevin MacLeod)
- All other music via Epidemic Sound

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