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gamecyte.com - 12/12/2008

Nintendo Slapped With Strap Lawsuit Once Again

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Two years ago this month, and a scant two weeks after the Nintendo Wii game console launched in the United States, plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit accused Nintendo of delivering a defective wrist strap that broke even when games were played in the intended manner — and sent Wiimotes ...

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Nintendo Faces New Remote Strap Lawsuit [Return Of The Strap Lawsuit]
Kotaku — ... Elvig’s attorney, Robert Kleinman, the same attorney from the original suit, who told GameCyte that “the pleadings speak for themselves.” Elvig and her attorneys are seeking damages, corrective action to fix the Wii remote strap issues once and for all, and that a claims process be put in place to compensate people who have incurred damage due to the issue. A Nintendo representative could not comment on the issue, claiming the company was aware of the suit but has yet to be served. Nintendo Slapped With Strap Lawsuit Once Again [GameCyte]

Nintendo faces class-action lawsuit, hotter-than-ever sales for Wii
Engadget — ... to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Nintendo's probably not stoked about the news -- but we've got a feeling that the company's record-breaking sales will balm the wounds a little. According to NPD data just released, the company sold 2 million Wiis and 1.56 million DS units in November, an all-time hardware sales record for a month other than December. Yeah, who cares about a few busted up TVs and black eyes in the face of those numbers? [Via Gamecyte] Read - Nintendo Slapped with Strap Lawsuit Once Again Read - Wii ...

Nintendo Sued For Weak Wii Controller Straps
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — ... “Despite actual knowledge of hundreds of incidents involving broken televisions over time and subsequent to December 27, 2006,” stated the complaint, “Defendant failed to report the existence of even a single ‘Incident’ to the CPSC in its Monthly Reports to the CPSC.”  Elvig’s attorney for this case is Robert Kleinman. ...