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Nintendo giving away free Wiimote jackets
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 2nd October 2007
The Nintendo Wiimote jacket is free for all Wii owners in the US or Canada.
The Wiimote jacket is a silicone cover with some in-built cushioning that wraps around the Wiimote and protects it (and anything it may hit) from damage. According to the press release, the Wiimote will "cushioning for the Wii Remote for people who might accidentally throw or drop their Wii Remotes while playing games."
The offer is currently only open to those in the US or Canada, but we expect European availability in the near future. As it is, those of you who reside in the US or Canada can sign up to get your free jackets via Wii.com, Nintendo.com or by calling 866-431-8367. Nintendo is taking orders now and will start shipping the remotes on October 15th.
The silicone jackets will also be packaged with all future Wiis, separately sold Wiimotes and all copies of Wii Play.
"We're always looking for ways to improve our products and make sure everyone has a safe and fun experience," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Many electronics manufacturers provide similar protective covers for products like cell phones, PDAs and MP3 players."
The Wiimote jacket, which looks quite fetching to us, should actually help stop all those broken TVs we keep seeing.
Have you ever broken anything with your Wiimote or SixAxis, or do prefer to keep your gaming limited to the 360 and only move your thumbs? Let us know in the forums, if you please.
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yes because Nintendo always rush to keep the european market happy. Still waiting for them to enable the perchase of wii points using the nintendo stars that was announced about December time. If its like animal crossing we'll only have to wait two years.
Ordered 4... but only own a single remote... oh, the guilt!
Well colour me surprised, they took their fingers out for once, must be the end of the world, I can now look forward to flying pigs, hell's first snowball fight and the sky falling on my head.
Damn dangerous gameplay but immense fun - bring on the Light Sabre game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
If I don't like them, I'm not going to leave them on, simple as that. Unless I'm having a party with 4 in a small room, or find it that it makes the wii mote even more comfortable. ;)
With regards to using a charging station - yep, if you one of these jackets on (or any of the remote protectors) it will stop the remote from fitting into the charger slot. I would presume that the jackets will be easy to remove to allow access to the battery cover. I'll let you know when mine arrive.