One upset Wii fan is taking Nintendo to court over claims that they’re responsible for his broken television.
Jon Leonard from Austin, Texas in the United States was left with a useless big-screen TV after a Wii controller left his hand and was launched at the television, smashing the glass and rendering it inoperable.
The TV-less gamer blames Nintendo for his loss and is chasing for compensation. Whatever it did made it not work anymore, Jon Leonard told Fox News. They have to realize hey, we re making money hand-over-fist and these people have been wronged ”.
Mr Leonard says that he was using the wrist strap supplied with every Wii remote, but claims that the strap is far too flimsy.
When the Nintendo Wii console was first launched the included wrist straps were reissued just a few weeks later with a thicker cord due to complaints from gamers that they were snapping too easily, sending the controllers flying across their rooms.
It’s unknown whether Mr Leonard was using one of the newer straps, but he is pressing ahead with legal action. There are hundreds and hundreds, maybe thousands of people who have experienced this and Nintendo just seems to be in denial about it , says Mr Leonard’s attorney Robert Kleinman. The CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) has now become aware of the incidents and as a result, they ve sent an investigator to get our files and they want to see how they square-up with Nintendo s investigation”.
Between them, Kleinman and Leonard have gathered documents showing official consumer complaints about the wrist straps, though they claim Nintendo had attempted to keep the information secret. Kleinman and Leonard are presenting this evidence to a judge in an effort to have the case declared a class-action lawsuit, awarding damages to other gamers who’ve suffered from wayward Wii controllers.
But despite the legal threat, Mr Leonard hasn’t been put off playing his favourite games. I grew up on Nintendo. I ve played Nintendo my entire life and I ll continue to play Nintendo.