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i thought this was pretty funny:

WSJ: First cases of "Wii Elbow" reported
Nov 27, 2006

Nintendo is seeking to lead the charge against the notion that all gamers are unfit couch potatoes. Nationwide sellouts of the Wii indicate that gamers are supporting that notion, and many have been very vocal about the system's motion-sensitive controller as being a revolution in gaming. The problem is that it appears that after the first week of the console's release, many of those gamers are running out of breath.

The Wall Street Journal says that "Wii elbow" and other Wii-related physical issues may be the first widespread gaming-related injuries since "Nintendo thumb," the condition that ran rampant following the introduction of the NES in the '80s and the SNES in the '90s.

The newspaper spoke with several new Wii owners who were experiencing aches and pains from repeated use of the console. A 12-year-old from Kentucky reported numbness in her right arm after mimicking the motions of bowling and boxing in Wii Sports; a computer programmer in Minnesota, who admits to being "not very active," complained of sore shoulders; and a man in Indiana says he was "soaking wet with sweat, head to toe" after Wii Boxing.

Nintendo vice president of marketing Perrin Kaplan put it plainly. "[The Wii] was not meant to be a Jenny Craig supplement," she told the WSJ. "If people are finding themselves sore, they may need to exercise more."
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http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=494455&page=0

~k.
 
kayvee

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i thought it was funny becuase of the comment that it was the first widespread one since the nintendo thumb...and from the same company.

we're gonna have to thank nintendo when we're in our 60's with injuries. LOL

~k.
 
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i haven't had a lot of one-on-one time with a wii, as i do not own one yet, but when i did get the chance to try one out, i didn't think it was very physically demanding at all. i'd say consider this:

don't get too into the game. some people might be flailing their limbs about more than necessary simply because they're getting carried away.

moderation is key. if you're playing for more than an hour at a time, or two or three times a day consistently, perhaps you need to get involved in other activities. get a job, some friends, a significant other, a hobby, something...

maybe a little physical activity is just what you needed. some people are content so sit near motionless for hours moving nothing but their thumbs and index fingers for hours on end. maybe the wii is finally finding a way to help the stereotyped "overweight computer nerds."
 
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