See the Wii Bowling Ball in Action, Prepare to Break Stuff

[John Funk]

See the Wii Bowling Ball in Action, Prepare to Break Stuff

Remember hearing about the most dangerous Wii accessory yet - the Wii bowling ball - back in June [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/92548-The-Wii-Bowling-Ball-The-Most-Dangerous-Wii-Accessory-Yet]? Well, here's a video. Hide your pets.


Not much to say about this one that we didn't know already: Put the Wii Remote inside the bowling ball, tighten the wrist strap, put your fingers inside the holes, and bowl away!

I'm not buying it, though. Okay, maybe it only weighs 1.1 pounds. Maybe you're supposed to fix the strap so tight around your wrist you might as well be a hangman in the Old West. Maybe the directions remind you to never, ever actually release the ball. I can accept all of those things.

But this still strikes me as such an apocalyptically bad idea. As if people needed to throw anything bigger and heavier at their TV screens when engaged in a rousing round of Wii Bowling (or Brunswick Pro Bowling, or Ten Pin Alley 2, or AMF Bowling: World Lanes)...

Come to think of it, I didn't even know they made so many Wii bowling games. Huh.

What do you guys think? Bad idea, or not so potentially catastrophic?

(CTA Digital [http://www.ctadigital.com/catalog.asp?menuid=Catalog&display=itemdetail&categoryid=143&groupid=143&id=2500])

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[Olikunmissile]

Right. I thought the idea of the Wii was to imagine? JUST WTF!? I remember there being a joke, "no no, my husband didn't hit me, we were playing the Wii" but that's just taking the biscuit.

EDIT: I forgot to mention just how sad this is. I mean... I just can't put how I feel into words, but imagine me hitting my head against the keyboard then a brick wall. That'd do it.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

It's too lightweight to simulate anything about bowling, or break anything. These people lie.
On a separate note, why buy a wii and subsequently this accessory when you could, y'know, go bowling.

 

[Sevre]

Hmm only one pound, it doesnt have nearly enough mass to cause much damage. If anything im pretty sure this thing would break first. Well i cant wait for the youtube videos of people failing with it.

I'll video myself as soon as I have the cash.

 

[Sewer Rat]

Why would you use this thing?! It looks so awkward.

 

[Midniqht]

Great... even with the wrist strap, you know people are going to just try it carelessly and end up throwing the ball straight at their plasma TVs. I've seen what just a flying wiimote can do to a TV. Now I'm curious what sort of damage this will cause, irregardless of what the weight of the ball is. Doesn't matter if it's 1 pound - the wiimote doesn't weigh much either and it still manages to be infamous for breaking TVs.

 

[9NineBreaker9]

I'm still confused as to why this thing needs a video to tell us what it's like, as, chances are, I could look at the thing and think two things:

A) Hmm. It's a bowling ball accessory... probably to simulate bowling "better".
2) OH MY GOD, IT'S A BOWLING BALL ACCESSORY! RUN! HIDE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND RUN!

 

[Abedeus]

This looks so realistic, the way he stands still and waves his arm...

Not worth the money. Also, 0.5kg? C'mon, a bottle of water is 1.5kg. I won't even feel the thing.

 

[El Poncho]

Well knowing some people i'm sure that strap will be forgotten .

 

[HardRockSamurai]

A Wii Bowling ball?

Sorry CTA Digital, but no amount of potential gaming realism could ever convince me to play with giant blue balls.

 

[Anachronism]

Hmm only one pound, it doesnt have nearly enough mass to cause much damage. If anything im pretty sure this thing would break first.

I'm fairly sure that it will break as well. Remember the number of complaints about people hurling WiiMotes through their TV screens? This is going to be the same as that, except several times worse. I agree with Funk: this is a terrible idea, and is only going to end badly.

 

[Sevre]

Hmm only one pound, it doesnt have nearly enough mass to cause much damage. If anything im pretty sure this thing would break first. Well i cant wait for the youtube videos of people failing with it.

I'll video myself as soon as I have the cash.

Good we have our first volunteer, well it definitely has enough mass to break a window or two, possibly even damage a fragile plasma TV. Do you have any of those things in your house...hint hint.

That 48 inch is a bit egotistic these days especially with the new HD box. I think if I threw it hard enough.....

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Hahahahahaha!

Oh god, as soon as it started I knew this would be hilarious. "Another quality innovation from CTA digital". Right...That was just horrendous. I don't think I could even advertise that, even for a hefty wage, I have morals for Christ's sake!

 

[Internet Kraken]

I don't get it. It's supposed to realistically simulate bowling, yet it it's far to light to do so. Plus the fact that you can't actually let go of the ball prevents it from felling like real bowling. So what's the point?

It's not even heavy enough to properly hit people with when you rage quit.

 

[Lord George]

Theres something so, American about the whole thing a mix of bowling, nativity and badly thought out pointless items. Why do we never get things like that over here .

 

[MrPop]

Pft. He didn't even get a strike. And it is 'compatible' with every Wii game.

 

[Rathy]

I'd say its cool if it wasn't sold on its own. I frankly don't attack much danger to it, if only because enough people break their stuff with the Wii-mote itself to make a bowling ball peripheral that much more dangerous... If anything, it might be safer just by having more surface area...

 

[HentMas]

ok, i saw a lot of flaws in the design of the thing, one of them the "release button" it means that if you do not secure propperly the ball it can open and send your mote flying...

but the biggest flaw is

"WHO THE HELL WOULD BUY THIS THING!?!?"

if someone from my research and development team tells me "hey, i made a preipherial that looks like a bowling ball" he would be fired instantly, it´s such a ridicullous IDEA, i mean come on!!, well... i just hope people are not so willing as to buy that thing