Engadget has two stories about "Enthusiastic Nintendo Wii Play + Broken Controller Strap = Busted TV Screen via Flying Controller":

• Wiimote strap breaks, controller destroys TV - Engadget
• Errant Wiimote claims second TV's life - Engadget

My first reaction upon reading the second story is parents finding out their TV is at risk from Wii play and, ala Red Ryder BB guns in A Christmas Story, when confronted with enthusiastic kids asking for a Wii for Christmas, they'll respond with, "No way! You'll put your TV screen out with that thing!"

Lots of people have been praising the Wii controller design for making it fun again to play a video game, versus just being twitchy good at squeezing all the right triggers and bumpers and buttons and pushing thumbsticks at just the right time. No one thought about straps breaking and remotes flying through the air. Maybe the TV will be missed, but then something even more worse might be the impact zone.

If this is a problem, it will be interesting to see how Nintendo deals with it. How would you fix the issue? Immediate strap redesign and free updates for all remotes? Or simply a re-education campaign on how best to use your remote and please don't let go of it.

I hope they quickly fix it. I personally am routing for the Wii, though I'm sticking with my Xbox 360. Getting an innovative, simple way to interact with a console is important to opening up play to more than just the twitchy pros. And getting us a step closer to Snow Crash.