Wii Causes ‘a fraction’ of Game Related Injuries

The Nintendo Wii only takes up a fraction of game related injuries.

The American Academy of Pediatric’s found that 696 video game releated injuries occured from 2004 to 2009. 92 of those injuries were found from ‘newer’ forms of entertainment such as the Wii. Injuries more likely to be sustained included shoulders, ankles and feet with bystander injury being the highest with the Wii.

The Wii shows a warning message about safety before games start and they started offering free wii mote covers for better grip. At the launch of the Wii there were many cases of frantic wii-motes flying and hitting people’s TVs.

696 game related injuries between 2004 and 2009 [CVG]

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