Nintendo processes new wrist straps to Wii owners

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Wii owners on Fri. began to receive e-mail confirmations that wrist strap replacement orders for Nintendo Co.'s Wii console are being processed.

Last week, the Kyoto, Tokyo-based company issued a recall on 3.2 million wrist straps for the Wii's remote controller after reports of damage and / or injury.

In select cases, exuberant players experienced flying remotes that damaged their television screens or injury to another player.

Nintendo offered to replace current wrist straps with a thicker version at no cost to help prevent the occurence.

The recall is a blemish on the successful track reocrd of the Wii at worldwide retail.

In the U.S. the innovative video game machine has sold more than 600,000 units. In Japan, it sold 400,000 units in two days and in Europe the Wii amassed sales of 325,000 units.

The new complexity of video game machines have forced manufacturers to provide enhanced repair services to customers.

This week Microsoft announced that it would extend the warrant of its Xbox 360 to one year from a previous 90-day warranty after reports of console malfunction.