When the Nintendo Wii was first released, a spate of health-care scares followed. Seemingly not used to standing upright, punters first complained about aches and pains in their body, dubbed "Wii Shoulder" from strenuous bouts of Wii Sports. Next up, the straps used to secure the controllers to one's wrist came under scrutiny. A lawsuit was filed in Texas in 2006 by a disgruntled gamer who claimed that the straps were "ineffective," and his controller had flown through the air, hit his brand-new Wii, and broken said console. Others reported on flying controllers inadvertently damaging expensive electronics, furniture, and bystanders. Nintendo responded by offering replacement straps.

　　And now, according to The Daily Telegraph broadsheet, the Wii is wreaking havoc on innocent households once more. "Flower pots, television sets, and even pets" have been accidentally kicked during workouts with the exercise game Wii Fit.

　　Polling 1,000 women in the UK, it found that 86 percent of respondees owned Wii Fit, and that around 20 percent admitted to having a few "little accidents" whilst trying to lose pounds with the minigames. The average cost of items broken per person amounted to £6.55 worth of damage each in the last year. In a somewhat dubious grasp of the laws of mathematics, The Daily Telegraph then surmises that that means the total cost countrywide of the damage wreaked must therefore equal some £20.1 million ($40 million). Although it seems unlikely that 86 percent of the general female population has a copy of the game, and that they have managed to rack up that much damage when the game only came out in Europe at the end of April.