Crazy Nintendo Support Call: Smack Wiimote to Fix It

Nintendo Help Desk: “Okay – I want you to take the remote, button side down and smack it into the palm of your hand two or three times.”
Russ: “You’ve got to be kidding”
Nintendo Help Desk: “No sir, do it hard enough that I can hear it across the phone line but not hard enough to damage the remote”
The thing is…IT WORKED!

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[Editor’s Note from 2023: Props to Wired Magazine for keeping their URL layouts the same for 15 years!]

William Davenport

Now a father, husband, and overall 'techie guy', this Geriatric Millennial started a LiveJournal in 2005 (at the age of 20) to document his thoughts and the random happenings in his young adulthood. He enjoys Star Trek, tennis, and taking things apart.

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