Since its November 19 launch, tales have circulated across the Web of Nintendo Wii controls sent flying (often times into large expensive TVs) after the wrist strap broke. At first this sounded like extremely overzealous fans of Wii Sports putting too much of a backswing into the game, but now even CNN has picked up on the story and Nintendo seems to be listening.

Joystiq is reporting that Nintendo has recalled 3.2 million Wii straps, and will replace those with ones that are almost twice as thick. While no details have been released as how this will transpire, it will likely cost the house of Mario several million dollars. More importantly, I have to wonder why the third-party peripheral manufacturers haven't jumped on this to produce their own beefed up wrist straps. Seems like a golden opportunity. And it should be mentioned that even with the improved straps, you still have to watch that swing to avoid hitting objects and fellow gamers!