Received my four New-Gen Wii wriststraps today. Nintendo had to pay 39 cents to mail them to me. That letter above is the stern upbraiding you receive along with your gifts.

The new ones really are considerably thicker:

The next obvious question is, How is the cord attached to the strap underneath that plastic sleeve? Somebody somewhere is going to find a way to snap this newly-impenetrable strap, and much internet hay will be made of Nintendo's "failure" and "continuing ignorance of real usage issues" and "if they didn't want us to swing them like a man in a gorilla suit, they shouldn't have hired sporty catalog models to demo them in all the still photography."

It all comes down to Suggestion Number Two: Do not let go of the remote during gameplay. You are not actually bowling.

One of my old straps is headed for the DS, but I promise not to hold Nintendo accountable should it snap when I decide to fling it across the room in an attempt to simulate the Frisbee minigame in Rub Rabbits.