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As we all know, I love my Wii. The only real problem is sweat, when you play a 5 game long tennis match, or box, or pretty much anything else in Wii Sports, your hands get sweaty and you lose your grip on the Wiimote, with potentially disasterous effects if you accidently launch your wiimote at your TV or something/someone else.

Tennis players are familiar with this problem, which is why many years ago someone invented the Tourna Grip. It’s what tennis people call an over grip, it’s a thin strip of tacky spongy material that absorbs sweat and maintains your grip.

So i said to myself, “Self, why don’t i just put a tourna grip on this thing?” 5 minutes later, This was the result (click to enlarge):

Well, that certianly looks wierd, I think we’re on the right track. Now for play testing! I played a best of 5 game of tennis in single player mode. We went all the way to game 5 so i was sweating like crazy at the end. The Tourna Grip worked PERFECTLY! From the start I had perfect control of the Wiimote with no slippage, and as the match wore on, the Tourna Grip did it’s thing by absorbing the sweat and staying super tacky. I even think i had more control, I was able to hit winners with my backhand, which normally I can’t do.

Remember kids… You heard it here first! Tourna Grip… for the Wiimote == awesomeness.

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 at 5:47 pm.