We’ve all seen the ridiculous nonsense controllers that have flooded the Wii accessory market a little after the console made its debut in 2006.  Sword & shield combos, a ton of gun housings, and even pom-poms.  This latest Wii accessory might trump all of them in the useless category and treads into being an all out dangerous item to allow anyone with a pulse left in their body to use.

The item I’m referring to is the Wii Bowling Ball controller from CTA Digital.  As you would expect, the purpose of this peripheral is to offer the player a feeling that you are actually bowling in the game.  I’m all for offering peripherals to players if it’ll help enhance their enjoyment of the game, but if you think about it rationally, when you go to a REAL bowling alley to bowl, isn’t the point of the game to let go of the ball to throw it down the lane?

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