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Fri 12 Dec 2006Nintendo says it will replace Wii strapsNintendo said today it would exchange 3.2 million straps attached to the controllers of its Wii game console with stronger ones after some reports of broken straps.It also said it would recall about 200,000 AC adaptors for its hot-selling DS and DS Lite handheld game machines in Japan because they may overheat and cause burns on rare occasions.