Nintendo Wii Banned from Military Facilities?

I’m not a hard core gamer and have not been closely following the developments of Sony’s PS3 or the Nintendo Wii. After a recent visit to Toys R Us, I now know the Nintendo Wii will be for sale on November 19, just in time for Christmas shopping. But according to some Defense facilities instructions, the Wii may be a banned item, and here’s why. This is a sampling of items prohibited from Defense facilities:

• Ammunition
• Fireworks
• Molotov Cocktail
• Pipe Bomb
• Black Jack
• Slingshots
• Billy/Sand Club
• Nunchakus
• Sand Bag: Partially filled with sand and swung like a mace
• Metal (Brass) Knuckle
• Dirk or Dagger
• Switch Blade or Butterfly Knife
• Knife with a blade (cutting edge) longer than 4 inches
• Razor with Unguarded blade.
• Pipe, Bar or Mallet to be used as a club.
• Compressed Air or Spring Fired Pellet/BB gun
• Tear Gas/Pepper Spray Weapon
• Pistol, Revolver, Rifle, Shotgun or any other Firearm
• Bows, Crossbows or Arrows
• Bowie Style Hunting Knife

Looking at the box of a Wii, you will notice what ships with the console.

A nunchuk?!! That’s on the banned list. No Wii for you!