ShadowBrain, they're only giving them free to those who purchased Wii consoles before these new jackets. All Wii consoles now have these packaged in. And they created them because people were constantly dropping and/or damaging their Wii remotes.
That's basically what I just said.
Good lord, people... if so many geriatrics, babies and middle-aged moms are alledgely playing the Wii, why do we need a thicker wrist strap and a jacket now? Why don't we just glue it to their hands and write a note saying, "HOLD ONTO IT, RETARD!"
...I don't even see how there's enough decent games on the Wii to justify someone playing it fervently enough to destroy things. Maybe they just threw their remote against the wall when they heard that SSBB was delayed...