Wii Charge station.

White-Wolf · 11-03-2006, 01:11 AM

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802574

What do you supose this is? Maybe for the controller?

edit: the link keeps busting. Just search gamestop or eb for wii, and you will see a wii charge station for 30$

http://www.gamestop.com/search.asp?N...=0&find=Search

Messykitty414 · 11-03-2006, 01:13 AM

Probably like the 360 charge station just a battery pack and a recharger for the wii-mote

Sovieto · 11-03-2006, 01:45 AM

Yah hoefully third partys will make a simple cord that plugs into the USB to the bottom of the Wiimote and charges it.

Kumoriken · 11-03-2006, 03:38 AM

Hmm... O_o;; Interesting. Wonder what it is...

Sam_Harris · 11-03-2006, 03:53 AM

Lol I love one of the reviews "i own the wii and us this all the time and is the greatest thing for the wii." sure you do mate Jenova this wouldnt happen to be you lol

Santoanderson · 11-03-2006, 04:14 AM

I had to preorder the charge station. The gamestop dudes were pretty much telling me that it was necessary to recharge the controller. I'm waiting to see what exactly this thing does, because I was pretty much suckered into preordering it.

Poseidon · 11-03-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Santoanderson

I had to preorder the charge station. The gamestop dudes were pretty much telling me that it was necessary to recharge the controller. I'm waiting to see what exactly this thing does, because I was pretty much suckered into preordering it.

If it was a necessity then Nintendo would have bundled it into the package. I'd say you got suckered but who knows, it might make a nice addition to your Wii but most def. not a necessity.

tuned · 11-03-2006, 02:11 PM

I can see that Nyko is the mfr... but I see no images or info anywhere! Nice find regardless! I have good faith in mfr's producing a simple charger for the Wiimote, either by battery pack or charging cradle, it shouldn't be long before we see some variants of this idea.

And Santoanderson, it's called an accessory for a reason... it's not a necessity. Sounds like you got dooped. Sorry man.

White-Wolf · 11-03-2006, 03:11 PM

My two BIG beefs with the wii were this

1. The wiimote is more like a mouse, and cant act as a light gun (at least hasent so far) that one really disappointed me.

2. The wii mote would not have a charger and would eat all my batteries. I hope that this charger fixes this.

conorlap · 11-03-2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by White-Wolf

My two BIG beefs with the wii were this

1. The wiimote is more like a mouse, and cant act as a light gun (at least hasent so far) that one really disappointed me.

2. The wii mote would not have a charger and would eat all my batteries. I hope that this charger fixes this.

If this aint a real authentic good working charger then just buy a AA battery charger that you put the batteries directly into. I know it would be easier to have a connectable charger for the wii remote but ah well. Plus nintendo have confirmed that the Plug on the bottom of the wii mote cannot and will not have the possibility of a charger connection being connected so the batterys will have to be charged out side of the remote.....for now.

Inspire · 11-06-2006, 07:24 PM

Yeah, for $30, you can get a nice NiMH charging station and 4 NiMH AA's. If this 'charge station' can't charge more that one controller at a time, then it's really not cost-effective in comparison to using NiMH rechargeable batteries.

I searched Nyko's site and couldn't pull anything up - it kept telling me there was a problem with my search.

Either way, I'm going to handle the charging of my wiimotes myself with this:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-RjEdZ6K...i=639PRO66#Tab

Jenova · 11-06-2006, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam_Harris

Lol I love one of the reviews "i own the wii and us this all the time and is the greatest thing for the wii." sure you do mate Jenova this wouldnt happen to be you lol

Nope, not me. xD

I wonder what it could be though...

registerednerd · 11-07-2006, 04:26 AM

I really wish they would stop letting people review pre-release products. You get stupid crap like that first one.

anthonym2006 · 11-27-2006, 01:35 AM

I searched google images for "Wii charge station" and these two photos appeared. the mystery has been unveiled

http://wii.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...D000_thumb.jpg
or
http://wii.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...D000_thumb.jpg

phatboix91 · 11-27-2006, 01:42 AM

yea, but if you look in the url for each of those pictures, it says "concept"

anthonym2006 · 11-27-2006, 01:46 AM

the thing is that they will probably create a whole new controller strictly for charging screwing their customers which happens to be the majority of US and CANADA. people will have to buy the newer controlers to replace the old ones. Nintendo only wants the money from consumers unlike Sony. But the Wii still looks awesome and i am going to buy one.

It may not be exactly like that. in the picture

vizionblind · 11-27-2006, 01:50 AM

look nice

anthonym2006 · 11-27-2006, 01:51 AM

those pictures are actually an idea from some guy at IGN. Not a bad idea, I sure hope Nintendo does this it will save on battery life and i hope the old controllers work.

anthonym2006 · 11-27-2006, 01:54 AM

here is the true wii power station along with other accessories.

VGGEN.com News - Rechargeable Battery (and More) Headed to Wii

ftcmark · 11-27-2006, 02:06 AM

$30 for a charger is an amazing deal, I'm definitely getting it. X360 offers a $100ish option.