Question for M+ Owners

stuey222 · 06-12-2009, 11:56 PM

Do you have to unplug the M+ everytime you switch to a game that doesn't support it?

bradleyd · 06-13-2009, 09:10 AM

I don't think it's necessary to unplug it, but it may be beneficial for battery life to unplug it when it's not needed.

If you boot a game that doesn't use it, I see two possible ways the console deals with it:

1. Since the game doesn't look for the wmp, it's not initialized and doesn't use any power and is basically ignored.

2. It may initialize just from being plugged into the wiimote, but the game is not looking for any data from it anyway, so it's just using power and ignored by the system.

If it's not needed for the game, its probably not a problem, but it may be using power causing shorter battery life.

Skorp · 06-16-2009, 11:33 AM

I've actually been curious about this too. I just plugged my nunchuk into the wiimotion plus and lost winds seemed to play normally. There is a locking mechanism on the back of the motion plus so it doesn't come off while you're playing too. It's rather a pain to take out of the wiimote shell so I'm glad it works that way.

castlezelda · 07-01-2009, 07:17 PM

I don't unplug the m+, i always keep mine locked in.

06-12-2009, 11:56 PM	#1
stuey222 WiiChat Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 21 Friends: 0	Question for M+ Owners Do you have to unplug the M+ everytime you switch to a game that doesn't support it?

06-13-2009, 09:10 AM	#2
bradleyd WiiChat Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 181 Friends: 0 0000-0000-0000-0000	I don't think it's necessary to unplug it, but it may be beneficial for battery life to unplug it when it's not needed. If you boot a game that doesn't use it, I see two possible ways the console deals with it: 1. Since the game doesn't look for the wmp, it's not initialized and doesn't use any power and is basically ignored. 2. It may initialize just from being plugged into the wiimote, but the game is not looking for any data from it anyway, so it's just using power and ignored by the system. If it's not needed for the game, its probably not a problem, but it may be using power causing shorter battery life. Last edited by bradleyd; 06-13-2009 at 12:18 PM.

06-16-2009, 11:33 AM	#3
Skorp WiiChat Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,271 Friends: 5 2652-0001-8231-6800	I've actually been curious about this too. I just plugged my nunchuk into the wiimotion plus and lost winds seemed to play normally. There is a locking mechanism on the back of the motion plus so it doesn't come off while you're playing too. It's rather a pain to take out of the wiimote shell so I'm glad it works that way. __________________

07-01-2009, 07:17 PM	#4
castlezelda WiiChat Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 744 Friends: 23	I don't unplug the m+, i always keep mine locked in. __________________ My animal crossing code is 0689-5140-1153 name: Meown Name: Tyler Mario Kart 1548-1742-6877 Onslaught 1891-7134-7570 wiispeak 2214-4088-1502-3424 Grand Slam Tennis Fox9426 Tiger Woods PGA 10 Fox9426 The Conduit 4340-0253-4574

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