There's two types of Wii owners. The ones like yours truly head to Sam's Club to buy an obscenely large package of AA batteries to support your multiple gaming devices (it usually breaks down to $.30 or so per battery). The rest use some kind of rechargeable solution, and many Wii owners have opted to use a charge base. If you're one of those that happens to own the Psyclone Wii Recharge Station, you may appreciate this heads up.
Wired's Game|Life says that these chargers can actually damage your Wii Remotes if you leave them in too long. It seems that the batteries can overheat as the charger doesn't know when to stop adding "juice" to the batteries. From the product page:
WARNING - Rechargeable batteries left unattended in the recharge unit for an extended period of time may cause the batteries and/or unit to overheat. If the Wii (TM) remote doesn't charge properly or begins to heat up, please stop the charge process and contact our customer service line to prevent further damage. If you feel that your batteries are heating up, please do not use those batteries any more. We are happy to help you and replace your product.
Game|Life also points out that the product's Amazon page is packed with negative comments. A quick check of the first page of reviews showed that every reviewer claims to have lost at least one Wii Remote by using this product.
That 48 pack of AA batteries isn't looking so bad now, huh?
[Thanks, JR]
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10:10 AM on 01.01.2008
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holy crap, my joytech one's actually pretty hot too. thanks for the heads up dtoid (:
5/5 Dolphins!
I thought Nyko was the only one? Well anyway, Nyko seems to be damn good anyway for a third party. The charge station is awesome for what it is though.
Nintendo should come out with an official charger.
or better yet, just made Wiimotes with rechargable batts and came with a plug to charge that bitch up.
Nyko gets a thumbs-up from me. I got that one after the Psyclone charger bricked one of my wiimotes.
BTW, Cheeburga's onto something. Nintendo should've made aftermarket battery packs and chargers like Microsoft did.