Nintendo now selling 'high-capacity' Wii U GamePad battery

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The Wii U GamePad's wireless nature is kind of a figure of speech, what with how often its out-of-the-box battery life requires a charge. Nintendo's high-capacity GamePad battery has jumped shores to offer a solution to the annoyance, as long as you're willing to pay $32 for it.

The product listing states the new battery pack "offers up to 8 hours of use," which it compares to the existing GamePad battery's "3-5 hours." Users will need just a screwdriver to install it before they get back to hosting parties with Super Mario 3D World and discovering nightmare-worthy creatures in Pikmin 3.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/21/nintendo-now-selling-high-capcity-wii-u-gamepad-battery/

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MortarPosted:

This is rather terrible that instead of making the stock battery pack for the Wii U gamepad like this "high capacity" battery, they make it cheaply to save money and then think to try and get more money with this new battery. I would hardly call it high capacity if it only lasts up to eight hours.

PensPosted:

I don't have a wii u. But I can see why these are selling well

-Excite-Posted:

Luxe
-Sloth I wouldn't mind paying as don't last too long!


Me too. Could be really helpful


I would play them as well.

-Excite-Posted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Ice-Coolz
Australians
Craigyy
Ice-Coolz yep this is good idea as hand held devices run out to fast.


They do, which deems them pointless in my mind.


Especially Xbox controllers, I need to use rechargeable batteries, they are life savers.


Ice-Coolz Oh wow they are annoying especially if your talking through a mic aswell.




I've never used wireless mics before, but a few times when my controller was dying, people would say my mic quality would just turn terrible, now whenever my controller's battery life gets to 2 bars, I switch out the batteries.


Same happens to my mic as well

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Ice-Coolz
Australians
Craigyy
Ice-Coolz yep this is good idea as hand held devices run out to fast.


They do, which deems them pointless in my mind.


Especially Xbox controllers, I need to use rechargeable batteries, they are life savers.


Ice-Coolz Oh wow they are annoying especially if your talking through a mic aswell.



I've never used wireless mics before, but a few times when my controller was dying, people would say my mic quality would just turn terrible, now whenever my controller's battery life gets to 2 bars, I switch out the batteries.

-Excite-Posted:

Australians
Craigyy
Ice-Coolz yep this is good idea as hand held devices run out to fast.


They do, which deems them pointless in my mind.


Especially Xbox controllers, I need to use rechargeable batteries, they are life savers.


Oh wow they are annoying especially if your talking through a mic aswell.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Australians
Craigyy
Ice-Coolz yep this is good idea as hand held devices run out to fast.


They do, which deems them pointless in my mind.


Especially Xbox controllers, I need to use rechargeable batteries, they are life savers.


Rechargeable batteries and battery packs was just something I needed. I would run out of batteries so quickly and once I got rechargeable for the Xbox, I was just at ease not having to stress out looking for batteries or having to go buy batteries.

Beans_Posted:

I wouldn't mind paying as don't last too long!

AustraliansPosted:

Craigyy
Ice-Coolz yep this is good idea as hand held devices run out to fast.


They do, which deems them pointless in my mind.


Especially Xbox controllers, I need to use rechargeable batteries, they are life savers.

AustraliansPosted:

Fozy Mine hasnt ran out once. That is odd. I got mine 1 year ago to


Maybe you just dont use it that much?


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