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Nyko's wireless Wii nunchuk wins CNET's CES gaming award

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jan 11th 2008 11:00PM

Nyko's wireless nunchuk peripheral was awarded CNET's best in gaming at CES this year. The wireless nunchuk "connects" through a dongle attached to the bottom of the Wiimote (seen above) and runs off two AAA batteries which allegedly provide 30 hours of use; the cost is $30 and should be out by late January or early February.

Nyko actually introduced many new peripherals at this year's CES. Coincidentally this would be the second year in a row that Nyko introduced a relatively useful product for the Wii, last year they came through with the Wiimote charge station which we're told has sold very well. Of course, not every Nyko product has to be reasonable, the Wii Party station is still one of the most atrociously awesome things we saw in the past year.

Nyko CES '08 Peripherals

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Tags: best-of, ces, cnet, nyko, Wii, wireless, wireless-nunchuk

Reader Comments (29)

Best would be an official rechargeable battery kit from Nintendo.

In fact... I'm waiting for Nintendo to release a recharge kit, ala 360... and for a Nintendo wireless nunchuck.

rechargables from like enigizer and such are much better than any of the battery packs for either 360 or wii 1st or 3rd party they all have a low Mah rating, my enigizer 2500 MaH batteries last much longer and charge in only 15 minutes

Do they make rechargeable AAA's?

They're AAs.

Note that Nintendo's manual says EXPLICITLY NOT to use rechargeables in the Wiimote. This despite the fact that they chew down batteries quickly.

It's ridiculous Greenpeace gave N kudos for a console that chews controller batteries and N tells you not to use rechargeables, plus it uses 10X as much power when off as other consoles.

I think so; I have seen rechargeable AA and AAA in hobby stores. In fact I have seen rechargeable D batteries.

I rather get the official product because rechargeable batteries (depending of the manufacturer) are expensive, more useful but expensive.

I was referring to the nunchuck: "runs off two AAA batteries"

Yes. I see. There are rechargeable AAAs in this world. They have about 1/3rd of the capacity of a AA, but for many purposes they last plenty long enough.

thats bullshit, the recharbles last much longer than non recharbles and much longer than recharble packs currently available for the wii and i been usin them over a year with no problems,

yes they do make recharble AAA's and you dont have to go to a hobby shop places like CVS and supermarkets usually have them, were AA's are at 2500 MaH AAA'a are at 900 MaH

Yea, I have set of 4 energizer rechargeable AAA's for remotes and what not.. they work great. Ne who Nintendo needs to get with the times and make ALL of the stuff wireless and jump into the HD game..

Nyko already made a better charging kit, so why would they spend the time developing and producing when the third parties are doing the work for you?

It is comforting to see that in some respects, after market video game equipment CAN outperform OEM parts. It's a start anyway.

How the industry has gone on for so long with such a piss poor after market without someone seeing a huge opportunity to step in and produce quality accessories is odd.

The Nyko kit doesn't drop it well every time and the version I've used at least doesn't work with the Wiimote condom.

So yeah, I think there's room for a better charge kit.

I can't believe this thing won an award. I can't really see how a cordless nunchuk is an improvement over the regular one. More batteries and just to to remove a cord that wasn't a problem anyway?

The cord is a problem. It gets in the way. When you are sitting down it rests on your lap. The only reason nintendo didn't pack a wireless nunchuk with the Wii is to keep the price point as low and gain as much of a price advantage as possible.

The Wii glove was implemented after the Charger Kit was. I would expect a hardware revision this year. Also...you actually use the glove? Everyone I've encountered finds it uncomfortable.

True. I'm playing Galaxy right now and my lap is in deep trouble because it has a cord draped across from it. I may never walk again, I think the weight of the cord is blocking my femoral artery.

Not deep trouble. But uncomfortable. Unless you like wires constantly draped across your lap. Different strokes for different folks...

It sits in your lap? Oh noes, the horror!

I remember the subtle pain of a childhood spent with Nintendo cords draped across my young, lithe legs. It's why I'm incapable of holding down a long-term relationship.

Gets in the way of what? What exactly are you doing in your lap when you're playing?

... Do I really want an answer?

Wow I guess I'm the only one in the entire world who constantly fiddled with the cord so that it wouldn't be touching any part of my lap or leg. OCD?

I realize that Dragon Blade wasn't exactly the greatest game, but God...whipping yourself in the face while you're swinging the sword just isn't fun. Yes, I realize that you can just waggle the Wii Remote, but that's just lame...and it's difficult to time combos that way. I'll be picking a couple of these up.

That 360 charger looks badass!! Hope it comes in black too......

i kinda like the wii guitar, but i'd rather have an official les paul

Why would a company that makes a charge station, because they saw people were annoyed by having to change the batteries in their wiimotes so much, make a wireless nunchuk that NEEDS BATTERIES???

Why isn't it rechargeable? Preferably with an addon sation that clips onto the original charge station?

So that they can sell you the rechargable version later.

Wonder how much Nyko paid for this award.

Assuming that everything given out by CNET is given out on the basis of ad revenue...

The fret buttons on that GH3 controller don't look very good at all.

I like that Telecaster-style controller. Since they don't seem to think people want to buy extra controllers, I might buy one.

I can't help but wonder how much the "win" by Nyko set them back. I just hope whatever the cost is its not passed to the customer.

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