come on nintendo, how about a wireless nunchuk?

I'm all for third-party accessories, but catering to the 0.01% of the gaming population that needs this seems to be a waste of money.

Its a waste of money to buy anyway. I build my own for $5, and thats only because I went to RadioShack for parts.

1.99 for an LED!?!? WTF is their problem!

For $10 you can buy a genuine sensor bar and $10 on a 12v lantern battery, strip the wires and hook it up to that for almost unlimited battery life.

So... remind me again what's wrong with the sensor bar that comes with the Wii?

@ #1
If the nunchuck were wireless, it wouldn't be a nunchuck now wouldn't it :P

Besides, it'd be a pain to have to worry about another device that now needs batteries and signal to the Wii.

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@ #5
The included sensor bar is wired. It works well for your typical TV setup where everything is up at front (TV, Wii, and sensor bar). With a projector, it and the Wii are are in the back, while the screen is up front. Now you need to loop the sensor bar across the room to the front, likely requiring an extension cable and even no doubt creating a tripping hazard that will be mentioned here on Joystiq someday. Wireless would eliminate those hassles

A wall outlet would also be expensive, the sensor bar runs at 9v, wall outlets (in America) output 120v. To buy a 9v DC Adapter from Radio Shack, you're looking at spending 30 bucks or so.

Radio Shack is of course, way over priced, but you get what I mean.

According to this thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=759093&page=1&pp=30

The official sensor bar runs at 12v.

I have a projector setup, and can't get a wii until I find a sensor bar solution. I agree that there should be a wall wart for the sensor bar. I don't want to be replacing batteries all the time.

Nintendo also removed the digital out on the Gamecube because they claimed something like 0.01% used it. Now how many people are trying to get component or s-video cables for the wii?

@Player1: Who wanted to pay $50 for a cable that needed its own proprietary decoding chip? The digital-out port was a lousy idea.

"The official sensor bar runs at 12v"

I'll buy that. 10 LED at 12 v is 1.2v per led.

@#7, what are you, retarded or something? http://www.itparade.com/exchange/listing.cgi?ID=290711488
That's what I turned up after 10 seconds of Froogling.

"Man, it's crazy to wear a belt -- Joseph A. Banks sells 'em for like 100 bucks! I know they're overpriced, but surely that means all belts everywhere must also be pretty expensive." Seriously, I would be surprised if the wholesale price of a 10V, low-wattage wall-wart AC adapter exceeded $1 US. Almost without question, the single most expensive component would be the socket for the Sensor Bar power cord, which is non-standard and therefore does not benefit as much from economies of scale. Even considering that fact, Nintendo could send an adapter *to your door* for under $10 shipped and still turn a profit. EBGamestop could probably have them on the shelf for $5 and it would be worth their while. I got a $15 USB charging cable for my PocketPC and they threw in an AC-to-USB (5v) adapter *free* because they're so cheap. The only thing holding up a product like the original poster requested is the lack of Sensor Bar sockets, which I expect some Taiwanese outfit to remedy any day now.

Unless you own a projector, I thnk this is a waste of batteries. Cool yes but I won't be getting one any time soon.

I just have to put this out there...

Do you honestly think Nintendo has NO REASON to wire the sensor bar directly into the console?

Do you know what you can do by pulsing the left and right ir led's at different rates?

Has it ever occurred to anyone that they could make a sensor bar that plugs into the wall? I mean, if you make the cord long enough, I'm pretty sure you could place it just about anywhere in the room and not have to worry about plugging anything into the console.

Burnt Meatloaf,

I have the Gamecube component cable, and I know I didn't pay $50 for it.

I just bought the S-Video cable Joystiq alerted me to at Best Buy a couple of days ago. Drastic increase in in detail on Link. And yes, I CONSTANTLY get angry at the sensor bar cable for getting it caught in my feet and moving the bar. Projector, 86 inch.

Does it have a power switch or do I have to take the battery out?

does wiimote only detect IR?
how about a concentrated source of light, like LED pen-light?

anyone tried pasting a couple of infrared magnifying lenses on a TV screen?

If you can use candles, and have a projection screen, why not try using reflective tape set apart the same distance as the LEDs. Wouldn't the light reflected back by the reflective tape work? They could be just tiny dots at the top of the screen near the top edge. You may barely notice them. (I don't have a projector or a Wii to try this)

People apparently keep their Wii's 25 feet or more from their TV's. When will they release one in two parts, one that goes on each side of your TV? No more vertical bias!