Wii cooling fan solves a problem you didn't have

While we've played our Wii for hours on end (must...save...Hyrule) without noticing anything really warming up, Chinese outfit Firstsing is showing off this clip-on cooling fan anyway. The USB-powered fan plugs into one of your Wii's USB ports -- blocking the other one, it seems -- and pumps a little more air through the box, just in case that Wii Sports session gets a little too, um, heated. Just the thing to muscle up the Wii like its two hotter, louder next-gen competitors, eh?

[Mic Edwards @ May 8th 2007 7:28AM]

If you live in a cold miserable part of the world, maybe the fan is not for you.

Spare a thought for those of us who live in the tropics.

[BathtubTORNADO @ May 8th 2007 7:40AM]

yeah actually my old wii did have overheating problems, no joke. i had to get nintendo to replace it.

[Dave @ May 8th 2007 7:41AM]

it looks to me like they put a USB port on the front of the fan. Doesn't that make up for the port that the fan is covering.

[NHAnimator @ May 8th 2007 8:09AM]

(Imagined) Necessity is the mother of invention.

[Will @ May 8th 2007 8:23AM]

Actually, I need this. My Wii overheats and the fuse in the power cord shuts down when it gets hot. I'm in a small minority of victims of this problem. I have yet to send my Wii back to Nintendo for repairs but I'm will to try a cooling fan.

Anyone else have this problem? Odd thing is the fact when I run Gamecube games now it doesn't overheat when GC games used to cause the heating problem, too.

[jub @ May 20th 2007 11:51AM]

mine too man, im with u, im playing my fav wii game (zelda) when my wii shoutsdown and the light is off. But i can playing gamecube games 4 ever. Wat's th deal? supersize

[Tony @ Jun 10th 2007 8:53PM]

Yep! My wii was overheating right out of the box.
I have found that the cooling fan was not starting. I gave it a little push with a toothpick and it started right up.

[trainwrecka @ May 8th 2007 9:10AM]

my Wii is always warm - it is on the WiiConnect24 thingy - and when i am playing it, it gets really warm. never overheats though.

[Josh @ May 8th 2007 10:07AM]

I had to take my Wii out of a cabinet because it was getting too hot and images were not displayed properly.

[supermeerkat @ May 8th 2007 10:25AM]

Those wacky chinese! They're always inventing stuff - do they ever sleep?

[nizzle @ May 8th 2007 11:14AM]

nilay, you obviously are not aware of this problem: http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=wii_tech&message.id=33963

[doddkevin @ May 8th 2007 1:38PM]

Those wacky chinese! They're always inventing stuff - do they ever sleep?

Quote of the year!!!

[Mike @ May 8th 2007 2:06PM]

Good point nizzle.

I usually unplug my Wii after shutting it down. However, I should be receiving one of these USB fans any day and will see if it makes a difference.

Cheers!

Mike

[Juaquin @ May 8th 2007 7:46PM]

You're kidding, right? Mine gets really hot, and it's ventilated pretty well. While I don't fear for its safety enough to buy a little fan, they're not exactly frigid machines.