Wireless Wii nunchuk adapter frees you from cabled bondage
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted May 20th 2008 12:58PM
posted May 20th 2008 12:58PM
posted May 20th 2008 12:58PM
Number of Nintendo Wiis sold in Oct 2009.
Gaming industry numbers in October, 2009 showed the Wii to hold the top sales spot, followed by the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
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Geez, widen the base and add a heater, and it can double as an iron.
looks like a toilet seat from the future!
good luck getting this through airport security.
Looks like a detonator.
Because we know everyone plays Wii in the airport...
@Jordan
I've had my Wii in my carry on two trips in the last 6 weeks. Business trips to the middle of nowhere tend to lead to boring nights, and there's no way I'm leaving that thing in my checked luggage.
Is it really that small?
I have the Nyko wireless Nunchuck adapter and I love it. I can't really say anything about this one yet but I will probably try it.
Nevermind, Wiimote adapter for this thing is Huge!! This thing is a FAIL!
Is it rechargeable? That's what I'm waiting for... The best $15 investment ever was my rechargeable Wiimote packs.
why does everyone say the Z button is hard to use, its in a good spot as far as im concerned.
i know right... it's a fat ass button right under your trigger finger... kinda hard to miss if you ask me.
Another battery eater!!!!
[Begin preppy teenage girl sequence]
ZOMG!
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@jordan
correction
[begin fail sequence]
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It's probably still a good idea to have a safe word.
How hard is it to make a 3rd party nunchuk that's truly wireless and doesn't make your nunchuk look like an iron, cheese grader, toothbrush, jump rope handle, or a wife beater?
...these is one
That's an adapter. I want one with only a nunchuk, a wireless receiver and no wireless to cram into some spot.
GAH! I meant wires to cram into one spot. Not wireless. Stupid me. -_-
No, I mean there IS a third party wireless nunchuck. Click the link in the bloody article
Wario Iron!
actually, I'd settle for an extended, coiled cord. You know, like those newfangled corded telephonication machines.
That way, if your arm span is like Shaq, you can still stretch your arms wide (though I don't know why you'd ever need to), and when you close them up, the cord coils. Don't make the cord flat, though, so it doesn't flip and tangle like the aforementioned cord.
I wouldn't really want a wireless 'chuk. The thing is small enough as it is, and I really don't want to replace MORE batteries.
You know what I'd like to see, even though it's a niche market? A freaking cord adapter! Maybe a Wii-mote to 'cube port adapter, or one of those setups the kiosks in Gamestop use. I mean, the 360 and PS3 both have the option to tether the controller to the console when batteries are low, so why shouldn't the Wii?
Because neither of those consoles involve waving your controller about. Someone would sue when their console was pulled off a shelf or something when they were too dumb to realise that making a big action when tethered was a bad idea.
@Phoenix:
MagSafe perhaps? :)
just a thought...
that's not actually a bad idea... Wii 2 perhaps?
That thing costs as much as the nunchuk. The battery door looks like it came from Kay-Bee's and the mote's receiver is a bit on the large side.
wooiiiiiiw
I actually like this design a lot, but won't be buying it due to the price. My hand has always gotten a little cramped from extended gameplay sessions with the nunchuk, since it's slightly large and the nunchuk is quite small, really.
If it were $10, I'm pretty sure I'd pick one up to try it out...
I'm sorry I was looking for the cable bondage part?
That photo reminds me of a controller from a really old console. I forget the name. Probably came from the late 70's, but my neighbour had one.
first I thought it is an iron! What a strange shape!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kombizz/sets/
I mean serious, why? I don't think that it really needs to be wireless. Sounds like it will just cause more confusion when trying to figure out who is controlling what at the beginning of the game session.
Besides, if is not chained together you can't really call it a Nunchuk anymore. I like Wii Iron. It should come with a free copy of Wii Clean so I can pretend to do house work I should have done in real life.