Wii U GamePad has 3-5 hour battery life

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  I hope they have decent battery tech. If it's anything like my last netbook, it'll be down to 1-3 hours ... : ThomW
  • if it's li-ion, that max capacity will drop by ~20% per year, so that sucks. maybe it'll come with re... : Mr.SEX
• Hey, that's still longer than the 3DS! : Memphis-Ahn
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  So half the time it'll be a wired controller... except you're wired to your wall. : EnhancedInterrogator
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    hopefully they can come up with a way to wire to the console : homeboyJim
    • yeah, I'm sure they will. That's actually more likely than a wall charger. First post was dumb. : EnhancedInterrogator
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    Half the time? You planning on playing for 6-10 hours in a row? : Zek
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      Are you a gamer? Have you ever spent a saturday playing through a game? Why is spending 6-10 hours play... : deathofrats
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        If you take any sort of break like a healthy human being then you can charge the controller. That's too l... : Zek
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          did you miss the part where it takes 2.5 hours to charge the controller? : deathofrats
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            Perhaps you missed the part about the AC adapter you can plug into a wall and continue playing? I mean t... : Goto10
            • i did miss that part. That changes my argument. I am ok with that sort of charger. : deathofrats
    • On a rainy day with lots of pot, yeah. Anyway, I'm one of those crazy people who likes to unplug their... : EnhancedInterrogator
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  lol, no wonder they will allow you to buy two, you'll need it to enjoy a day's worth of playing a game. : deathofrats
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    or you can play it plugged in. : aethyr
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      I don't know about you, but I keep my consoles by the TV. If it's anything like the PS3 cords, they won'... : deathofrats
      • Plus side to the PS3 is that they are USB so I plug them into my laptop to charge while playing. I doubt ... : Evil Benius
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    You've made about 30 posts shitting on Nintendo today, can't afford one or what? : MoreVespeneGas
    • lol it seems i have a fan. Go ahead and add me to your shackbook if you want to follow my postings. : deathofrats
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      Many things seem like a race to see who can hate on something the quickest for the most trite reasons. I... : Goto10
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        you are right, people shouldn't post messages about their opinions about games on a gaming website forum.... : deathofrats
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          It's not serious business. It's tiring seeing the same people do nothing but complain. It makes you won... : Goto10
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            i do say positive things. do you want an entire website of Valcans and Ruski who say nothing but positiv... : deathofrats
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              You keep trying to go to extremes and not understanding the message. I'm not asking for full on love. I... : Goto10
              • that's the beauty of how shack works. don't like the subthread, start a new subthread. You don't have t... : deathofrats
• wow that is bad, way worse than I expected (I mean you couldn't possibly have predicted it be any lower t... : derelict515
• Wow that's terrible. : TheNiXXeD
• Oh fuck no :( : one random winner
• Suckers : Metasparks
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  To add to this, it takes 2.5 hrs to charge: http://mynintendonews.com/2012/06/05/wii-u-gamepad-takes-2... : cetra00
  • Holy shitballs : pancake humper
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  who is actually planning on buying this thing? : bninja
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    Me, I can't wait! I look forward to trying it and I hope it doesn't suck. : NastyJack
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      So last years games being ported using a gimmicky touch screen, shitty battery life, and no flagship titl... : jingletard
      • I have no idea if the touch screen will be gimmicky. It could be totally awesome. I also have no idea wha... : NastyJack
    • you can try it without dropping a couple hundred for the opportunity : RikiTiki2
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    I'm leaning towards the buy column, especially if Pikmin 3 is a launch game.

    Jun 05, 2012 3:01pm PDT
    I'm leaning towards the buy column, especially if Pikmin 3 is a launch game. : EnhancedInterrogator
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    I suspect I eventually will, but they pretty much lost a sale for 2012. It's almost a worse launch lineup... : K1Bond007
    • As much as I love Nintendo's franchises, the problem with both Pikmin 3 and NSMBU is that they don't seem... : gzubluck
  • Buying it first day for Mario alone. Some of the other games look interesting also. Not NintendoLand. ... : Goto10
  • i've gotten every major console/handheld since the n64 and i haven't been disappointed yet : JINKY
  • I will, though I'm far from convinced that Nintendo will pull the 3rd party support they need. But I have... : Conan
  • I probably will, mainly because it's a new console. : PointlesS76
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    First Nintendo property I have no interest in whatsoever. I'm sure I'll have one at some point, but I'm s... : Entity
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      I can't believe that's what they are banking on to be the Wii Sports for the WiiU in terms of impact or w... : Goto10
      • This is a mis-reply and I can't even find what I meant to reply to. I'll just go for my 6 mile walk now. : Goto10
  • Me, it is great. Shame about the battery life though. :/ : Serpico74
  • just saw new pikmin, so me : johnlocks
  • Day-one buy. : David Craddock
• All the more reason to buy a pro controller for when the main one dies. : melkore
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  Have they mentioned if the screen is capacitive or resistive? : pancake humper
  • I don't know, but there are pros to both methods. I've heard that resistive screens are more precise. ... : EnhancedInterrogator
• Oh for fuck's sake. : filtersweep
• It's just like a game gear! : MOOMANiBE
• Is it a built in battery like the PS3? Or removable like the X360? 3-5 hours seems really short. : Mmmmmoo