Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #711 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nyko
• Released on: 2007-06-27
• Platform: Nintendo Wii

IGN
Cradle recharges battery packs, makes Wiimotes look spiffy when not in use.' 9.0/10

Manufacturer's Description
Easily charge and store your Wii Remotes with Nyko's Charge Station for Wii. The Charge Station includes 2 NiMH batteries, exclusively designed for the Wii Remote, each providing up to 25 hours of play time. Each battery is easily recharged by placing the Wii Remote in the charging dock. The charging dock conveniently plugs into any standard wall outlet, allowing for rapid recharging of both batteries in 8 hours. The Charge Station includes 2 custom battery covers with contact pass-through points so you can charge the batteries while they are still in the remote. Each battery cover is also rubberized for superior grip during intense gaming sessions. The Charge Station matches the style of the Wii, and is small enough to fit in any home entertainment center.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent.
I had looked at a number of charge units for the Wii console but decided to hold out till this one was released in the UK. The unit was released in the States prior to UK release and seemed to get mostly excellent reviews (www.amazon.com). Had it up and running now for about a week and is doing a great job. Wii-motes are always charged up and had no problems with them sitting correctly in the unit. If you look at Nyko's website you'll also see that they already have available in the States additional battery packs and compartment covers which means that if you have more than 2 Wii-motes you can buy these converting all your Wii-motes to rechargeable units without having to buy an additional charger, seems good to me ! Hopefully these will become available in the UK......dont see any reason why they shouldn't.

Fantastic
I bought these after reading the last review, as I suspect I was buying a small fortune in batteries. Well worth the money, and looks brilliant. I had a couple of issues getting the remotes in properly (hint: place the remote on the two pegs, then let it drop back onto the pins), but overall it's been an excellent purchase.

Battery pack can't be bought
This is a great product and does exactly what it says - I've had one a year and been very pleased with it - it still works fine, although (on mine) the right hand wiimote has to be positioned a little carefully to ensure it charges. Easy to see and interpret leds to show charging / full. Its well built and feels good quality - as do other Nyko products we have for the Wii.

However, after a year the batteries have died - this is not particularly unexpected, but you CAN NOT buy the replacement battery packs anywhere in Europe and shipping them from the US is $10 for the packs + $30 shipping (~£27) - so unless they have sorted this problem out in 12 months time - expect to bin the entire unit and have to buy a whole new one.

For this reason I would recommend looking at other chargers where you can buy replacement battery packs.

Please - if you know otherwise, tell me where you can buy the battery packs - anywhere in Europe.