Wii Play and Wii Remote/Nunchuck - Please post all availability here.

Silverbird

Hey all - just wanted to say we bought a Wii and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games from Tesco yesterday.

Wii was £179.99
Olympics was £24.71

Hope that helps somebody x

bethsmummy

argos have them

Spikey_2

MikeFishcake wrote: »

You can buy recharging stations as recommended above , but I personally don't have enough room for those in my house, so I have 2 Wii remotes, and six rechargable NiMH* batteries. If you do go down the battery route, it's worth spending a bit more money (i'm really not getting this money saving lark am I?) on batteries with a higher rating because they last longer between charges. I use AA batteries with a rating of "2800mAh" (like the dealxtreme one), but you can get bargain bucket batteries as low as "1200mAh" that won't last anywhere near as long. I could explain about mAh, but I don't really need to.

Basically - Bigger number = better time in between charges.

The reason I have six rechargeables is so that I always have a spare pair if one of the wii remotes runs out of battery. If they both run out at the same time... well, that's tough


* NiMH is Nickel Metal Hydride, which is basically a better technology than the traditional NiCD rechargeable battery

need some links pls ............ thanks

booeyhugh

Spikey wrote: »

need a battery charger and rechargable batteries for the wii...... any help appreciated.

have a look at this ive not got one myself but i most prob invest sometime soon!

http://www.play.com/Games/Wii/4-/3385903/Wii-Remote-Charging-Stand/Product.html

moneypooh

we purchased a wii play (+controller) from gameplay and it came next day.
£29.99 + 0.99 p&p, then I used £5.00 voucher code from my vouchers (code: dt7aquwhf) - and of course I went through Quidco paying with my Cap1 4% card - wicked!!!!!!!!!! It even validated as £29.99!!:T

15 Mar 2008 14:55:27 Gameplay 29.99 3.30 validated ~ Jun 2008

Jummy

We picked up Wii Play from Letchworth (Herts) Sainsburys last night for £34.97.

clare2007

In comet the nunchuck is £14.99

Caterina

Is this the same as Wii zapper? I need to get one for a friend but know nothing about Wii. Thank you for help.

Caterina

gjchester

Caterina wrote: »

Is this the same as Wii zapper? I need to get one for a friend but know nothing about Wii. Thank you for help.

Caterina

No

The Zapper is a plastic thingamajig that hold the remote and nunchuck to make them into a gun.

You have 4 Official Wii Controllers and numerous add ons. Rough guide prices in brackets generally will be cheaper online than in stores, None are region locked the Wii IS region Locked but any region controller can be used on it.

Controller one is the WiiMote, the main bit of the controller. Motion sensative and connects to the Wii by Bluetooth. (£30, or £35 if you buy the WiiPlay remote and game bundle)

Controller 2 is the nunchuck, that plugs into the Wiimote, and gives you an extra control stick and 2 more fire buttons. Again motion sensative so you can have two different motion sensative devices so you use them indepenadantly (like in the Wii Sports boxing) (£15)

Controller 3 is the Classic Controller, Plugs into the Wiimote and gives you a more traditional joypad, to use. Usually used on downloaded games. (£15)

Controller 4 is the soon to be released balance board, in Wii Fit. Uses bluetooth to taklk to the Wii and weight sensative, has four pressure sensors on it so i can detect body lean / movement. (£70 but is bundled with WiiFit game)

Official Add on's

Gamecube controllers can be pluged in to play gamecube games, nothing yet can use the gamecube controllers on a Wii game (I think this changes with Mario Kart, but not sure) (£5 upwards)

Wii Zapper, Plastic housing that hold the Wiimote and the Zapper to make them into a gun style remote. Whislt a simple bit of plastic it doesn't work with all shooting games as it need to have the trigger as the B button (under the wiimote) and most games use the A button on the top. Comes bundled with Links Crossbow training in the UK, a mini game like Wii Sports so you have something to play with is. (£20)

Non Official Addons.

Lots of plastic moldings to make the Wiimote into a golf club, tennis racket, etc. Usually nothing more than a remote holder.

There are gun type holders and they are OK, some to give a piston type grip others just plain copies of the Zapper. May work on Wii Zapper compatable games but depends how the joystick on the nunchuck is used,

Tinkerbell21_2

Today I have ordered wii play + remote from zavvi for £30 + free delivery. The website did say dispatch within 24hrs but I have now received email advising that it is on back order. Hopefully it doesn't take too long!