Energy Saving Gift Idea For Wii-ers

With wired controllers for video game systems being a thing of the past, new wireless controllers use are using batteries to keep gamers gaming. I wouldn't call myself a "gamer", but I am a person who plays video games (my favorite being the Pikmin series for Nintendo Gamecube - besides Arkanoid). When we first got our Wii about a year and a half ago, we quickly realized we needed to do something about the wiimotes draining our batteries surprisingly fast.

So, we picked up a Wii remote charger at the local Game Stop. We chose the Nyko Wii charger (pictured), they cost about $35 at Game Stop, or you can get them for about $25 at Newegg.com. The downside is you have to take of the wiimote skin to charge it, but we don't use the skins, so it isn't a big deal. We've had ours for a bit over a year, and it still works perfectly.

There are countless other Wii remote chargers out there, Amazon.com has a bunch. Some of them look pretty sketchy, so I woudn't recommend just going for the cheapest one.

We have an Xbox 360 on its way, does anyone have an Xbox controller charger to recommend?