This is a big concern for me. I'm not looking forward to plugging in my controller.
Although many are saying the lack of a CPU will help save power, the screen and the radios (not including Bluetooth) are also huge drains on tablet batteries. For example, an iPad doing nothing but idle on the home screen lasts seven hours at max brightness, and twenty(!) at lowest brightness. I'm sure Nintendo's optimized their streaming radio so it's more efficient than regular wifi, but it's still going to be streaming data constantly.
Furthermore, everybody talks about how light the unit is, so it doesn't sound like it has a big battery in there.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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