Viper1 said:
sethnintendo said:
hentai_11 said:
sethnintendo said:
I just wanted to talk about the cradle for a sec. I understand it is for charging but I really don't see the damn point in it. I have never used it and I usually just charge while I play. Maybe someday I might use the cradle.
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I really like the cradle. It's ideal if you make multiple short gaming sessions (Playing during TV adverts for instance.) After every session you can put the 3DS in the cradle, so it can reload. Also it feels "tidier" to use the cradle.
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Yet you probably leave the charger plugged into the wall since it is hooked up to the cradle for convenience thus wasting electricity. I'm not trying to argue just throwing out a possible negative. However, you could upgrade to those green multi outlet adapters that you can program to turn off during certain times or one flip of a switch that turns off all electronic equipment. I don't have much room to speak about not wasting electricity...
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The 'vampire' load draw from the charge cradle while not charging the 3DS is neglible (a 100mW at worst). Notice it's not the full size wall brick most battery chargers are. Feel it. Vampire drain is released as heat since there is no load to power. Since it is no warmer than room temperature (assuming you don't live in Siberia), you know its vampire draw is minimal.
You'd draw more unwanted load just by turning on your TV or stereo (overload draw) than you would from having yoru charge cradle plugged (with no 3DS in it) for months.
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Ah dang it! That isn't the response I wanted. I was waiting for a Greenpeace response to show that Nintendo was still bad for the environment.
http://kotaku.com/5549072/greenpeace-still-says-nintendo-is-bad-for-the-environment
