IGN WiiU unboxing video. Blue game cases, Wash your hands before you use the device!

[justinian]

z101 said:

justinian said:

On the PS3 I have a USB extender cable that allows me to play when the battery is dead... or dying.

If what you say is true and you cannot charge the gamepad from the wii u's USB whilst playing then that is a bad overlook from nintendo.

I think your bad overlook is that you can buy a extender cable for your socket, and these are much cheaper than USB cables.

I was writing my above response when you posted this.

True. I tried that but had a close (and clumsy) call when i got too excited during a game and split my brew over the socket (as mentioned above).

I decided that a USB extender was the safer choice as my younger cousins are just as clumsy as I am and play the console when they are staying over, whilst swallowing soft drinks.