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Nintendo “Cheaps Out” on Wii U Controller Battery

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Disappointed gamers have been complaining bitterly that Nintendo has even “cheaped out” on the Wii U’s controller battery, after learning of its “paltry” 1500mAh battery and the rather suspect large empty space around it.

This time around, Japanese gamers were moaning about the inadequate nature of the controller battery:

“What the hell! This is less than the 3DS LL!”

“This is worse than anyone imagined!”

“Arrrgh!”

“They totally cheaped out here.”

“What’s up with that huge unnatural space in there…”

“They are going to sell a high capacity battery pack separately I guess.”

“And you lot kept complaining about how heavy it was – and yet this is how it turns out.”

“Obviously that huge space is for a battery pack, sold separately of course. That’s why it only gets a 3 hour one!”

“God, this is a trashy spec!”

“That space!”

“Oh come on…”

“Worse than the Vita?”

“Perhaps they just originally intended to give us a huge battery but changed it?”

“There is obviously something supposed to go in that big space.”

“What a godly space. This is Nintendo hardware quality alright.”

“Expect a fat battery pack soon…”

After a post-release dissection, the console was also revealed to have a fairly miserly 2GB of RAM:

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Doubts about the main console’s computing power continue to be raised, with most putting it at “similar to” the current PS3 or Xbox 360 despite the intervening half decade since their releases, though for some reason Nintendo has been less than forthcoming with details of its specs – not that most mainstream buyers will care.

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