Review: Nintendo Wii Fit Rechargeable Battery Pack by Mad Catz
Filed under: Hands On | By: Daniel
Posted on: October 28, 2008 | 6 Comments
The Nintendo Wii had already taken the world by storm before they released the Wii Fit, but after doing so Nintendo expanded on the idea of having fun and getting fit at the same time.
Millions of people around the world are now using the Wii to get Fit and part of this plan also includes the Wii Balance Board. With every gadget they do not always plan everything perfect and the balance board lacks something very important.
If you use Wii Fit everyday, the batteries powering the device will run out fast and this can become a pain, even if the board does have great battery saving features.
Mad Catz are happy to fill this need with the Rechargeable Battery Pack for the balance Board, it’s a little sad that something like this did not come as standard but we are happy to see a company grabbing the opportunity.
It’s a simple device as you can see in the photos; you just remove the Balance Board’s battery cover and replace the normal batteries with the Mad Catz Battery Pack. This will give you around 20 hours of playtime and then you can easily charge via a USB charge cable, which can be connected to the Wii or a PC.
The charge time tends to be lower than 20 hours, but this will depend on what games you play. The device does pay for itself very quickly thanks to the savings you make on replacing batteries. Look to pay around £8 or $20.
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If something was to go wrong with your Balance Board and you’ve been using a rechargeable battery, it voids your warranty.
Nothing will happen but if it ever did, just don’t mention it when you phone Nintendo.
@ Chantal M.
Thanks a lot for this information, I never knew about this!
I have purchased the product above, and it did end up damaging my board. Luckily Nintendo was willing to fix the Balance Board. Nintendo told me they have been experiencing problems with the Rechargeable Battery Pack Designed for Wii Fit™.
DO NOT BUY!
Use regular rechargeable batteries.
i agree
We purchased the Wii Fit Bundle 5 in 1 along with the wii console for Christmas. We inserted the battery pack that came in the bundle and just started having trouble with the balance board. (the steps were off on aerobics and the music wasn’t on beat either) I called the help line and told him we were using the battery pack and he said that it’s not an authorized product and that it would normally void the warranty, but he would fix mine this time. It’s very misleading to purchase the Bundle and not realize that the battery pack is a 3rd party vendor that isn’t approved by Nintendo.
ya it happend to my ant and we called nintendo and they said the battery was not a product of the nintendo compney