Nunchuck cable is rubbish

[Dirty Sanchez]

it does seem to be a comprimse in design. Totally wireless should have been the aim, wonder if Nintendo will listen to the feedback and respond?

Also why call it a Nunchuck, that is two staffs connected by a short chain, this is two small controllers connected by a long cable. Nunchuck, GTF, it's a Skipping Rope.

[MiaBocca]

I do find the wire a tad annoying, but I understand why it's there.

I've found the freedom of holding my hands any position I like (within reason) completely enjoyable and comfortable..... If I'm sat on the sofa, I can have my hands by my side playing Zelda, or I can lay down and point the wiimote with one hand and rest my head on the hand with the nunchuck, it's really liberating actually!

[babs]

Could they not have went with RF like the wavebird and 360 then, or does it have similar limits?

Can you imagine the 'fun' of setting it all up for a four player game too?

"Ok, i'll have my nunchuk on channel 1 and my remote on channel 2, steve, you have 3 and 4, englebert you take ....ok who the hell is on 2 and interfering... OK, let's start again...". If you lived next door to someone who had one too, the RF could easily cross-interfere, at least with Bluetooth it's tied to the receiver.

[retrend]

Yeh actually, the freedom from having a bit in each hand is brilliant, why then reduce its greatness by tying them together with a stupid wire.

I dont believe it would have cost that much more to put a little wireless transmitter in the nunchuck, and batteries cost doesnt bother me either, they could have made two nunchucks to buy, a more expensive wireless one, and the cheaper, wired one.

[kernow]

my god , some people will complain about anything

[revlob]

Why isnt the nunchuck wireless It tangles up and is generally quite annoying

I believe the actual reason is because the Bluetooth specification can only handle up to 7 slave devices. So four remotes and four nunchucks simply wouldn't work. It's the same reason the PS3 can only handle up to 7 local players.

The Wiki entry on Bluetooth has more info.

EDIT: Sorry elkatas, didn't fully read your answer, which says the same thing.

[retrend]

I know it seems pretty petty, its not a real whinge, Im not refusing to play my Wii cos of it or ne thing, it just seems to me to be a slightly pointless bit of annoyance that could have easily been avoided.

I mean, theres an interview where Nintendo said they considered making the sensor bar wireless, the internet on it is wireless only, wires are obviously not cool in the world of Nintendo.

[watusi]

The only things that nobs me off about the controllers is why can't you use 2 classic pads and two remotes to play four player bomberman! No reason why it wouldn't work.

[HaHaUK]

A bit annoying when playing WiiBoxing and the wire getting in the way. If it were wireless, it would need batteries, and therefore make the thing a bit heavier and feel less cheap

[elkatas]

The only things that nobs me off about the controllers is why can't you use 2 classic pads and two remotes to play four player bomberman! No reason why it wouldn't work.

It's just a brain fart on NEC's / Hudson's side who wrote PCE emulator.

[retrend]

A bit annoying when playing WiiBoxing and the wire getting in the way. If it were wireless, it would need batteries, and therefore make the thing a bit heavier and feel less cheap

This is also very true, its a lot more satisfying swinging the Wiimote than the nunchuck, all due to the fact that the Wiimote is a bit weightier

[Pirotic]

The wire is annoying, they should of made it wireless. They could easily have added a little socket where you plut the wand in for a second or two in order for it to automatically set its frequency to work with that wand.

[JamesS]

The only things that nobs me off about the controllers is why can't you use 2 classic pads and two remotes to play four player bomberman! No reason why it wouldn't work.

Or even two remotes with Nunchuks. You only need a direction and two buttons, after all.

[vanpeebles]

when i keep hearing about these nintendo nunchunks i always think of the nunchunks you made from toilet chains on the last ninja

[J0e Musashi]

A bit annoying when playing WiiBoxing and the wire getting in the way. If it were wireless, it would need batteries, and therefore make the thing a bit heavier and feel less cheap

I swear you can do that? I'm sure I saw an illustration of it in-game? Perhaps not

*awaits wavechuk too* lol