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Ever had to fumble with your Wii remote to sync it up to the console unit? The Wii U may remedy that age old problem.

Despite the tech being the same in the Wii Remote Plus and the new Wii U remotes, the packaging will differ on the outside. One other change as found by Nintendo Connect is the sync button being on the outside, instead of being wedged beside the batteries.

The Wii U console itself will also have its sync button exposed on the front for easy communication between man and beast, or rather Wii Remote and console. Convenient, eh?

A useful change? Do you have to sync your controllers regularly?

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Flynnie on 24.10.2012 at 21:24#1

It should have been there in the first place. I bought my 360 and Wii weeks within each other i just remember how much more useful it was to have it on the outside.

Good to see Nintendo are changing it though.

Canyarion on 24.10.2012 at 21:56#2

I think I needed to sync Wiimotes perhaps 3 or 4 times in my life. If you have friends visiting and bringing their own controllers, you can simply soft-sync.

Flynnie on 24.10.2012 at 22:16#3

Canyarion said:
I think I needed to sync Wiimotes perhaps 3 or 4 times in my life. If you have friends visiting and bringing their own controllers, you can simply soft-sync.

I didn't know that you could do that! http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/ht_system.jsp?menu=wiiremote&submenu=rvl-ht-sys-remote-sync-one-time

Cheesing it up on 24.10.2012 at 23:08#4

You know what solved the problem even better?
Wires.
Just sayin'. Smilie

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Vorash Kadan on 25.10.2012 at 00:20#5

I'll be getting a black, blue & tangerine one!! Smilie

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RudyC3 on 25.10.2012 at 09:41#6

Never had to re-sync my Wiimotes personally, other than in the case of having to use them with a different console.

However, since now some might want to use their same Wiimotes both on Wii U and on their old Wii still, I guess having the resync button on the outside is going to be more convenient...

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Canyarion on 25.10.2012 at 23:05#7

Flynnie said:
Canyarion said:
I think I needed to sync Wiimotes perhaps 3 or 4 times in my life. If you have friends visiting and bringing their own controllers, you can simply soft-sync.
I didn't know that you could do that! http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/ht_system.jsp?menu=wiiremote&submenu=rvl-ht-sys-remote-sync-one-time

It's a great option for when you have friends over.
This is why your (turned off) Wiimote starts blinking like crazy when you press 1+2 at the same time. It's trying to find the Wii to sync with.