Are these remotes the same - Wii?

Fittle

What's the difference between these Wii controllers? I got a 2nd hand wii for my little fella, that came with just one controller and one nunchuck, and want to buy a second of each for him.

Came across these on argos

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9251317/Trail/searchtext%3ENUNCHUCK.htm

The above is 24.99 for both a controller and nunchuck

And this one below is 34.99 for just the remote...

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5683594/Trail/searchtext%3EWII.htm

I'm completely clueless but obviously there is some difference between them?? Anyone help me out here please?

Thanks

RedXIV

The bottom one is an official Nintendo controller, Nintendo themselves manufacture them and therefore they are the optimum equipment for use with the Nintendo Wii.

The above is made by a third party manufacturer and as a result is NOT covered by Nintendo or any warranty issues. In general, any 3rd part equipment sold by someone as big as argos will be grand in 90% of cases but because they aren't the "official" ones, you may have a bit of trouble or they may not perform as expected to a reasonable standard. In saying that, if you are buying that as a SECOND controller, I'd go for it if you expect your son to play mostly by himself. As a spare for occasional use, I'd say it'd do the job fine.

In a nutshell. One is made by nintendo, one isn't but they are both built to do the same thing, you are paying more for nintendo's guarantee of quality only

Hope this helps

Fittle

Ooooooooooooo thanks for that! I'd read the small print and couldn't figure out the difference at all! Now I gettit...thanks again;)

RedXIV

No probs Have a good xmas

Fittle

Me again.

Do the cheaper ones fit in the Wii chargers and the steering wheel thingy etc etc?

RedXIV

yup. they'll have been built to do everything that the official ones can.

If you have any problems with that, let me know, it might not be a big job to sort it out (and i used to work for nintendo )

Fittle

Where would a girl be without Boards:D

Thanks again.

Akrasia

ah but the unofficial controllers always have a 'turbo button'
this makes them way better, even if the turbo button rarely does anything except get in the way and make the game totally unplayable if they are activated