Report: The 3DS Circle Pad Boasts Insane Battery Life

27 responses to “Report: The 3DS Circle Pad Boasts Insane Battery Life”

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   Teamrangrang

   December 9, 2011 at 6:29 pm

   This would have been infinitely more awesome if it transformed into a cat when it wasn’t being used.

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   1. 

      MikeZdoesit

      December 9, 2011 at 8:44 pm

      Or some kind of Robo-Spanish turnip

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   Nate

   December 9, 2011 at 6:48 pm

   Probs just a typo. 48 hours seems more accurate.

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      James

      December 9, 2011 at 9:13 pm

      It isn’t doing much more than a television remote control, and they manage to last significantly longer than 2 days. So it doesn’t seem that unbelievable.

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         Alinos

         December 10, 2011 at 12:52 am

         Exactly. It’s a single battery that is doing nothing more than maintaining an charge for the nub to work with the 3DS

         Much in the same way a small battery clock can last month’s.

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3. 

   Astrogirl

   December 9, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   AA batteries? What decade is it again?

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   1. 

      mattroe

      December 9, 2011 at 8:17 pm

      2011? The year when most things still run on AA batteries?

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         Steve

         December 9, 2011 at 9:11 pm

         No. Just about everything runs on rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries. The last portable I recall having to run on AAs was the GBA. We should be above this by now.

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            BRIK

            December 9, 2011 at 9:24 pm

            I remember a lot of MP3 players ran off AAA’s around mid last decade, that’s the last thing I can remember running of batteries.

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               Piat

               December 9, 2011 at 10:11 pm

               Cheap cameras, cheap portable iPod docks, portable DIGITAL radios, wiimotes, xbox controllers, remotes etc etc plenty still runs on AA, dont act ignorant to try and be funny

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               Thom

               December 10, 2011 at 6:26 pm

               Most of those products have lithium attachments. Seriously, why does it use AA batteries. I can’t remember the last time I used them.

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            Braaains

            December 10, 2011 at 12:34 am

            We should be above consoles being released with only 1 analogue control, too, but there you go 😛

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            Jacka

            December 10, 2011 at 1:32 am

            So you think Nintendo are going to make you charge it?… They could easily have put one in, but look at the consequences of it, even the Nintendo fanboys would be complaining

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         4. 

            Weresmurf

            December 10, 2011 at 7:34 am

            So BUY a rechargeable lithium ion AA battery? It’s really not that complicated…

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   2. 

      otoha

      December 10, 2011 at 10:03 pm

      Adding a built in battery would have tripled the price of the thing, would you rather pay $60~ for it or $20?

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   AkIRA

   December 9, 2011 at 7:53 pm

   It’s two buttons and a fucking analogue stick. Lets not lose our shit too quickly, it should last 480 hours. here is an even better idea, it should be ON the bloody system.

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   1. 

      Bangers

      December 9, 2011 at 8:23 pm

      Correct, and if it uses so little power then why does it need a battery at all? Couldn’t it draw power from the 3DS?

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   2. 

      MrTaco

      December 10, 2011 at 3:15 am

      It’s also an IR transmitter.

      Personally, I wish they added a rumble feature to it. So disappointed there’s not one in the 3DS already. Also imo they should have packed an extra battery in there and just made it attach to the 3DS like that Nyko battery pack. Oh well.

      But yeah, as for drawing power from the DS – it’s got nowhere for it to do that. The only free port on top is the power port, and I don’t think that does output.

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   piCky

   December 9, 2011 at 9:01 pm

   pretty sure this was covered off a while back, the 3ds doesnt have a port for power out apparently…

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6. 

   bigkid

   December 9, 2011 at 9:10 pm

   480 for this pad to work, but when 3DS batteries runs out, the game will still stop. Just like a TV remote, the battery life is very good too, but when there is a black out, you still can’t watch TV

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      N0NEoftheAB0VE

      December 9, 2011 at 10:16 pm

      Also I imagine it’s difficult to stick the 3DS in it’s dock (which I love BTW) with this beast attached.

      I’m in two minds about the Circle Pad Pro – a) they should have designed the system with 2 sticks from the get go and 2) the accelerometer or whatever it is already works pretty well as an aiming device (I’m thinking the lookout sections in Mario 3D) they could just use that feature.

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         Thom

         December 10, 2011 at 6:28 pm

         I don’t like the acceleromator solution as it makes playing games on public transport really hard.

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7. 

   Jake

   December 9, 2011 at 10:19 pm

   Why does it even need batteries?

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8. 

   mchaza

   December 9, 2011 at 10:24 pm

   480 hours sounds extreme: it either:

   4.8 hours

   480 minutes

   480 hours on standby

   I doubt the 480 hours of battery life when playing.

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   AkIRA

   December 9, 2011 at 11:53 pm

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10. 

    Riavan

    December 10, 2011 at 12:14 am

    I’m not buying a 3ds till the redesign, even if Monster hunter with proper non-local multiplayer comes out.

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11. 

    Random

    December 10, 2011 at 12:43 am

    @Riavan If only MH3G was even announced for the 3DS in Australua, I would run out and get myself a 3DS!

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