Rumour: This is Wii U's Controller Charging Dock

Looks pretty good, as long as it last a good while between charges i'll be happy

Lookes nice. The 3DS had a charge cradle, so it's not impossible they are doing similair with the Wii U.

I think it's pretty much certain the Wii U is going to have a wee charge cradle like this.

It makes sense in so many ways and now with this image it's pretty much set in stone imo.

I wonder how long the battery life is on the Wii U's controller? Hopefully this thing won't take too long to charge either.

Those bumps that are horizontal aren't the contact points,they're there so that the pad will fit in the dock, otherwise the pad would be too likely to fall of from it.
Those vertical lines are the contact points that'll come out when that big thing in the middle is pressed down.

At least that's how I see it.

Now make it compatible with wiimotes too.

@Onett As long as you can charge while you play, i don't think battery life is a problem.

@tat2 Did not see those lines there! Excellent spot

@NintyFan I can guarantee you pre-E3 rumours are just getting started

Sounds good. This has not effected my decision to buy it.

@MrHayes77 Why on earth would this even have the possibility of affecting your choice of purchase?

Nice. I hope it's like with the 3DS cradle where you can choose to charge the batteries by either cord or cradle.

These images show off the bottom of the controller a bit better so you get a clearer picture of the contact points etc:

http://computershopper.com/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/ces-2012/photo-tour-nintendo-wii-u/nintendo-wii-u-controller-bottom-edge/977807-1-eng-US/nintendo-wii-u-controller-bottom-edge_slideshow_main.jpg

http://computershopper.com/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/ces-2012/photo-tour-nintendo-wii-u/nintendo-wii-u-controller-underside/977795-1-eng-US/nintendo-wii-u-controller-underside_slideshow_main.jpg

Note: I can't remember how to post them as actual images.

@Xilef

True. I'm pretty sure when I have friends over, we won't be fighting over the dock.

I'm expecting something like this... I'm hoping it'll be like the 3DS and you can either use the cradle or cord, depending on how you want to charge it.

If I remember right, the charging port is on top next to the stylus. Could have both options.

I wonder if they'll do a cable as well, that way we can play and keep it charged.

2 hours battery life, 8 hours charging. Just like my 3DS

I would really like it if I can charge it and play games at the same time ... similar to what Sony has done with their Dual shock 3.

Well I've been promoting using the Upad as a digital clock/digital photo frame for about 10 months now so this works for me

They still need a cord option like the 3DS has (and we use b/c the base doesn't work w/ the way cool Zelda and Mario hard covers) so you can charge it while you play.

I really hope this comes w/ a power cord and not a USB port as cords charge much faster than USB. Plus I don't want a cord dangling out from behind my WiiU near the tv, I'ld much rather have this cradle on the end table next to where I sit on the couch. The more I think about it the less sense it makes to have this connected to the WiU, in fact it makes no sense at all.

Looks legit to me.

I could see a cradle like this happening. It could even be used as a pedestal of sorts to hold the remote upright while you watch video streaming on it, which would go perfectly with the whole "one person can watch TV while another uses the Wii U remote" idea. If it's sturdy enough, it might even have use as an easel. Even so, I hope there's a cord option as well. I'd prefer to be able to charge while playing like PS3 remotes do.

It woulde be great if this controller could show messages and notifications while Wii U is in stanby mode. It would be great too if it could be used in a similar way as an alarm clock while the console sleeps and it's at the dock. The alarm clock software could be something similar to Mario clock on DSiWare.

I can just imagine all the AA batteries that thing could take.

ugh... all I need is another device with a rechargable battery...

@Chrono_Cross

It could never be as bad as the Turbo Grafix 16 Express.

I used the 3DS charging cradle faithfilly for the first few weeks, then I just used the the cord by itself and haven't gone back.

Looks like it's made to double as a stand. Makes sense if games will use Wii remotes to point at the Wii U tablet.

@Kirk Thanks! That's totally legit. Those raised pieces of metal go into those 2 grooves to hold the remote up. It looks completely legit. It's a good fake if its not.

well more and more rumors cometh. e3 is only a month away now. so things will heat up more and more. im betting that the new cod will be coming to wii u, also they may be a name change, and a couple of other games will be coming to wii u that no one would have ever think of.

Nice,no more buying batteries
@Nintendoro O_O Seriously?!

They'll need a cable too, for actually PLAYING while you charge the console!!!

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I thought it said charging duck...

But will it have a blue light!?

I'd rather have a cable like the PS3 so I can play games while it's charging. :/

Looks okay to me.

At least is better than spending on batteries.

Will the Wii U have a stand like the Wii does? Because having the console in the stand and the controller in the cradle side by side would look awesome.

I have to say. I think it's a smart and interesting move for Nintendo to provide a charging cradle for the Wii U tablet controller like they did with the 3DS. That along with the fact of knowing that the tablet controller will come with a rechargable battery makes me extremely happy. No more having to exchange AA batteries just to have access to my controller anymore is good idea to me anyday.

@MetroidMasher17
Looking at the actual console it seems like it won't be able to be turned on it's side or like a stand would be included. They could have changed this though, so we'll see at E3.

I want one as well. I agree that it would look really nice.

Ha ha, the first thing that came to my mind after seeing this was the Nyko Powerpak+. Now I'm picturing my Wii U controller with one of those attached to it, which will probably happen shortly after the release of the Wii U.

I hope the usb plugs in to anywhere usb power, because it would be totally useless to me as a charging dock if it required plugging into the console. That'd be like here is a wireless controller with the same restraints as a corded one. I love the docking stations for most the game consoles for the reason I can plug them into my couch surge protector that is mounted into my couch and have them resting on the coffee table and have a place to store the controllers where they have a home and look nice a simple throw rug covers the wires that go from table to couch. I have a usb port on the surge protector, so as long as it doesn't specifically look for console software I won't care, but that would ruin it if they made it reliant on console I'll have to buy aftermarket made by someone other than Nintendo if they do that.