The new Sanyo Eneloop charge station for Nintendo Wii is the first Nintendo-licensed recharger to come out for gamers and it can charge your Wiimotes in 220 mins. Its sort of a cool gadget since it uses a contact-free electromagnetic system whereby you can leave the battery in during charging. So there’s no need to pull the batteries out and you don’t have to align it correctly to work. Sounds like a good thing to buy since my Nyko Charge Station goes freaky once a while and it does not charge when I plug in the Wiimote at certain angles. Moving it around solves the problem but that makes me work too hard.

Eneloop charging station complete with a battery pack replacement pack for your Wii remote and a charging base that can support as many as four controllers at once. Remotes charge in a respectable 220 minutes and Eneloop will even charge sequentially so you don’t have to wait an extra couple hours for your next Smash Bros fix. Available for $73 as an import item, but we wouldn’t be surprised if this showed up on our shores for powerless gamers this fall.

UPDATE: Confused about why this is important? The new recharger uses a contact-free electromagnetic system so you don’t need to remove your battery pack. Oh – it’s also the first Nintendo-licensed recharger.

via engadget