Wii Outside with Solar-Powered Game Station

To combat the whole “least energy efficient” label it’s recently been slapped with, Tom’s Hardware Guide has tricked out the Nintendo Wii with an enviro-friendly solar sucker.

Of course, for solar-powered anythings to be effective, they need to get some sun. The simple solution then is to just throw this bad boy on wheels.

There’s a pretty picture of it to the right, which you can click to enlarge if you just can’t quite get a close enough look at it.

What we have here is essentially some slabs of wood, fused together with intense awesomeness to house a Nintendo Wii, a flatscreen monitor, a battery, and a solar panel (along with various tools of scientific wizardry).  The end result is the… well, they just call it the Solar-Powered Wii.  I would’ve called it something like “The Solar Wii-Roller,” but I guess different people are creative in different ways.

You can head over to Tom’s Games and check out the full story, including a price guide and do-it-yourself instructions.


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  • Kojima Suit Larry

    From a distance it looks like a neon colored grill.

  • Bruce Almighty

    Great idea!!! With the Wii shortage and all, the first thing I want to do is drag mine out into the open and make it more accessible to the thieves that want to steal it. Sign me up!

  • SeasonedSalt

    The Wii is only good when you play it in your underwear, and I don’t generally do that outside. And seriously, why make it easier to run off with?

  • Tomonoatmeal Cookigaki

    The Wii does not have Ninja Gaiden, so Cookigaki does not approve!

  • http://www.mygamemug.com Frocer

    I hope the screen has some serious anti-glare coating on it :P

    That’s funny and ironic, in order to play, you need the sun. But with the sun, you can’t even see the screen.