Nintendo's high-capacity Wii U GamePad battery available in US, $32 for 8 hours of playtime

Tired of tethering your Wii U GamePad to a wall socket? You no longer have to: Nintendo has finally made the screen-toting controller's high-capacity battery pack available to US gamers. The 2,550mAh battery first debuted in Japan this summer, promising to boost the device's middling 3-5 hour battery life to almost eight.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo News http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/21/WiiU-Gamepad-battery-US?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589