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Has anyone in the portable Wii space looked at powering one with a USB PD power bank? It would be really nice to just hook up a USB power bank, maybe something like this, which could power a disc drive-less Wii for a few hours, rather than dealing with batteries inside the Wii itself.

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At least the Wii U can just be powered using a 15V PD trigger. The maximum current requirement of 5A isn't met, but works just fine. Since the Wii needs 12V I would add a DC-DC converter but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work.

Just a small clarification: The maximum 5A of the original power adapter can't be met, but without a disc drive a Wii pulls about 15-20 watts, then add in a screen and that's maybe another 5 watts, well within the 3A (45W) a power bank can provide.

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