IGN have obtained official Wii controller documentation which lays out some of the hardware specifics of the innovative controller. Among the points of itnerest are confirmation of battery life, a rumble feature and the cryptic possiblity of a camera.

The pointer will accept two AA alkaline batteries, which will keep it going for a considerable amount of time. If the precision aim functionality of the pointer is being used in games, the device will run for approximately 30 hours. If only the accelerometer functionality is being utilized, the Wii-mote will operate for 60 hours on two AA batteries.