Wii portable sees release

We've seen some sweet Nintendo Wii mods in the past few months, from the functional to the fancy, but one thing we never thought we'd see would be a commercially rolled out portable version of the Wii, mainly because the idea seems a bit ludicrous.

Built by Japanese company, Century, the Wii Portable is a seven-inch LCD screen with an incorporated infra-red sensor bar which is designed to be hooked up to a Wii and, well...portablised.

Gizmodo reckons that the retail price isn't too bad at around 14,800 Yen, though we think the whole thing is a bit bizzare to justify spending $119, or £70, on.

Really, a motion sensitive console can't realisitically be played on a seven-inch screen and in our experience users need to be a few feet away from the IR bar in order to get any reasonable response via the Wiimote.

Of course, the idea of playing Warioware Inc. on the go is a intriguing to say the least, if only because it offers the chance to 'accidentally' wound passers by when when wielding the Wiimote in Samurai position.

Reckon the idea is a a load of baloney, or is it the best thing you've seen all week? If you got one, where would you use and why? Answers to the forums!