Does the Wiimote battery drain any time the blue light is on?

[Oops! I did it again.]

Such as, if you're not currently playing but have the console on, is the Wiimote's battery automatically draining as much as it was if I were playing? If so, is there any sort of battery-save feature I'm missing so we can have a game on pause for a while without the battery draining?

I haven't found any answers to this in my instruction guide hunting, but perhaps y'all know.

 

[botticus]

Sure, it's using the battery, but it only has about 5 minutes of idle before it shuts off.

 

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Thankyamuch. Never let it sit that long before thinking OMG that battery is draining!

Eases my mind, I appreciate it.

 

[fldash]

Disable the rumble to make your batteries last worlds longer. Hit the 'Home' button on the remote, and click controller settings.

 

[botticus]

No way dude, the rumble is great.

 

[fldash]

I'm just saying, if you want to save your batteries.