Honestly I was extremely excited to have colored controllers, but I have never experienced controllers that have connection issues like these. These controllers will not work unless bringing up the wii menu (with another controller) and clicking reconnect, along with that half of the time they will not connect, you spend about 3 minutes trying to connect them. The worst part is, they do not stay connected if you insert or eject a disc, especially if it is a new game. Also, the moment the controllers sleep you know you have to go threw that whole process of the wii menu again. For the price of these controllers, I wouldnt recommend. I own an original Wii Motion Plus controller that I have never experienced issues with. It can be disconnected for a week and you can click the A button and it wakes up and is immediately connected and functional.