How do I turn off the Wii remote?

[mana fiend]

One guide I read said holding the "Home" button will do it but that hasnt worked for me. The home button is the button in between the - and + right? Kind of burning through batteries right now if I forget to take them out when I'm not playing.

[MayImilae]

You um... press and hold the power button.

[NKF98]

you need to work on your patronising MaJoR

[MayImilae]

Um... How was I supposed to answer that? If it had been someone else, they likely would have torn into the person over the obviousness of it...

[mana fiend]

In my defense, someone gave me this Wii recently and it has always had the rubber cover on it. I moved over to the Wii later to play SMG and when I checked the battery I saw the power icon on the Wii remote on the screen.