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siliconera.com - 4/24/2009

Prototypes Of The Wii Remote, Nunchuk, And Classic Controller

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. April 23, 2009 . 2:06pm Digging through a series of patent documents I discovered alternate design documents for the Wii Remote, Nunchuk, and Classic Controller. The hardware is finalized now, but looking back at what could have been is pretty neat! One early nunchuck design is shaped like a ...

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Early Wiimote Schematics Reveal More Wiimotes [Gaming]
Gizmodo — ... The biggest difference you can spot is the D-Pad. One version had an analog stick instead (what's found in the nunchuk) and one version had a very strange 5-button layout instead of the traditional + design. I'd have liked that analog stick... [Siliconera via ...

What could have been: Nintendo Wii Remote
CrunchGear — ... Nintendo Wii Remote. Not that I’m the type to have gone digging for it, but the Wii has been out since ’06. Well, kudos to Siliconera for doing all the hard work on this one. Other patent images were found for the Classic Controller and Nunchuck, but the Wiimote seemed to have gone through most of the change. Hit the jump for a detailed image of the evolution of the Wii Remote. The other patent images, which aren’t terribly exciting, can be found at Siliconera.

Original Nintendo Wii Remote
Gadget Venue — ... still interesting to dig up patents to see what it could have looked like. Patent images as well as the one shown above include pictures of the Classic Controller and the Nunchuck. These other 2 controllers don’t appear to have gone through as many changes as the Wiimote it’s self has. It’s interesting to see that the Wiimote seemed to first include an analogue stick which was dropped on the following designs. The rest of the images can be found over at Siliconera. Via: CrunchGear ...