Before the Revolution.
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came up for auction on Yahoo Japan and shed a little more light on the evolution of the Wii Remote. A grey prototype version of the controller plugged into the console directly, as did a large IR bar similar to the one which would eventually ship with the Wii. A familiar looking Nunchuk controller was also included which connected to the remote via a standard ethernet cable, as you can see above, and it seems that it included something missing from the final version - a rumble motor.
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recently took a much closer look at the prototype - watch the video at the bottom of this page for a side-by-side comparison of the Wiimote we all know and love and this shorter GameCube version. The Nunchuk is slimmer than the production model, but is otherwise very similar - on the outside at least. Responding to Hard4Games on Twitter,
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recently posted photos of the Nunchuk controller's innards sent to him by someone in possession of a prototype and it appears to show a rumble motor similar to those used in select Game Boy Advance cartridges.Read the
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