Wii Classic Controller

Slippers

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_2006/wii/controller.html

Slippers

Goodshape

Looks neat. What's with the wire at the bottom?

Ciaran500

Mabye its not wireless.

monkeyfudge

It looks very taut... perhaps it's balanced on a pole of some sort?

Goodshape

Ciaran500 wrote:

Mabye its not wireless.

Wireless would be better but it's more the fact that it's at the bottom I was on about.

Looks like it might be wrapped around from the top though.

evad_lhorg

looks uncomfortable tbh. like a snes pad or somethin

Goodshape

That's the idea. ('Classic').

...well, not the uncomfortable part.. I'm sure it's more comfortable than a snes pad.

flogen

so is that supposed to be a controller to cover snes to n64 games? given that the wiimote doubles as a nes pad anyway

Keedowah

more here..

http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html

aniascor

Don't think the wire is coming out the bottom of it - look again - it looks like it might be coming out of the top but folded down behind it.

Goodshape

Very hi-res pic of the classic controller here. The wire does seem to be folded down from the top.

Also notice the two Z-buttons up top (ZL and ZR). This thing looks like it may be fairly small (in width anyway), would need to be if you're expected to reach those Z buttons.

flogen

I imagine they'll release reissues of the original controllers with Wii ports; collectable items etc.

That controller looks alright, but not great tbh

tman

looks fairly "meh" tbh
think i'll just use my wavebird instead:cool:

K.O.Kiki

Looks a fair bit like a SNES pad to me. Just with 3 extra buttons & 2 sticks.
Mind you, there seems to be a bit of extra plastic around the bottom -- not sure how comfortable that will be...

Cianos

Looks beautiful imo

Jim

SNES pad ftw.

mayordenis

looks like a perfect pad in my opinion

mayordenis

looks like a perfect pad in my opinion

Stalfos

looks alright. wouldn't prefer to stick with my GC controller but dont mind really. Anyone got any pics of it from the side?

ondafly

Goodshape wrote:

Very hi-res pic of the classic controller here. The wire does seem to be folded down from the top.

Ala dreamcast controllers I think

I like it. I like everything so far from Nintendo this year

Ciaran500

The cable is so you can plug it into the Wii-mote.

flogen

Ciaran500 wrote:

The cable is so you can plug it into the Wii-mote.

I thought it would have made more sense to plug it into the four gamecube ports on the Wii, or even the USB port...

skywalker

Are there usb ports on this, wasnt sure about that?

flogen

skywalker wrote:

Are there usb ports on this, wasnt sure about that?

Yup, two.

From here

Wii boasts 512 megabytes of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports and built-in Wi-Fi capability.

RE*AC*TOR

Using SD memory is a great idea, instead of using some sort of proprietary modules.

I've never preordered anything from a game shop, but I'll preorder the wii as soon as a release date is set.