Think the Wii's controller is silly now? Prepare to squeal in horror and wet your pants laughing at the same time. This short video shows a few early prototypes for what you could have been chucking through your expensive television screen instead of the little white missle we've come to know as the Wiimote.
The designs range anywhere from an inconspicuous, plain Jane black remote to a red drink coaster that resembles Nex's old avatar. What if Nintendo had actually used one of these things? Which one would you rather be stuck with?
Haha still trying to wrap my head around the "cheddar cheese" controller. So you throw it like a frisbee towards the tv or to another person for some good co-op play?
The 1st black one looked kinda cool actually.
The very first pancake one... how are you supposed to hold that comfortably?
I really don't know how someone would even CONSIDER that brown, star Frisbee.
So did Nintendo's original concept really resemble a big play button with a Space Invaders ship flying back and forth while the word loading appears in the background? Because that's all I'm seeing here. I can't even begin to imagine how that control scheme would even work.
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8:06 PM on 03.08.2007
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You should look at the early 360 possibilities.
The others were so dprime though.
I agree though, the two black ones seemed fine.
The very first pancake one... how are you supposed to hold that comfortably?
I really don't know how someone would even CONSIDER that brown, star Frisbee.
It's not our fault the video stopped working, we don't control the whole internet.
... OK, yes we do, but I dunno why the vid is gone. Move along, there is much better news to read on the homepage.