See Wii's wacky prototypes

[wraggster]

via CVG

Japanese weekly magazine Nikkei Business has revealed some of the Wii's controller prototypes, including a hacked-up Wavebird and a what looks like a giant chunk of Starman cheese.

The other two protypes in the magazine pic are clearly inspired by television remotes, with the left device coming closest to the final design. Most interesting though is the gadget on the right, which appears to feature a SNES-style button layout and a twistable d-pad section. Perhaps there's an analogue stick hiding on the back?

Still, we can't quite get our head around that giant star thing. Is it some kind of motion-sensing frisbee? Or do you just press the star to win? We'll probably never know...

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[GazeboflossUK]

Thank the lord that trippy Star thing didn't get the go ahead. Phew!

[Xiofire]

The one in the bottom right looks pretty cool.

-Xiofire

[Adrenalin]

LOL @ the star!

[gotmilk0112]

ROFLMFAO!!!

are these fake or real?

[DragonPimpsta]

lmao the star cant be serious... and the controller in the bottom right looks like a mixture of hte dreamcast controler and xbox controller.. except i hate all the extra buttons that i never use

[Frostyboy1]

Thes can't be real