E3 06: Nintendo reveals Wii classic controller
Nintendo gives the Wii a "classic" gamepad for Virtual Console games.
By James Yu, GameSpot
Posted May 9, 2006 2:44 pm PT

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Nintendo included an image of a new Wii controller hidden within a package of hardware screenshots available for download on the Nintendo press site. The image titled "Wii_classic_0501" shows a gamepad-shaped controller with a Wii logo front and center.

The "classic" file name suggests that the controller will be used for classic Nintendo games that use a traditional gamepad interface.

The controller is reminiscent of a Super Nintendo Gamepad with its oval shape, d-pad, and an x, y, a, and b button set in a familiar diamond formation. The controller also features what appears to be four buttons along the top of the controller. The classic controller face also has two analog sticks, which are necessary to maintain GameCube compatibility.

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There's going to be a speaker in the wiimote, too.

This is getting a little too creative if you ask me. I hope that controller comes with it though, 'cause I'm not buying one to play retro games.

so what happen to the remote?

The classic is just for the old games you can download to the Wii.