You can read part one here: The Club Nintendo Controllers (1/2) Alright, we covered the Club Nintendo, Mario and Luigi GameCube controllers in the last post, but after the October 2004 N.O.M. (Nintendo Online Magazine) issue, three more were to be released; Gundam Char WaveBird, Club Nintendo WaveBird and Wario. Let’s dive into it! TheContinue reading “The Club Nintendo Controllers (2/2)”
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The Club Nintendo Controllers (1/2)
You can read part two here: The Club Nintendo Controllers (2/2) Yesterday I was working on citing all my sources for all the retail controllers (It’s done!), and I found a website where all the Japanese news articles about entertainment from 2000 to 2009 are listed. And well, I looked into 2003 and clicked onContinue reading “The Club Nintendo Controllers (1/2)”
Who Made the T3 Controllers?
When you look at some of the early GameCube controllers (T1/T2), you can see a part number on the left of the main stickbox. On top of that, a big MITSUMI logo. We know that Mitsumi was the manufacturer producing the GameCube controllers for Nintendo, so that’s all good. However, after the 2003 production hiatus,Continue reading “Who Made the T3 Controllers?”
The Nintendo VIP 24:7 Controllers
When I struggle to find information on a controller, it’s usually due to a language barrier; I don’t speak Japanese or any of the Asian tongues, so I have to crawl my way there using a funky mix of the Wayback Machine and Google translate. However, for the case of the Nintendo VIP 24:7 controllers,Continue reading “The Nintendo VIP 24:7 Controllers”
The Rumours and Mockups
Ever since Nintendo hinted about the existence of the Dolphin project, fans have been drawing (and making) mockups of what the next gen controller could be. I’ve seen a bunch of them going through my research for this site, and funnily, some of them are still confused to be real prototype units. A bit ohContinue reading “The Rumours and Mockups”
A Look Inside a GC Controller Prototype
I thought I’d share a teardown of my NR Disc (Full Speed) controller as a followup to the page I wrote on the Ver.B devkit controllers. The seal (sticker on the handle) was already peeled off when I bought it – the controller however was never opened before, as the screws were sealed with threadContinue reading “A Look Inside a GC Controller Prototype”
The Mystery of the 900 MHz WaveBird
It’s been going on for over a decade, there is a rumour circulating around about a 900 MHz version of the WaveBird, supposedly an early version that was later upgraded to 2.4 GHz. However as much as I searched, I’ve never found an official statement about it, not even a confirmation of its existence. JustContinue reading “The Mystery of the 900 MHz WaveBird”
Club Nintendo WaveBird Original Price – A Quick Update
For those who have seen HamarFan’s original article, you may have noticed that every Club Nintendo controllers had their original price listed in the description… except for the Club Nintendo WaveBird. This information seemingly got lost, no news articles were written about it in any language, and Nintendo nuked their Club Nintendo website (see previousContinue reading “Club Nintendo WaveBird Original Price – A Quick Update”
IGN’s Bad Crop
Back in the early days of my collection, I found an old article by IGN that talked about a special WaveBird for Japan. The article lost some of its shape, it used to come with this badly cropped picture, which seemed to be from an official promotion. A lot of questions came from it. IContinue reading “IGN’s Bad Crop”
The GCC Library 