What's Inside the Wii Remote?

May. 9 9:53 PM by Lynxara

Here's something arguably old, but interesting enough that I shall leave it with you for the night. What does the inside of a Wii Remote look like? If you're CNet, you've got the tools and expertise required to take the controller apart, so you just disassemble it and see for yourself.

The entire piece is interesting (and brief) enough to merit a quick read, but here are some points that really stood out to me as being surprising.

  • Individual Wii Remotes appear to be assembled by hand. There's a little quality assurance mark on the inside of each remote. To my knowledge, that's insanely unusual as consumer electronics go.
  • The case is the only thing holding the various Remote buttons in place. I kind of wonder if this could cause a loss of sensitivity if your Wii Remote casing gets loose somehow.
  • You can't open up a Wii Remote without a special screwdriver. Clearly Nintendo doesn't want things happening to loosen controller casings, like people idly deciding to dismantle controllers.

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