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The remote control image that was shown off by Nintendo a while ago has now changed a bit. A few things have been modifed, like the addition of the Wii logo on the remote. Gamespot got their hands on the remote and said “During our play session Nintendo reps noted that the controller we were playing was still considered a prototype, as the possibility for some fine-tuning still existed. That said, the controller we got our hands on wasn’t too radically different from what we tried last year at the Tokyo Game Show, though there have been some noticeable tweaks to the design.”
The main changes were:

• A speaker is now built-in to the controller to use in conjunction with the vibration of the controller.
• Button change: “select” now has the image of an arrow on it that’s curved anticlockwise.
• Button change: “home” now has the image of a house on it, like one you’d see in a web browser.
• Button change: “start” now has two horizontal bars on it that look like the ‘pause’ icon on a music player.
• Button change: “a” and “b” are now “1″ and “2.”
• The ‘nunchuck’ has a more streamlined shape and features a tweaked button design.
• The controller now has some added weight.

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