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Tue, Feb 28, 2012 | 16:34 GMT

Wii U controller diagrams show original design vs. E3 design

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Diagrams posted over on NeoGAF show that at one time, Wii U’s controller had analogue sticks instead of the Circle Pad sliders similar to those of 3DS.

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Sun, Feb 19, 2012 | 21:40 GMT

Patents detail possibility of 3D, HD display for Wii U Controller

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Patents filed with the USPTO office by Nintendo show that at some point, the firm was – and still may be – looking to incorporate HD and glasses-free 3D into its tablet-like controller for Wii U.

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Fri, Aug 12, 2011 | 13:49 BST

Wii U tablet patent shows magnetometer, IR port, built in flash

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On August 4 a patent was filed by Nintendo detailing what’s inside Wii U’s tablet controller, and it looks as though some of what we already know has been confirmed along a bit of interesting tech as well.

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