NJ5 on 10 January 2009
Since the patent was submitted in 2006, surely they weren't expecting to launch it as a GC add-on.
All this shows is that they were initially testing the Wiimote on the GC, which allowed them to begin developing Wii games before getting the final Wii hardware. One more advantage of the Wii being an updated GC in terms of hardware architecture.
My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957
