Bamboleo said:
I've tried to search some Microsoft quotes but it seems that since middle 2007 they changed their speech about motion control (maybe they already were in negotiations about Natal) so Microsoft quotes on the wiimote are "rare".
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Haha, you weren't kidding.
I just spent an hour digging for some foot in mouth gold from MS, but it came up pretty thin. Nothing at all concrete in fact, of anyone associated with MS dismissing or even insulting the wiimote specifically. On the contrary, I found some strong praise from them regarding Nintendos direction, even as far back as 2006. Here are the three most relivant quotes I could find, the first one is the only one that attempts to dismiss motion controls but they are talking about the sixaxis not the wiimote.
"At Microsoft we did the same controller six years ago -- most people remember that," Moore said. "The gamers' response was muted at best. We remember it being applicable to flying games in particular and some driving games but overall there was somewhat of a collective yawn from the gaming community about the motion-sensing technology." - Link
And thats followed by some fairly strong praise from Moore about the wiimote specifically back in 2006:
""They're also doing, with the Wii controller, which eventually I'll go and get my hands on, things that are innovative that, from the moment I saw them in Tokyo, I was quoted that day as saying that I loved the innovation and that has stayed with me forever, and I don't back down from that, but I think we're in different spaces as two different companies that can certainly coexist and complement each other. " - Link
And this last one is sort of funny, but not an attack on motion controls or the Wii, more just flat out ironic. This ones from 2009.
“I think that, knowing Microsoft in particular, obviously, is that they are constantly thinking three to five years ahead of where consumer behavior is going to be,” - Peter Moore - Link
oh really pete? Then how come they are playing catch up four years after the fact? 
Anyways, after looking thourgh all the quote I could I'd say that Natal belongs on this list. Even though it doesn't work exactly like the wiimote, the inspiration for bringing it to market is obviously Nintendos success with motion controls.
