Will wiimotes be compatible with the Switch?

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superchunk said:
The Joycons do everything a wiimote did, but better. So if the do add a digital-only backwards compatability (which if you read between the lines, makes sense) then joycons can fill the controller barrier.

The absence of a light bar in the Switch, to me, confirms that wiimotes, etc are simply not in the equation. Even the gamepad had a built-in light bar. The joycon doesn't require a light bar to function its IR in a superior method.

I do think the balance board would be available and possibly a wiiu pro controller (knowing it loses support for nfc/motion/hdrumble). But, even MSony don't support their prev gen controllers even though they are virtually identical in functionality/buttons.

There's no D-pad. 

Pyro as Bill said:

Can the joycons definitely do IR pointer? I haven't seen that anywhere yet.

IR pointer isn't a pointer, but a camera in the controller. Basically all you'd need is some sort of reference frame on the TV and the joycon camera would work just like the Wii Remote camera. Buttn placement might not be that good, though.