Will wiimotes be compatible with the Switch?

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Pyro as Bill said:

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.

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

Its just a more powerful / precise version of what was in a wiimote. They demonstrated its ability to point and read gestures, etc in the reveal. Its called an IR camera.