Jan 2
Wavebird is Waving Goodbye
Looks like the original Wireless controller, Nintendo’s Wavebird, is going to get harder and harder to find as Nintendo has stopped shipping them out to stores. GoNintendo talked with a customer service rep who had this to say about the friendly controller with the nonsensical name:
I haven’t heard of any plans to offer the Wavebird Wireless Controllers in stores again (I did some checking, and we are still shipping the original Nintendo GameCube Controllers to stores). If you’re unable to find the original Nintendo GameCube Controller locally, you can still order this item from us.
I personally have four Wavebird’s so it isn’t a big deal for me but if I was Nintendo I would ship the Wavebirds not the wired controllers as the original controllers had really short wires. Also, if I was Nintendo, I would totally swim in a big pit of gold coins like my idol Scrooge McDuck. But I’m not, so all I can do is take a moment of silence for the dearly departed.
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This is especially weird considering the WaveBird’s functionality for the Wii. I may have to pick another one up since I’ve just got the one.
Wavebird - System was originally codenamed Dolphin, hence the Wave and Bird because the controller looks like a bird….
Really a bird? Hmmm, yea I guess that can work. I’ve learned something today. Still, they renamed the system why keep the controller name. I like blatantly obvious. Something like “The Nintendo Wireless Controller.” Creativity be damned.
haha, agreed… but still..
I thought “wave” came from the fact that it’s wireless, like sending signals over the newfangled radio waves.
The Wavebird didn’t even come out until long after the GameCube wasn’t called Project Dolphin any more.
I just think of that as the reasoning dex, its not a fact or anything….