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Third party Wii accessories might not work on Wii U
A portion of a NintendoGal interview with Amber McCollom, Nintendo of America’s Director of Entertainment & Trend Marketing...
NG: On the E3.Nintendo.com site, it mentions that ‘NEARLY” all Wii software and accessories will be able to be used on Wii U. Can you clarify that?
AM: The intent is that controllers that our customers and consumers already have for the Wii will work for the Wii U. So the Wii Remote, Wii Remote Plus, the Wii Balance Board, those are the top three that will be available/usable with Wii U. Any controller that you were playing a game on Wii that was backwards compatible to that system wouldn’t necessarily translate to Wii U. Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii, but nothing [beyond] that.
NG: So the “NEARLY” means just Wii, but all the Wii accessories that are first party?
AM: Right.
Full interview here
NG: On the E3.Nintendo.com site, it mentions that ‘NEARLY” all Wii software and accessories will be able to be used on Wii U. Can you clarify that?
AM: The intent is that controllers that our customers and consumers already have for the Wii will work for the Wii U. So the Wii Remote, Wii Remote Plus, the Wii Balance Board, those are the top three that will be available/usable with Wii U. Any controller that you were playing a game on Wii that was backwards compatible to that system wouldn’t necessarily translate to Wii U. Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii, but nothing [beyond] that.
NG: So the “NEARLY” means just Wii, but all the Wii accessories that are first party?
AM: Right.