A sensor of history.
A GameCube development kit has been found in an early build of the Wii’s menu. Shared by Forest of Illusion and provided to them by an anonymous community member, it’s possible that this was discovered on the very first Wii menu — the one used during E3 2006.
Our friends over at Time Extension reached out to Forest of Illusion for more details on this discovery, which is apparently the TDEV dev kit. And, according to the Nintendo preservation site, there’s a chance this was the model that showcased a number of games at E3 2006, the year the Wii came out, including Zelda: Twilight Princess — which launched on both the GameCube and the Wii.
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