Hasta La Gadget!

Some recently unearthed European legal filings show us the timeline of development for Wii’s MotionPlus. Well — it shows us what could have been, anyway. The image, starting to the left, shows the oldest version, with an insanely hideous curve that was dispensed with in favor of an outwardly leaning shape in the next iteration, while the far right shows what we essentially ended up with: a tiny little lip that some theorize may be a design element intended to help keep the jacket in place. We’ll say this much: we sure are glad they didn’t use that initial design. Yuck!

[Via Joystiq]