The Internet says that the Classic Wii Controller, that's the one that looks like a big SNES pad with analogue sticks added (pictured), houses a secret.
Footage recorded at E3 shows a French lurker bothering a Nintendo representative on the booth during a Wii Virtual Console demonstration of Mario 64. The filmer asks the representative what the little panel is towards to upper rear of the pad, to which the Nintendo rep simply says 'a secret'.
Now of course, the Nintendo man might have been playing a mean trick on his foreign inquisitor. Never the less, somehow a rumour has now sprung up claiming that Nintendo will offer remakes of these original controllers and they will plug into the back of the Classic Controller.
On show on the Nintendo stand, behind the velvet ropes of privilege, SPOnG caught glimpse of a metallic briefcase housing a WiiMote alongside controllers for NES, SNES, Master System, Megadrive and PC Engine. We assumed that this was to visually represent the gaming goodness of the ages owning a Wii will afford, and we'ew still stick with that assumption.
In fairness, HORI or a similar third-party peripheral manufacturer might make Wii-compatible retro pads, though the chances of this conspiracy theory proving true are, we are afraid to say, almost nil.
If the Classic Controller does ever give up this "trick up its sleeve", we'll be sure to let you know.