Core77

Matt Presta of Bridge Design shared stories and sketches with Gizmodo regarding Bridge's initial development with Gyration to pitch gyro remote concepts to Nintendo in 2001.

We were brought in to help [Gyration] pitch their gyro technology (which had previous only been used in pointing/mouse devices) to Nintendo for more complex use in gaming--an idea way ahead of its time back in '01.

...It would have been fun to take the project further than just a rough usability prototype though. It is cool to see that at least Nintendo finally decided to take the huge risk in developing the current (ambidextrous) Wii controller.

BTW, for the record most of us designers support you lefties out there. Unfortunately the business world often decides that ambidextrous attributes aren't worth the effort.

thanks kevin!