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The CNET Networks site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News.com is republishing this photo gallery of the innards of the Nintendo Wii.

Much has been written, speculated, and conjectured about the Nintendo Wii Remote. As a follow-up to our disassembly of the Wii, we decided to crack open the Wii Remote to see for ourselves. To our surprise, although in hindsight it shouldn't have been, the device maintains Nintendo's design theme of simple and functional.

Credit: Mark Kaelin/CNET Networks

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