Certain variants of the wii have removed GameCube compatibility but there were still cutouts for ports n stuff

Probably because I’d imagine it was cheaper for Nintendo to keep the design the exact same but simply leave out the actual GameCube components. Like from Nintendo’s POV I’d guess they just suspected no one would bother looking at it or care about it

You've got the redesignd wii with out game cube support

I'm sure it was cheaper, but it looks a lot cheaper. Like, my first thought upon seeing this was that OP got a knockoff.

Man I'm missing the sensor bar so it's useless

Sensor bars can be a few quid on ebay or from a local second hand gaming shop if your lucky

This is official? I thought this was a boot leg