 In 2003 , game engineers and designers were brought together to develop the concept further . By 2005 the controller interface had taken form , but a public showing at that year 's Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ) was canceled . Miyamoto stated that the company " had some troubleshooting to do . So we decided not to reveal the controller and instead we displayed just the console . " Nintendo president Satoru Iwata later unveiled and demonstrated the Wii Remote at the September Tokyo Game Show . 
