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Starting in around July of 2005, Nintendo began to ship these controller kits en masse to third-party developers. These kits were known as the "Dev Tool" series of controllers. 6 controllers were produced under this moniker; the Dev Tool v1, the Dev Tool v2, the Dev Tool v3, the Dev Tool v3.1, the Dev Tool v4, and the Dev Tool WB (WaveBird?). The Dev Tool v1 and 2 have not been seen, however from what little information is known about them they are presumably similar to the v3, other than connecting through GC memory card instead of the GC controller port. The Dev Tool v3 controller is the most well known of these, having been sold at a Japanese auction recently and having had its SDK libraries and documentation from the early late 2005 [[Revolution SDK]] leaked several years ago.

Starting in around July of 2005, Nintendo began to ship these controller kits en masse to third-party developers. These kits were known as the "Dev Tool" series of controllers. 6 controllers were produced under this moniker; the Dev Tool v1, the Dev Tool v2, the Dev Tool v3, the Dev Tool v3.1, the Dev Tool v4, and the Dev Tool WB (WaveBird?). The Dev Tool v1 and 2 have not been seen, however from what little information is known about them they are presumably similar to the v3, other than connecting through GC memory card instead of the GC controller port. The Dev Tool v3 controller is the most well known of these, having been sold at a Japanese auction recently and having had its SDK libraries and documentation from the early late 2005 [[Revolution SDK]] leaked several years ago.