^ They are still the best controllers for the VC N64 downloads and work on some Wii gamse - Wii Mario Kart is great with them.
Annoyingly I owned a platinum Wavebird which I sold a few years ago, but do own two normal grey Wavebirds (from New) and wouldn't part with. My hope is that Nintendo re-issues these controllers after they re-issued the normal GC pad in white in Japan (and easily available).
Normal GC controllers are acceptable if you can put up with the lead.
LATE EDIT - got all the REs too, although I have to admit RE2, RE3, RE:CV and RE4 Wii are all still in shrink wrap. Terrrible thing to admit and I just haven't got the time to play all these games...argh. Nice purchases by the way.