If those are fakes, they are really good ones. 3rd party wiimotes almost never work with Dolphin or the Dolphinbar! No one knows why, but the biggest tell that a wiimote is fake is when it doesn't work with Dolphin. Since it works, it's probably legit.
That, and the wiimotes have changed subtly over time. From the change to the -TR Wiimote, the wiimote got brighter LEDs and more obvious battery labeling inside, as well as the sync button on the battery cover and a strap with a "peg" to press it. The -TR wiimotes you get on shelves today (for the lower price) have slightly different construction than older ones; the non-transparent A button is the most obvious change, but the plastic for the back half is changed to a coarser (and thus grippier, I like it) plastic identical to what was used on the Classic Controller Pro.
See for yourself!
Those are my three wiimotes, all 100% official! They are all black because I saw gamestop demo wiimotes and was scarred for life at their ickiness. The one on the left is a non-TR circa 2010, the middle is a -TR circa late 2012, and the one on the right is the new lower price -TR from late 2014. Notice which one yours looks like? My old non-TR. Yet yours has the RVL-036 code of the wiimote plus! So it's possible you managed to get one of the pre-TR motion plus wiimotes. Sweet!
Either way, they all seem official to me. The fakes usually have very obvious differences, like obviously inferior plastic, serious design differences, and messed up labeling. And your wiimotes work in Dolphin, so as long as they aren't giving you any trouble, you should be good!
That, and the wiimotes have changed subtly over time. From the change to the -TR Wiimote, the wiimote got brighter LEDs and more obvious battery labeling inside, as well as the sync button on the battery cover and a strap with a "peg" to press it. The -TR wiimotes you get on shelves today (for the lower price) have slightly different construction than older ones; the non-transparent A button is the most obvious change, but the plastic for the back half is changed to a coarser (and thus grippier, I like it) plastic identical to what was used on the Classic Controller Pro.
See for yourself!
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Those are my three wiimotes, all 100% official! They are all black because I saw gamestop demo wiimotes and was scarred for life at their ickiness. The one on the left is a non-TR circa 2010, the middle is a -TR circa late 2012, and the one on the right is the new lower price -TR from late 2014. Notice which one yours looks like? My old non-TR. Yet yours has the RVL-036 code of the wiimote plus! So it's possible you managed to get one of the pre-TR motion plus wiimotes. Sweet!
Either way, they all seem official to me. The fakes usually have very obvious differences, like obviously inferior plastic, serious design differences, and messed up labeling. And your wiimotes work in Dolphin, so as long as they aren't giving you any trouble, you should be good!
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