Will the wii remote work on old games

[K.K. Slider]

if you turn the wiimote to the side it looks like a old type of nes contoller they did this on purpose to be used for games like on the nes. you can get a normal controller for the wii what looks like a normal one but you can also use the controller like i mention on the wiimote.

 

[ghghgh14702]

technically the Wii-mote could almost work as gamecube, different shape may effect some button combos though but for comparision
Wii GC
analog stick analog stick
d-pad d-pad
Z trigger Z trigger
a,b buttons a,b buttons
1,2 button x,y button
-,+ l,r
missing c analog stick
c button missing