I don't own an original Wii so I can't tell for sure, but when I had my Wii it worked fine, about 2 years ago I gave my Wii away but I forgot to give that part to my niece. And it's about 4 years old, I bought it when I first bought the old Wii and I used it for about a year then it was put away for about 1 more year, I gave the Wii away but this stayed with my other wires for the last 2 years, so 1 year of use and 3 years in storage.