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CoryBee:

--- Quote from: Lilwolf on December 04, 2012, 06:45:27 am ---they have the classic controller that you might be able to hack.  (and if it was done well, you could have the wiimotes plug into the controller to activate the classic controllers, then unplug them for other games that use the wiimotes.)

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i....i just said that....  ???

There has to be a couple of good Wii games that are cabinet friendly
jammin0:
What about making it into a kiosk like they have at the game stores?  Wire in power to the wiimotes and just use those in a holster. :dunno
DarthMarino:
The games supporting a Gamecube controller would work fine but there aren't a ton of those (see list below). If you just want to play New Super Mario, you can try the Dolphin emulator though it would probably defeat the purpose of what you are trying to do.  The program can map the controller shake to a button press.  I've never tried the specific game so I can't vouch for how well it would work.  You would need a pretty decent computer as well.


Games Supporting Cube Controller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_games_that_use_the_Nintendo_GameCube_controller

jammin0:
I ran that game at 1080p on a dual core e6600 with 2 gigs of ram and a geforce 210 512mb ddr3 card and it was decent.  There started to be some slowdown when there were lots of people on the screen.  Get a more modern gaming rig and I bet it would run it just fine.  That kind of defeats the purpose of using your wii though.  A shooting cab with wiimotes might be worth it.  You could hack the wiimotes to fit into a cooler form factor airsoft gun or something.  Wire them so you don't have to worry about the batteries.
paigeoliver:
But then you have lost the point!  ;D

Modern consoles just keep getting less and less friendly to cabinet adaptation as they gain more and more buttons and analog controls and the Wii is the absolute worst one of the bunch, having controls that really have no real arcade equivalents.

Although even the X-Box 360 would be a nightmare, looking at my controller here it has two analog sticks, 1 digital stick 2 analog triggers (would be pedals on a cabinet), and 11 more buttons, two of which have a logical left-right association in many of the games that use them.  Not only does it have all that but it seems that most titles try to use them all. I don't actually have an Xbox 360 but I have the controller and most PC games that have Xbox versions seem to use every button and stick on the thing.


--- Quote from: jammin0 on December 04, 2012, 09:34:08 am ---What about making it into a kiosk like they have at the game stores?  Wire in power to the wiimotes and just use those in a holster. :dunno

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