The retro hardware modding community often does amazing things, blending modern gadgets with old gaming technology in clever ways. One individual who produces some neat ideas is Dorison Hugo, better known as 'lyberty5' on YouTube. A little while ago we shared his video showing how to create a tiny SNES Mini, and now he's produced a rather neat controller.
The SNES Wiimote essentially fuses a Remote and SNES pad into a chunky (though relatively ergonomic, by the looks of it) mix of both. The functionality is that of a Wii Remote, with buttons 1 and 2 mapped to the ABXY buttons, and the Remote's A and B mapped to the SNES shoulder buttons, with A also given another small '1' button. The creator states that no functionality is lost, there are just more buttons for each task.
You can see how it was made in the video below.
It's a neat idea, and shows how some knowhow and technical expertise can go a long way.
Let us know what you think of the SNES Wiimote in the comments.
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Frankenmote...
Kinda reminded me of an episode of the old Art Attack serie made by Disney XD
Definitely cool to see (both the controller and the video), but I can't imagine that many people will really follow the tutorial and do it themselves ^_^;;;
It's Experiment 626-U. XD
Just kidding...
Wish this was avaible for the masses.
The amazing tutorial is lost on people like me.
That'll be GREAT for Wii U GBA Virtual Console games!
Too bad he couldn't find a way to make a toggle switch on it. If toggled on, the wii remote would think a classic controller was now hooked up to it and the facebuttons could work as a classic controller, giving true SNES controls for VC. Troggle it off, it goes back to this regular wii remote mapping (redundant mapping).
Hm. I somehow don't feel like destroying a wiimote.
They are as expensive as a new HD game.
All that hot glue and epoxy to set things in place "permanently" before testing was just painful to watch...
What a hunk of junk! The 8bitdo controllers are the real deal, waaaaaay better than this thing!
It's basically the right Joy Con.
So, this is impressive work in its own way. Once all that glue started flowing I started thinking about weight and then... classic controller that you can just plug into Wii remote. The best combination is probably just pick up the one you want when you want it. Or on Wii U get the Pro controller. Definitely worth the money and convenience of buying vs. the time-energy-bulkiness of the mod in my life at least.
Still, I'm glad these things exist. It's a great project for aspiring makers.
That cannot be comfortable to hold.
I'd just wait for the [surely] inevitable release of the SNES controller again when the SNES Classic Edition/Mini comes out in the near-ish future. That will work with the Wii and Wii U anyway, just like the controller for the NES Classic Edition/Mini.
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