Many players however also use a variety of other types of controllers such as GameCube, Xbox, and even keyboard. This is partially due to preference and also since Horis tend to be expensive as they need to be imported. Compatible with the Nintendo 64, these two controllers see the most use in tournaments in Smash 64 with the original controller being more common. Looking for workout games on Xbox? Visit our sister sites XboxFitness.Org for Kinect fitness games.This was the first controller to be used in Super Smash Bros and is one of two official controllers along with the Japan-only release, the Hori Mini Pad or Hori for short. If you’ve got Wii Fit U, you are cordially invited to join our gym community! Our Community ID is: 5291-0085-6502 Welcome to Gaming Fit (formerly )! Come back often to hear the latest and greatest about fitness games on Wii, Wii U, Playstation 3, Playstation VR, iOS, Android, or follow us on Twitter. Mayflash Nintendo GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii/Wii U. The controller is available at Amazon here: But with DDR and Active Life, it’s probably not worth it. If you have a Cyberbike or want to use an old Gamecube classic controller, I’d say it’s definitely worth getting the Mayflash controller. As I’ve suggested in past posts, something some people are doing is putting their Wii U in their family rooms or dens, and putting their old TVs and old Wiis into a spare room to serve as an exercise room.
But unfortunately, it looks like the specific functionality was spotty for accessories that were a little more complex. Even more unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like Konami, Namco Bandai, or Big Ben are in any rush to officially update their products, so your only way to keep playing a lot of them is to hold on to your Wii even after you update to the Wii U. Overall, it looks like the Gamecube adapter works pretty well for games and accessories that use the traditional, basic Gamecube controllers. Steering worked great and all the Gamecube buttons worked fine. It only gave the option of playing with the Wii remote and a nunchuk.īut then I put the bike into “Gamecube Mode” and tried Mario Kart Wii.
This didn’t work at all–the game wouldn’t even recgnize the mat at all.įinally, I tried my Cyberbike. As with Active Life Outdoor Challenge, the Cyberbike Cycling Sports game didn’t even recognize the controller. Next, I tried using Active Life: Outdoor Challenge with the Active Life Pad. It’s possible and sort of works, but it’s certainly not 100%. So my experience with DDR was quite mixed. I ended up looking like one of those Irish tap dancers but I did score a AA with a nearly flawless score. I tried the same dance again, making sure that I always had only one foot down on the dance page at all times.
I tried two dance pads and this happened in both cases.Īfter a little trial and error, I realized that the problem occured most consistently if I had my foot pressed down on another arrow while trying to press “down” or “right”, which of course happens all the time when you play DDR the “right” way. The best I could score on “Ice Ice Baby” was a “C” on Basic. DDR would recognize the “up” and “left” arrows perfectly, but was hit or miss on the “down” and right” arrows. But dancing itself was a little more spotty. I was hopeful when I saw that the up, left, up, and down arrows seemed to work fine when making menu selections. I popped in my old copy of Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3 and plugged in the dance pad. The first one I tried it with was my Dance Dance Revolution pad. …and then you plug the other end into a Wii remote (Note: not the Wii U unit) You plug your old Gamecube plug into one end… With the Mayflash Adapter, you can supposedly use these controllers with the Wii U.īut does it actually work? I put it to the test. If you upgraded to a Wii U, you either had to keep your old Wii around to play games that used these, or you had to toss them. So if you’re like me and had peripherals that used GameCube plugs, anything from Dance Dance Revolution dance pads to Active Life Outdoor Challenge, Explorer, Carnival, or Extreme action pads, to the Cyberbike bike controller, suddenly you were all out of luck. In later versions of the Wii, they quietly took away these sockets, and of course they weren’t in the Wii U when it was released. Gamecube controllers have plugs that look like this, that used to plug into one of four GameCube sockets on the top of the original Wii. A company called Mayflash has released a converter that lets you use Gamecube Controllers on the Wii called the Mayflash Nintendo GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii/Wii U. Here is news I’ve been waiting for for a long time.