Wii Controller Demo brings your Wiimote and Android phone 2gether, 4ever
By Darren Murph 
posted May 3rd 2010 1:02PM
posted May 3rd 2010 1:02PM
Ryan Frawley still has a fair bit of work ahead of him, but his Wii Controller Demo app for Android sure holds an awful lot of promise. Available now for no charge (though a $1 paid version is available for those who dig his work), this here software allows Android users to create a Bluetooth link between their Wii remote and handset, and then log input information on the mobile's display. As of now, there's not a whole lot of value outside of Wiimote troubleshooting, but it's a few lines of code away from being able to act as a controller for gaming. Just think -- a Wiimote, your Android phone, an emulator, an HDMI output and four other nerds surrounding your television. Needless to say, we'll be keeping a close eye out for updates coming to this one. [Thanks, Jonathan]
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@skyblaze
Thus begins the era of micro-consoles!
@skyblaze The Nokia N900 has had Wiimote and PS3 controller support virtually since launch. Welcome to the party Droids!
@skyblaze
Man 1: Is this relevent?
Man 2: Hell no, but who cares?
"and four other nerds"
YOU CALLING ME A NERD?
Retreats into book on Ubuntu
Holy sweet Jesus! Guess I wont have to by one of those game troopers.
Ughhhh.... game grippers......
@g3nk1e
Nerdiest Freudian slip ever :D
One more reason to get an EVO, it has HDMI out....
@KAL326
If this works well I may have to buy the TV-out cable for my Incredible. Playing NES on the big screen with a Wiimote.
@KAL326 Man you Evo fanboys are pretty damn annoying.
@vqro
I visited oblivion to view your comment and put it further down...
Cant wait so see someone fumble around with a wiimote in public...
Already fired this up, works BEAUTIFULLY for NES/Genesis games on the Nexus One. I hope that this guy gets Dualshock 3's working, then pretty much anything that the phone has the horsepower to run is playable with all the buttons.
@Level 5 people have having a hell of a time getting the six access to work on PCs, its still very hacky. On the other hand wiimotes work great on PCs
Sometimes concepts don't need to be proven.
not the ps3 controller?
Why aren't people doing this with something like a Sixaxis where there are actually enough buttons?
@Cydoniac
it works with attachments, inluding the classic controller.
maybe in attaching the vitality sensor, we may found out its purpose..
nah
ahhh... the power of open
I just emailed SNES emulator creator now about this hopefully he can get this optimized to work like a champ,he is a real nice guy by the way.
I found this about 4 months ago, went through all the regular channels to try and get 'yongz' or whatever to actually allow it as an input and failed miserably. Maybe actual coverage will bring my hopes to fruition.
That is exactly what I used to do with my Nokia N95 a couple years ago:
WiiMote connected via Bluetooth (using a program that I forgot the name of)
vNes with buttons mapped for WiiMote
Video out cable that came with phone
.....
PORTABLE NES!
Awesome! I'm on engadget!
@Frawley
Make the Six Axis work please.
@Kiron I do plan on allowing the PS controller in the future, but that's unfortunately not going to be anytime soon.
If only they'd focus on making this damn' Wiimote connectable to a regular Win7 x64 PC... So far it's been a total crapshoot.
Ironically enough, many of the android devices you might run this on have more processing power than the console originally intended to utilize the wiimotes.
Wow, this has serious potential. If they get it working well with emulators, I'll be picking up a Wiimote. And I don't own a Wii.
Definitely need to add support for this for my Genesis emulator once I get it stable. Perfect!
Schweeeet!
N900 does this already with the PS3 sixaxis or the wiimote controlling Genesis, PS1 and SNES emulators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tON2gO72b1U
Should pair well with the EVO 4G I will be winning in the Sprint contest!
I was thinking this would be great in the car for controlling music, shuffle, navigation, etc.
how much battery life is this app going to use? it'll be an excuse not to answer the phone.
Donkey Kong Country... Good Times, Good Times
Worst idea to date. Who wants to play with a wii mote on 3.9 in sceeen?!?
@Bootman340
no no no.. it doesnt detect any kind of motion sensing or pointer control; the app detects when you press buttons on a wii remote and can control vibrations.
@Bootman340
did you read the part about the hdmi-out?