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8 days ago

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This is great. A few years ago, I decided to buy a WII U, since I have basically every Nintendo console system since the NES. But the gamepad screen was broken and I couldn't sync the gamepad to the screen until I fixed it. And I tried to see if there was any alternative, but there wasn't until now. Hopefully that means more WII Us can be saved... You can sometimes find used Wii Us for $30 without the gamepad, while the gamepad itself costs around $100..

lathiat

3d ago

Yeah. As noted in the video the only way to get a new one was via a support process with Nintendo and they ran out of stock in 2024.

saagarjha

3d ago

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I wonder if you could run this on the Steam Deck or similar hardware.

homarp

3d ago

per the github repo:

What devices are supported?

    Steam Deck
    Linux (check Wi-Fi hardware compatibility)
    Nintendo Switch (requires Broadcom firmware patch or external Wi-Fi adapter)
    Android (currently frontend only)
    Windows (currently frontend only)
    Raspberry Pi (requires external Wi-Fi adapter)
    iOS - Coming soon

chocochunks

3d ago

You can. It works really well, except for not supporting the Wii U power button and not yet allowing button reconfig. The latter is annoying because you are using Xbox bindings on Nintendo.

kh_hk

3d ago

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[delayed]

Someone1234

3d ago

My impression the video isn't designed for people "inside baseball," and tries to establish context for "What even is this thing that you're working on?" I guess the author could add a skip if viewers don't want 5-minutes~ of Wii U background/context.

Here is a rough timestamp of when it gets passed that:

https://youtu.be/jlbcKuDEBw8?si=X1S3g2npigtWf5bk&t=303

csb6

9 days ago

Here is a link to the repository for the gamepad simulator: https://github.com/vanilla-wiiu/vanilla

zoklet-enjoyer

3d ago

Oh wow. I never played my Wii U without the gamepad, so I didn't know this. Makes sense that the gamepads are still as expensive as they are.

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