Hacking Gaming Homebrew Enable Classic Controller in Wii U games which don’t support it?

mrconsole · Apr 20, 2026

Hi,
Is it possible to enable Classic Controller in Wii U games which don’t support it? For example, New Super Mario Bros. U support Wiimotes, but not Classic Controllers attached to them. Yes, we have Wii U Pro Controller, but kids want maximum authenticity and play with Mario/Luigi branded Classic Controllers.
Any ideas how it can be accomplished? On vWii side I fixed the issue with Classic Controllers, but not on Wii U.
Thanks!

cernycaj · Apr 20, 2026

mrconsole said:
Hi,
Is it possible to enable Classic Controller in Wii U games which don’t support it? For example, New Super Mario Bros. U support Wiimotes, but not Classic Controllers attached to them. Yes, we have Wii U Pro Controller, but kids want maximum authenticity and play with Mario/Luigi branded Classic Controllers.
Any ideas how it can be accomplished? On vWii side I fixed the issue with Classic Controllers, but not on Wii U.
Thanks!

With this adapter or a clone of it: https://www.8bitdo.com/gbros/ and bloopair..

Technician · Apr 23, 2026

mrconsole said:
On vWii side I fixed the issue with Classic Controllers

And how did you do that?

mrconsole · Apr 28, 2026

Technician said:
And how did you do that?

Using custom per game patches (Gecko Codes) + my own tweaks to these patches (button remap etc).

Technician · Apr 28, 2026

mrconsole said:
Using custom per game patches (Gecko Codes) + my own tweaks to these patches (button remap etc).

Unfortunately this is not possible for wii u games, because it's a different system. You can try the adapter mentioned here, but it is not guaranteed to work for every game.

What you can do is using a laptop with cemu if it's powerful enough. There you could remap it to the classic controller

mrconsole · May 3, 2026

Technician said:
Unfortunately this is not possible for wii u games, because it's a different system. You can try the adapter mentioned here, but it is not guaranteed to work for every game.

What you can do is using a laptop with cemu if it's powerful enough. There you could remap it to the classic controller

Yes, it's possible - I fixed it for Mario Bros U

So, Classic Controller does work.

Technician · May 3, 2026

mrconsole said:
Yes, it's possible - I fixed it for Mario Bros U So, Classic Controller does work.

How did you do that?

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