Will a 8bitdo wired controller work on wii homebrew?

[StupidGamer1]

I am not talking nintendont, I am talking emulators. 8bitdo has modes it can function under like Dinput or Xinput,ETC. I would really like to play on a wired controller on wii homebrew if it's possible. Thanks for reading my question.

 

[batboil]

it depends on what kind of emulator it is. in order for other controllers to work besides the wii remote, it is necessary to code the controller driver into the emulator itself, because the wii itself does not support such controllers. I'm not into emulators, so I don't know if there are any other than Nintendont. if it exists, it will probably be written on the homepage of the emulator you are using.

EDIT: found this gbatemp thread about 3rd party classic controller working on FCE Ultra GX so if that controller used xinput you might get 8bitdo working. just try plug it in and see if it works, you have nothing to lose.

thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/fce-ultra-gx-nes-classic-controller-support.457917/

 

[StupidGamer1]

it depends on what kind of emulator it is. in order for other controllers to work besides the wii remote, it is necessary to code the controller driver into the emulator itself, because the wii itself does not support such controllers. I'm not into emulators, so I don't know if there are any other than Nintendont. if it exists, it will probably be written on the homepage of the emulator you are using.

EDIT: found this gbatemp thread about 3rd party classic controller working on FCE Ultra GX so if that controller used xinput you might get 8bitdo working. just try plug it in and see if it works, you have nothing to lose.

thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/fce-ultra-gx-nes-classic-controller-support.457917/

Thanks. I hope emulators can get updated in this way. Using wiimotes and dealing with batteries or battery packs gets tire some over time. Would just like to plug in a controller on the wii and do some retro gaming.

 

[gZa]

Thanks. I hope emulators can get updated in this way. Using wiimotes and dealing with batteries or battery packs gets tire some over time. Would just like to plug in a controller on the wii and do some retro gaming.

Buy one (or two) of these. I got two last year it allows me to use my Classic controllers on everything without battery woes.

https://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/classic_to_gcwii_adapter/index.php

 

[StupidGamer1]

Buy one (or two) of these. I got two last year it allows me to use my Classic controllers on everything without battery woes.

https://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/classic_to_gcwii_adapter/index.php

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

 

[Alxandr13]

I guess (and it's only a guess for Wii since i don't remember to have done it there, but on Wii U i'm pretty sure) some emulators share the same HID ".ini" files from Nintendont or has their own files in their respective folders where you can set your own HID compatible device to work with that homebrew through some file tweaking with the help of a Wii homebrew, a PC simple "notepad" like app (preferably) and, the hard part of all this requiriments, pen and paper...

I never knew about this adapter the other guy mentioned before, but after a quick search, for the price tag of it - relying you already have an official Classic Controller at hand, or you'll spen a lot more or could have some headaches with generics), an 8BitDo should be a superbly fine option for the same or lower final value (i myself have a couple here for PC and Switch use and can say, they don't loose in nothing for the MS and Sony ones and are even better than the official Nintendo (WiiU apart) ones if you forget about some rumble features).