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Originally posted by: DeadlyD
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No, it's impossible. Once the Wii goes into GC mode, it is a GC. Meaning it cannot pick up anything that is wireless since the Wii uses Bluetooth. The only way it would work is via a physical connection with a VC controller -> GC port adapter cord, --OR-- some kind of "cap transmitter" that you put on the end of the VC controller's cord, with a receiver inside the GC port (much like a Wavebird receiver). Sucks, but that's the deal. Which is why I still hope some clever hacker is out there working on this.
people claimed the same thing with GBA player for about a year, til nintendo even admitted it could
So I wouldnt count it out
I'm not sure what you are implying here. Are you saying a GBA player wasn't possible on the GC, and that this was commonly understood by the gaming populace because the GC was the first disc based system from Nintendo? And that because of this, the only way it could have worked was with an add-on?
I'm going to assume that's it, but that situation isn't comparable to this at all.
First off, how many Bluetooth controllers have you used with your GC? How many do you own? Don't say the Wavebird - that's RF technology.
The GC has absolutely no internal hardware that communicates with Bluetooth, and it never will. The only way it could is if there was a receiver that you plugged into the controller port. Then you'd need a controller that communicates via Bluetooth. None of this exists.
When the Wii boots a GC game, it is no longer running the Wii OS. It is a GC in all forms. And the GC, having no Bluetooth tech or any way to recognize it, won't be able to communicate with a VC controller at all.
The only way it could is with an adapter. That is the only way. Right now there is nothing like that available. And even then, there's no telling how the signals work that are transmitted from the controller anyway.
People don't seem to get that when you play a GC game, the Wii more or less no longer considers itself a Wii. It's purely a GC at that point. This is why we can't exit a GC game back into the Wii Menus - at that point, the internal memory is no longer loaded, so we can't boot back the menu. The only way it could be done is if there was a wrapper/emulator program running inside the Wii OS that emulated the GC, and thus allowed us to close down the program and return to the menu. But this would require an immensely powerful machine, because you'd have to emulate the GC (which is powerful in the emulation world) AND run the Wii OS on top of that. Meaning the only way this could even possibly happen would be with the Wii's successor, because by then Nintendo might have a powerful enough machine to pull this off.
For comparison's sake, the 360 and PS3 probably couldn't emulate the GC too effectively. They probably can, but I doubt you'd get stable FPS.
The entire point is simple - there's no way to get the VC to function with GC games, *despite* the fact that it looks like that WAS intended at some point, given that it has the digital clicks in the shoulder buttons. That means it has the bases covered. It's even got an extra button with the extra Z button (whatever it is called). So it is entirely possible, but NOT without some kind of adapter. And that's going to require some very clever hacking.
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