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Re:Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game prese... by ninjin on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:12PM (#29261316)
To be fair, the Switch changed the storage medium and Wii and Wii U disks are bigger than the console itself. That is not to say that Nintendo has not had multiple storage mediums compatible with the same consoles, for example: Gamecube miniDVDs and Wii DVDs working with the Wii and Gameboy cartridges and Gameboy Advance Cartridges working with the Gameboy Advance. But I think I am willing to cut Nintendo some slack for the Switch given the many compromises they must have made to fit that much power into a hand-held unit.

I am sour however that the Wii Remotes are not working with the Switch though, as I find the Wii Wheel to be a superior experience when playing Mario Kart. There is no technical reason for this as far as I can tell as the Switch still uses Bluetooth for connectivity. Now, there are new wheels, but just like the Joy-Cons, they are far too small to be comfortable given the size of my hands.

Re:Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game prese... by photojosh on Thursday November 18, 2021 @01:32AM (#29262608)
I've been pairing the Wii Remotes to my laptop, and playing the old games that way via Dolphin!
Re:Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game prese... by thefunnyman on Thursday November 18, 2021 @04:36AM (#29263720)
I do this as well with a mayflash sensor bar. Dolphin also works for rock band and guitar hero which has been pretty fun.
Re:Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game prese... by photojosh on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @08:32PM (#29326004)
Very late reply so you might never see this... but I have a full complement of RB and GH hardware, and a long-term project I'm investigating is ensuring those rhythm games can always be played via Dolphin even once all the 'toy' hardware is dead and buried.

Specifically: I want to add direct support for proper e-drums played via MIDI into Dolphin, without the various hacks to get it to emulate a keyboard etc, and compatible even with the Pro Drums mode in RB3.

Guitars are simultaneously an easier and harder question: would require a DIY guitar, but can be fed into Dolphin just by emulating a HID device.

email is in my bio if you want to discuss