WoW + Wii = WiiCraft
by Mike Schramm 
Dec 20th 2006 at 10:12AM
Now this is interesting. Take your Nintendo Wii remote, hook it up to your mac via a free program called DarwiinRemote, and run World of Warcraft. If you're wishing for Warcraft on the Wii, you've... kind of... got it.
He says you can also do this with a free Windows program (that should be Wiindows, actually), but as he shows, I still think it's more of a novelty than an actual control scheme-- he doesn't answer the question of how to actually talk to anyone, and I doubt that by moving the little remote to click all your spells that you can actually get anything done quickly, but for grinding it might be OK. But even as a novelty, it's a pretty nice, extremely easy little hack. Nice job, Wiicast guy.
[ His name, we believe, is Pooch. Thanks, Pooch! ]
He says you can also do this with a free Windows program (that should be Wiindows, actually), but as he shows, I still think it's more of a novelty than an actual control scheme-- he doesn't answer the question of how to actually talk to anyone, and I doubt that by moving the little remote to click all your spells that you can actually get anything done quickly, but for grinding it might be OK. But even as a novelty, it's a pretty nice, extremely easy little hack. Nice job, Wiicast guy.
[ His name, we believe, is Pooch. Thanks, Pooch! ]
Filed under: How-tos, Fan stuff, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chillis Dec 20th 2006 10:35AM
For now I think ill stick with the keyboard. I can't imagine being any good at PvP with that. No hotkeys.
cool that it works though
Ariss Dec 20th 2006 2:56PM
"And he'll stable your pet or whatever".
Snorri Dec 20th 2006 11:50AM
Ok I don't have a Wii but I can't wait to see where the development goes to getting more functional controls out of this. I think it would be a nice change standing in front of the TV instead of lounging on my butt to play WoW. If we could get gesture recognition for shortcuts that would be bitchin', but that is probably a pipe-dream.
dan Dec 20th 2006 12:26PM
i think its funny how when he tries to run at the end of the video he is all over the place. I like the mouse, like the earlier post PVP will be much faster with keyboard/mouse.
Hugh "Nomad" Hancock Dec 20th 2006 2:38PM
Gesture recognition, and a DDR pad for movement. All of a sudden this becomes arguably the *best* way to play WoW - with a decent gesture recognition system, you've got 40-50 commands at your fingertips.
This is on my to-do list for 2007, once I have a Wii, on my LCD TV.
oshin Dec 21st 2006 1:59PM
It looks like a cool way to play games, im not too sure about wow though, after all the biggest element in that is chatting to people, so you need a keyboard. Then again blue tooth keyboards have been around for yonks, but switching to one could be a pain. If you happen to be in a ventrillo guild tho you might be on to a good thing.
roseroyce04 Dec 20th 2006 11:18PM
He completely failed at giving himself Underwater Breathing.
Pooch Dec 21st 2006 2:30AM
Hey thanks for posting my vid! Yeah it's not great for PVP but it's a lot of fun for basic grinding and whatnot. if you hit the trigger (B) button it opens up the chat bar. But like i said in the Video it wont replace my mouse and keyboard for PvE until i can fully map the buttons. BTW my name IS Pooch AKA Fozziebear53 and my WoW handle is Phido. Lvl27 Warlock in Undermine...and no, i don't have any alts :)
Zuty Dec 21st 2006 9:51AM
Soon youll be wanting to 'Plug Into' WoW like the matrix.