@@Cart1416 The switch pro controller I think is listed at half the battery life of the wii u one, for reference. I know the switch one also uses a 3ds battery
@@Dr.Dankerson Did you watch the video? The Pro Controller didn't have a motion sensor, what would an update do? Magic? The most they could do was launch a new control with motion sensor. So you, with your working Pro Controller, would have to buy a new one if you wanted to play Splatoon, very practical, right?
Probably because some rulebook for official promotional material says "if the wii-mote is in use, the safety wrist strap must be worn, or in the process of being put on" or something like that
I'm betting this was because one or a few of the devs were tired of the abysmal battery life on their Wii U game pads dying for not charging over night and being dead the next morning, so they said "Screw it, let me hack together another control scheme!" and this was born. I know I probably would have done so, because then it makes my work life a little easier.
It's still odd to know the one drawback of the pro controller was no motion controls, which helped its insane battery life (similar to the wavebird I believe?)
@@ByeByebrotha Tbf that was only for the battle dojo (single console 1v1). You cannot use this in online matches or even the campaign, which makes this mostly useless for most people unless you play a lot of battle dojo with someone else
@@ddnava96 the 1v1 options for Wii U were next level! With the gamepad for player 2 and full screen for player 1…. No split screen, no squinting to see your character, and no screen cheating assuming gamepad player is positioned where they can’t see the TV
“A 12,000-year-old fossil of a creature with an odd internal skeleton. Its small skull indicates the creature was likely primitive with little intelligence. This specimen appears to have been fossilized in the middle of some kind of ritual.” -Sunken Scroll 26, with an image including the fossilized remnants of this control setup
I mean look at how expensive the Switch Pro Controller is. I think Nintendo figured most Wii U owners already had a Wii Remote Plus and many had a Wii U Pro Controller so they came up with this instead
@@Cedalusseeing as the DualShock 3 had gyro it couldn’t have been expensive and the switch pro controller is overpriced so this dumb method isn’t really that good of a fix
@@Fancy405 I'm sure they could have but the gamepad already had it so it wasn't totally needed. I understand nintendo controllers are overpriced but the wii u pro controller is actually built to last while the more expensive switch controllers (with gyro) aren't
@@yperokeanios first I've seen praise for the dojo. Was very underappreciated... Even by the updates... Didn't even have all maps that were on the disc / original version
And it easily beats the any Joystick battery life.. i still use Wiiu pro’s til this day ( 8bitdo stick and you are ready to play basically everything )
As a child I knew this could be done but I didn't know you had to do a special input for it, so I thought it was just an urban legend made up by the store clerk that sold me the wii pro controller
"Okay so, our pro controllers dont have a motion sensor, but we want our pro controller players to have motion controls, what do we do??" "STRAP A WIIMOTE TO THE BACK OF THE PRO CONTROLLER!" "Genius!"
There's an unofficial accessory for the classic controller that allows you to hook the Wii remote on the back of the classic controller. And so I ask: does this method work with classic controller?
I have done the same in the past but with an xbox 360 controller and an old samsung phone strapped to it so I could use motion control in games like botw, then I got a ps4 controller just so I can use the motion control easier
The fact that basic features like gyro controls and analogue triggers still aren’t standard across platforms infuriates me to no end. I’m glad at least the Switch Pro Controller has motion controls unlike the Wii U Pro controller and all Xbox controllers to this day.
Just a great example of cost savings. Though to be fair to Nintendo, analog triggers on portable devices can be kinda risky. People tend to carry them around randomly and drop them constantly and digital triggers can take that abuse better. Still sucks though. And Microsoft has no excuses. It's their fault that games don't use gyro more as their whole system doesn't support it at all.
The game has a sunken sea scroll with this controller setup, so of course I had to figure out if it was actually used in-game. Had a lot of fun with friends in college in the dojo!
I used to do this with my brother we used to play splatoon hide and seek and we would always fight for the game pad because it had the motion controls, then he decided to tell me one day that this trick existed, we tried it and now we can play like brothers with both motion controls and try to find each other In the different maps it was the best trick I ever herd
Actually it's because the Wii Remote only had accelerometers, no gyros. So it can tell when you move it, but not fine angles. It's why in games that tell you to do an action just jiggling the controller works just fine. It can't tell how you're holding it, what direction you shook it, etc.
@Skylancer727 yeah, i played vr with wiimotes as vr controllers, and even made some software to use the wiimotes, not having gyros was absolutely awful also no gyro manufacturer would ever make a chip with roll and pitch but no yaw (also when you put it on its side you suddenly had yaw but no pitch, as pitch is now horizontal, clearly indicating the use of an accelerometer) also one of my Wiimotes had a bit of drift as it wasn't directly made by Nintendo, it works really well in Wii games but when you have a menu stuck to it and and trying to click something small on it while having to slowly move the other hand so it doesn't freak out and you also have the Kinect 360 that's not always perfectly tracking where your hands are... I'm glad to have a normal vr headset now
i always did this with a regular wii classic controller because my gamepad didn’t connect more than a few inches away from the console and i still wanted the experience of playing splatoon so i just connected two controllers and ran around 😭
Bro.... Nintendo used to think of everything. -Handheld consoles that didn't break because of a drop. Even on hard concrete -Being able to tweak the GameCube's laser incase age deteriorated the GameCube's disc reading -no joy stick drift from simple wear and tear And now this
It was actually only $50. But no it didn't have motion controls. It was also built incredibly cheaply in general so just another example of Nintendo doing the bare minimum like the Wii's classic controller. Honestly was really surprised the Switch got such a good one. Very un-Nintendo like.
No motion controls was the only bummer of the WiiU pro Controller. Other than that, I love this thing. I think it feels awesome and it certainly looks a lot better than a Switch Pro Controller. Both sticks up never bothered me. Despite having sold my WiiU years ago, I kept one of those for PC gaming, a good decision. And another big advantage for tech nerds: The WiiU pro Controller has very simple internals. A single flat board and no unnecessary wires, easy to disassemble and nothing ever breaks. The Switch Pro Controller is a nightmare, it's tightly packed with several boards, which are connected by hard to reach flat cables and when I wanted to clean mine, the latch of one of those cables broke and there is no way of repairing that. That controller is completely over engineered, there is no reason, why it couldn't have been a flat board too. Would have made it a lot cheaper.
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so this is why the pro controller battery lasted a month, it had no motion
@@Cart1416 The switch pro controller I think is listed at half the battery life of the wii u one, for reference. I know the switch one also uses a 3ds battery
@@Boxish weird. Id assume it would just have the average lithium ion battery.
@@FoxNoitre10 Are there average lithium ion batteries? This battery is a lithium ion though
used a whole ass 3ds battery as well
@@Boxish im saying like either soldered in or connected through pins idk
They were legends for putting this in the game.
Sup.
@@LaggingLeland Yooooo! 😅
@@VinnytotheK Fr
or they could just add an update? nah buy 2 controllers
@@Dr.Dankerson Did you watch the video? The Pro Controller didn't have a motion sensor, what would an update do? Magic?
The most they could do was launch a new control with motion sensor. So you, with your working Pro Controller, would have to buy a new one if you wanted to play Splatoon, very practical, right?
i like how in the official image the model is still wearing the wrist strap
Probably because some rulebook for official promotional material says "if the wii-mote is in use, the safety wrist strap must be worn, or in the process of being put on" or something like that
@@MrHack4never probably
It keeps you from rage throwing the controller. It's not for your safety but the safety of others.
@@FauxFaFox It's for the safety of Nintendo. Safety from being sued.
@@davidsentanu7836 they’re the only company ever to have a seatbelt for video games
this is the funniest workaround for not having built-in gyro that ive ever seen
I'm betting this was because one or a few of the devs were tired of the abysmal battery life on their Wii U game pads dying for not charging over night and being dead the next morning, so they said "Screw it, let me hack together another control scheme!" and this was born. I know I probably would have done so, because then it makes my work life a little easier.
@@ChrisCarlos64Yeah the game pad has such a short battery life. Owning the Wii U without at least one other controller is unfathomable.
Ive done this and its surprising how intuitive it still feels
Probably cause the pro controller weighs nothing
It's still odd to know the one drawback of the pro controller was no motion controls, which helped its insane battery life (similar to the wavebird I believe?)
@seid3366 Oh, you mean the Wavebird not having rumble? Yeah.
im going to teach my dad to play splatoon
How did it go?
yeah, im curious, tell us
@@BigMac-And-Friesit went well ! it was enjoyable time spent with my child . im a pro at splatoon now.
I remember Chuggaaconroy showing this on his lp of Splatoon and i was fully convinced he was doing a bit
That looks a lot less complicated than I expected. I was expecting some kind of 3d printed grip.
That's one option, but it's way more complicated, at least it will look better than the rubber bands or anything else
@@demorunnertimmedrt4432 Consumer 3D printing didn't exist back then
@@creeperpro1232I mean I'd take the extra work rather than that wobbly mass waiting to hit the ground.
@@ByeByebrotha Tbf that was only for the battle dojo (single console 1v1). You cannot use this in online matches or even the campaign, which makes this mostly useless for most people unless you play a lot of battle dojo with someone else
@@ddnava96 the 1v1 options for Wii U were next level! With the gamepad for player 2 and full screen for player 1…. No split screen, no squinting to see your character, and no screen cheating assuming gamepad player is positioned where they can’t see the TV
“A 12,000-year-old fossil of a creature with an odd internal skeleton. Its small skull indicates the creature was likely primitive with little intelligence. This specimen appears to have been fossilized in the middle of some kind of ritual.” -Sunken Scroll 26, with an image including the fossilized remnants of this control setup
Anton, you’re a goddamn genius!
This control scheme is known as the power of friendship
Ps3 controller: "look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power"
Because apparently this is more convenient than just giving the pro controller motion controls.
I mean look at how expensive the Switch Pro Controller is. I think Nintendo figured most Wii U owners already had a Wii Remote Plus and many had a Wii U Pro Controller so they came up with this instead
@@Cedalusseeing as the DualShock 3 had gyro it couldn’t have been expensive and the switch pro controller is overpriced so this dumb method isn’t really that good of a fix
@@Fancy405 the dualshock 3 only has a cheap single-axis gyro
@@Cedalus still gyro and I’m sure they could’ve implemented gyro from the wiimote seeing how they were mass produced for over half a decade
@@Fancy405 I'm sure they could have but the gamepad already had it so it wasn't totally needed. I understand nintendo controllers are overpriced but the wii u pro controller is actually built to last while the more expensive switch controllers (with gyro) aren't
It was so surreal that the Wii remote could be surgically attached to the pro controller to add what it can't do.
Hi Callie!
They even added a reference to this in a sunken scroll
That local 1v1 mode was so good and I'm sad it didn't come back in the sequels.
@@superfightman2053 the lack of two active screens really does a number
@@UP51L ...online multiplayer
I don’t think you know what local means.
local multiplayer exists via the Shoal (does require 2 consoles unfortunately though)
9 years passed and I didn't know you could do that. Such a missed opportunity... I would have make great memories with my sister in dojo...
@@yperokeanios first I've seen praise for the dojo. Was very underappreciated... Even by the updates... Didn't even have all maps that were on the disc / original version
That’s vile, but awesome at the same time.
My man just crafted a Wii U pro controller with motion controls with a Pro controller, some rubber bands and a Wii controller with motion controls
This wii u controller is so peak i love it i use it on my switch, the two sticks being on the same level is so good
Me too. For certain games it's awesome.
And it easily beats the any Joystick battery life.. i still use Wiiu pro’s til this day ( 8bitdo stick and you are ready to play basically everything )
We used this so much because at the time we all sucked at using stick controls 😂
Close enough, welcome back N64 controller!
Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a homemade megaphone, using only some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone.
Will miss the wii u online support
Pretendo
@@Warper74 is pretendo gonna be emulation tho? Or will it work with my games. Emulation just isnt the same in my opinion.
@@batcaveish Pretendo works on 3DS & Wii U, real hardware.
@@batcaveishpretendo is just a fanmade network, you access it by loading custom firmware or software on your 3DS or Wii U
@@batcaveish works on both but for emulation you must dump the login files
Ah yes, the Viva Reverie Rubber Band Controller.
And Nintendo was never the same again.
Two player mode unlocked, one person has the Wii remote, the other has the pro controller
Props to Nintendo for actually wanting you to do this, it looks like a pretty reliable method
i thought this was a feverdream tbh
The Wii U pro controller is actually so underrated
As a child I knew this could be done but I didn't know you had to do a special input for it, so I thought it was just an urban legend made up by the store clerk that sold me the wii pro controller
Son:mom can I get a gyro featured controller?
Mom: no you have one at home
*The gyro controller at home*
This is the most Nintendo thing.
You just unlocked an old memory of me doing this 😂
The wiiu pro controller was so expensive but didnt even have motion features? Wow
It was cheaper than its contemporaries
That is so goofy and goatee at the same time.
Ok but seriously what was the actual way of doing this because I don’t think they made Nintendo branded rubber bands
wrist strap
But is it a true way to play becuse I want to know?
@@karrotthekitty yes it's real. the game uses the Wiimote's gyro sensors, and the buttons on the Pro Controller do everything else
They literally recommended zip ties. Look up the sunken scrolls for Splatoon 1 for proof.
@@karrotthekittyit is the Nintendo approved way of playing
This is heavily creative, I wonder if something could be done similar on the switch?
The Switch Pro Controller already has a gyroscope and accelerometer
Why would you need it??
@@DE23 I have a PowerA wired Switch pro controller and it doesn't have gyro... but that's third-party.
They were like "hey... remember the Nintendo 64 controller?"
"Have you done this before?"
*JJJ laugh*
Honestly I'm just gonna buy a Wii MotionPlus Controller, steal the MotionPlus and put it in the Pro Controller
its so scuffed but works perfectly with the controller’s button layout
I never heard about an wii u pro controler.
it looks so reliable usable.
I thought it was just a joke from way back when, had no idea you could actually do this XD
Hidden multiplayer, one player aims with the wiimote and the other player plays the game 😂
Antonretro: im gonna do whats called a pro gamer move or its big brain time
"Okay so, our pro controllers dont have a motion sensor, but we want our pro controller players to have motion controls, what do we do??"
"STRAP A WIIMOTE TO THE BACK OF THE PRO CONTROLLER!"
"Genius!"
They tried to make the setup look nice with the whole white shoelace with the woven knot 😂
I do like how the controller lasted for like an eon per charge
This is the first time I'm hearing of a Wii pro controller
The funniest thing is where they HID the button combination for activating this Frankenstein of a control method.
There's an unofficial accessory for the classic controller that allows you to hook the Wii remote on the back of the classic controller. And so I ask: does this method work with classic controller?
There was an official attachment on the Wii classic controller in ~2009 which achieved exactly this
This is soo backwards, Nintendo weren’t thinking when they introduced this.
the infamous *rubberband controller*
Best be careful or they’ll sue you for using their controllers “not as intended” 😅😂
Wii U pro controller just felt lifeless at times 😭
Imagine having to strap the Dualshock 3 to the old playstation move controller to play a game back in the day
Fair enough, welcome back, N64 Controller
I have done the same in the past but with an xbox 360 controller and an old samsung phone strapped to it so I could use motion control in games like botw, then I got a ps4 controller just so I can use the motion control easier
I could not tell at all what effect this had on your gameplay
The fact that this is endorsed by Nintendo shows how much they value "gimmicks" as part of their core values.
Thats crazy I was just thinking about this abomination earlier today for no reason
The "Rubber Band Controller"
I think one of the sunken scrolls alludes to this. The one with the skeleton
The fact that basic features like gyro controls and analogue triggers still aren’t standard across platforms infuriates me to no end. I’m glad at least the Switch Pro Controller has motion controls unlike the Wii U Pro controller and all Xbox controllers to this day.
Just a great example of cost savings. Though to be fair to Nintendo, analog triggers on portable devices can be kinda risky. People tend to carry them around randomly and drop them constantly and digital triggers can take that abuse better. Still sucks though.
And Microsoft has no excuses. It's their fault that games don't use gyro more as their whole system doesn't support it at all.
The game has a sunken sea scroll with this controller setup, so of course I had to figure out if it was actually used in-game. Had a lot of fun with friends in college in the dojo!
FUDGE! I wish I knew about this back in the day!
they make a little reference on the splatoon 2 story mode unlockables (on an illustration), happy to see what's the deal about it hahaha
So that's what viva references.
I used to do this with my brother we used to play splatoon hide and seek and we would always fight for the game pad because it had the motion controls, then he decided to tell me one day that this trick existed, we tried it and now we can play like brothers with both motion controls and try to find each other In the different maps it was the best trick I ever herd
I cant believe a mutli billion dollar company proposed this as a solution to playing their game
Thanks now I got two controllers with motions controls this will help me out
DUDE I wish I knew this as a kid!! I had wanted to play splatoon for years, I had the game but my gamepad was broken so I couldn’t do anything
It was for the local 2p mode only, you couldn't use it for online or campaign.
Would have been cool if they allowed this throughout the whole game
That puts the original use for the classic controller in the garbage
You should use this to do a challenge where one person aims and the other does everything else
it looks like the controller is a inkling and the wii remote is the ink thing that the characters always have on their backs
MY FRIEND LUCAS HAS NOT DONE THIS BEFORE.
I once tried as a kid but never succeed, I should try again now
Lowkey pretty clever
And not just any Wiimote, it has to be a Wiimote with Motion Plus, or an older Wiimote with a Motion Plus attachment.
Only nintendo could come up with something so goofy 😭
the reason the original Wiimote needs the adapter is it only has roll and pitch, yep, no yaw
Actually it's because the Wii Remote only had accelerometers, no gyros. So it can tell when you move it, but not fine angles. It's why in games that tell you to do an action just jiggling the controller works just fine. It can't tell how you're holding it, what direction you shook it, etc.
@Skylancer727 yeah, i played vr with wiimotes as vr controllers, and even made some software to use the wiimotes, not having gyros was absolutely awful
also no gyro manufacturer would ever make a chip with roll and pitch but no yaw (also when you put it on its side you suddenly had yaw but no pitch, as pitch is now horizontal, clearly indicating the use of an accelerometer)
also one of my Wiimotes had a bit of drift as it wasn't directly made by Nintendo, it works really well in Wii games but when you have a menu stuck to it and and trying to click something small on it while having to slowly move the other hand so it doesn't freak out and you also have the Kinect 360 that's not always perfectly tracking where your hands are... I'm glad to have a normal vr headset now
it's easier with the classic controller since you can wrap its cable around the wiimote.
Filthy frank life hacks: OH YEEAAHHH
i always did this with a regular wii classic controller because my gamepad didn’t connect more than a few inches away from the console and i still wanted the experience of playing splatoon so i just connected two controllers and ran around 😭
this also works with the wii classic controller and classic controller pro
Bro.... Nintendo used to think of everything.
-Handheld consoles that didn't break because of a drop. Even on hard concrete
-Being able to tweak the GameCube's laser incase age deteriorated the GameCube's disc reading
-no joy stick drift from simple wear and tear
And now this
I had no idea that the Wii U Pro Controller lacked gyro sensors... is that why it had a longer battery life than the Switch one?
you just made a N64 controller.
When you realize Nintendo is going get rid of Splatoon 1 online 😢.
"why did the Wii u sell badly?' cause you need to buy two controllers and have to rubberband them together? No it must be the fans
This was a secret code in a side mode of a game that came out 2.5 years after the console released.
I haven't, god no, I disable motion controls in ALL games I play
So they took motion control, the thing the Wii was built around, out of the Wii?
I never knew this.. pretty Kool! So wii u pro controller doesn't have any motion control? I thought it does, because it's price at $60 msrp.
It was actually only $50. But no it didn't have motion controls. It was also built incredibly cheaply in general so just another example of Nintendo doing the bare minimum like the Wii's classic controller.
Honestly was really surprised the Switch got such a good one. Very un-Nintendo like.
@Skylancer727 Yeah, I know.
That's genuinely genius! If it works why not do it?
Nintendo. For the love of god can you just be normal with your hardware for ONCE!
No motion controls was the only bummer of the WiiU pro Controller. Other than that, I love this thing. I think it feels awesome and it certainly looks a lot better than a Switch Pro Controller. Both sticks up never bothered me. Despite having sold my WiiU years ago, I kept one of those for PC gaming, a good decision.
And another big advantage for tech nerds: The WiiU pro Controller has very simple internals. A single flat board and no unnecessary wires, easy to disassemble and nothing ever breaks.
The Switch Pro Controller is a nightmare, it's tightly packed with several boards, which are connected by hard to reach flat cables and when I wanted to clean mine, the latch of one of those cables broke and there is no way of repairing that. That controller is completely over engineered, there is no reason, why it couldn't have been a flat board too. Would have made it a lot cheaper.
And I thought I was only using the Gamepad for the map in Splatoon