Its brilliant. Im pretty amazed at that work.

If you filter out all the "Why it works" stuff, this mod doesn't look very hard. It also doesn't look very cost effective, unfortunately :( A very, very cool mod nonetheless.
As far as burning up your precious AA's (I feel your pain) has anyone tried these?
http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802574

Double post magic!
Sorry, I just saw that they've moved the release date back on those charge stations.

I took a few electronics classes and I still pooped when I saw those schematics. not for the amateur

N64 controller was awesome. The stick was great, and positioned perfectly. The looks of it werent ideal, and quite talon-like, but your thumbs were in the ideal position for either control scheme. Thats something sony still hasn't got right. Sony, put the primary control function where it has always been!

BTW, the classic controller has the best d-pad ever. The A button seems a little too far to the right, though.

the dangling really bothers people? Really? It is a little odd, but i just put the wiimote in my pocket, at my side, on the floor, whatever. It has been absolutely zero problem for me. I actually prefer it to having a tethered controller or having to pay 40 for a classic with bluetooth.

Attaching the Wii Classic Controller to the Wii remote bothers me for a few reasons, the least of which is the dangling.

The biggest reason is that in order to use the Classic Controller, you MUST have a Wii remote ($39.99). The $19.99 classic controller loses it's "value" when you consider it actually costs $59.99 to actually use.

Now, you'll say: "Well, you have should have a Wii remote!" True -- however, I only own one Wii remote (and as I mentioned, three classic controllers -- don't ask). Now let's pretend for a second that there's no good reason for me to want to own a second Wii remote (*cough*no games*cough*), but I would REALLY like to get my Mario Kart or Contra on. Answer: get a GameCube controller. But, but...I really like the Classic Controller! Too bad. :(

Another reason it's reliance on the remote bothers me is that it does drain the batteries, as I mentioned. If you're going to put a wire on the controller, why not allow me to connect it to the console itself? It's baffling. There are four GameCube controller ports in addition USB ports. Uh, hello, Nintendo - USB ports are useful for stuff.

Despite the rant, though, I really could care less. Until some original games hit the VC (please?), it's not really an issue.

Anything that is wireless drains batteries.

The 19.99 classic controller loses no value, because A) a wiimote comes with the console, and B) Any autonomous controller costs more than 20 nowadays.

There are plenty of reasons to get a second controller, with the arguable no. 1 reason packed with the console.

Did anything that used the PS2 slots come out this soon after its launch?

Your controller issues will only matter when there are original VC games? What does that mean?

hmm, maybe depends on the VC game, never tried it with TG16 games. I could also be an idiot and the controller wasn't set up right (stupid wavebirds always get flipped to the wrong channel). maybe it's just me.

What's wrong with the Classic Controller? It might not be as ergonomic as the 360 controller...but I'd a lot rather use it than the NES controller with it's hard cold edges and its blister bursting buttons. I'm to lazy for this kind of mod. It's like I only have a few hours to squeeze into the day for playing games...I can't devote that much time to custom making my own controller.

Will he sell some to you? I like the Classic Controller, but I was hoping Nintendo would sell remakes of the old system-specific ones for hardcore classic gamers like me.