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(More customer reviews)Since the first time I laid hands on a Wii Classic Controller at a friend's playing some of his Virtual Console games I had thought "It'd be sweet if there was a way to use this on PC." Unfortunately the only available method at the time required too much extra stuff beyond just the controller itself for it to even be worth it to me; a Wii-mote ($39), a Blue-tooth dongle, and Glovepie or Blue Soleil, the latter being a pay-to-use software. Also from what I heard you needed to re-sync the device every time you wanted to use it... I was thinking more along the lines of just a straight up direct USB connection, and that is exactly what the fine folks at Mayflash have made.
I got the CC to USB adapter in early Janurary to replace a 2 port PSX/PS2 pad to USB adapter I'd been using before (also from Mayflash).
Right out of the box this unit is fully USB HID compliant, every button, every stick and pressure sensitive slider shows up in Windows Gamepad Setup. You don't even need the software disc that comes with it and to be honest, there isn't much the bundled software can do that Joy2Key can't do better and using J2K you can also use the gamepad for more than just games.
I have two profiles for every emulator I use (one for actually playing the game, and one where Select is Escape / Alt-Enter, analog stick is mouse cursor, dpad navigates the romlist one by one, L and R are mouse wheel scroll for faster rom list browsing and Y is left click to load a game). I have the Home button set up in J2K as my Profile Switcher (so long as the last profile is set to switch to the first, they will loop continuously).
With this set up I can change games or even change emulators without getting up from the couch (got Svideo running to the TV for a more authentic feel). All I need to do is switch to the Mouse profile with Home and bring up J2K and click on the other emu's profile, minimize J2K and click the icon for the other emulator.
As for the quality of the adapter itself, it has a very sturdy housing and the ports have extra grip to them so when you plug in a controller it doesn't feel like the plug could accidentally come out. Also the cord is quite generous in length, a full 6 feet. Add to that the 4 ft length of the Classic Controller's cord and you have 10 feet.
The Classic Controller itself is one awesomely designed controller, probably one of the best since the original SNES pad which it is modeled after. The dpad is very responsive so you don't need alot of force which saves strain on your thumb and it's a full cross (unlike the Playstation dpad) so doing diagonals on it is pretty easy . The YXBA's feel just as good as they did on the SNES, though a tad thicker. Also the L/R buttons of the Classic are actually analog which could be made useful for a PC racing game that uses variable gas and brake.
Overall I'm very happy with this adapter, they're only $16 on Ebay with free shipping and the Classic pads are only $19, so together this is much-much cheaper than the Bluetooth + Wii-mote method and this is already 2-player capable, so I don't need to buy another $39 Wii-Mote to have a second player. I think this is one of the best products Mayflash has made and I hope it sells well for them, because -if- it does, they plan to make a wireless model next which will use an RF usb dongle to communicate inputs from the controller adapter to the PC.
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Converts two Wii Classic Controllers to PC USB. All buttons, D-pads, and analog sticks are recognizable in Windows Gamepad setup. Long USB cable makes up for short length of controller cords allowing for more reach.
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