Nintendo Wii U controller ... as a case

bizzy401 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:59 pm **Posts:** 17

Is it just me or does this thing look awesome for becoming a great case. I would love to have the dimensions of this.

Muniosi · **Joined:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 217

That would work great! The only drawback is that it's not very thick.

bizzy401 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:59 pm **Posts:** 17

Muniosi wrote:

That would work great! The only drawback is that it's not very thick.

Considering I am currently working on a portable Onlive system I think it would be perfect, lol there is not much to put inside it. Oh well, I am not waiting a year for this to come out....back to cruising polycase....

Falco · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:04 pm

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw that. Probably a better use of it than playing lame 3rd party games, at least.

IggyRGW96 · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:04 pm **Posts:** 20

Yuhh. it would be a good case. but it would limit customization, it would be extreamly pricey and it would not be thick enough. i guess if you want to find a way to make it an inch or two thicker then yes it would work fine!
just does not sound worth the trouble

wiggyx · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:13 am **Posts:** 21

I wanna see this happen! I might have to give it a go when I can find a decent used one in the upcoming months.

As far as size goes, no prob! The thing as a perfectly level part line and such a simple form factor, which means you could make a spacer with almost zero thought or effort. Hell, I'm pretty sure I could crank out a spacer on the bandsaw in like 5 minutes.

• Take apart Wuu controller
• Trace perimeter onto material of choice
• Cut
• Make Wuu controller sammich with the aid of some extended screws

Now it's just a question of whether to put a SNES in there or a SNES

ttsgeb · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:18 pm

Or maybe even a PS2

wiggyx · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:13 am **Posts:** 21

Shit, anything!

nevermind1534 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:48 am

Holy thread Resurrection, Batman!

bizzy401 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:59 pm **Posts:** 17

nevermind1534 wrote:

Holy thread Resurrection, Batman!

Lol, this was my thread, but I have been stationed in Korea so the On live handheld has been temporarily shelved.

wiggyx · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:13 am **Posts:** 21

nevermind1534 wrote:

Holy thread Resurrection, Batman!

Sorry, it just seemed like it needed to be done by someone at this point, seeing as the Wuu's been out for a couple of months now. Gotta start searching eBay for broken controllers...

ttsgeb · **Posted:** Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:41 pm

That link is actually him using a protective case for the WiiU controller. He has a link to the ebay page in the thread.

bizzy401 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:59 pm **Posts:** 17

So I just had this epiphany, do you think it would be possible to cram a raspberry pi into a Nintendo Wii gamepad? I mean, the screen, controls and battery are all already there. Then you could put emulators on the pi and POOF!

Any thoughts on this?

(maybe this should have had its own thread...)

ProgMetalMan · **Joined:** Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 239

You'd have to find the same size screen, because hacking the U-Screen would be quite difficult.

bizzy401 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:59 pm **Posts:** 17

ProgMetalMan wrote:

You'd have to find the same size screen, because hacking the U-Screen would be quite difficult.

http://www.dhgate.com/6-2-inch-lcd-scre ... e6e9d.html

Maybe?

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