iPhone as a Wii controller
So I’ve wondered for a while now, iPhone has accelerometer, so does Wii controller.
Closest it seems like it has come is this cool video of a WiiMote updating iphone built on open-source bluetooth stack extender. Or perhaps this iFun app that let’s you play PC games. Or this one.
Cool as those are, not so functional when you’re having a party, 2 people are going at it on your only 2 controllers. Meanwhile everyone’s got an iPhone and a serious jonesing for a Super Mario Bros show-down.
Why aren’t Nintendo/Apple partnering for some exclusive deal on a Wii controller app. Apple gets to tap into the Wii games share (admittedly not quite so huge) and Nintendo gets a controller in everyone’s packets. Mobile avatars and potential customers abound.
As with all of my Why Hasn’t Someone Done This? posts, I do hope someone can prove me wrong and show me that this actually exists somewhere. Or some enterprising person is hacking together a kludge for now.