The uber compassionate One-handed Wiimote mod

As a southpaw, it's great to be able to hold the Wii remote in my left hand, but sadly many of the games are still built with righty's in mind (I'm looking at you Zelda and Zack & Wiki).

On topic: That is a very cool gesture for his friend. Nice!

As a lefty, it's nice to be able to use the Wiimote with my left hand, but when it's the combo, holding the Wiimote in the left and nunchuck on the right is impractical. Nearly every control scheme is designed so that movement (analog stick or D-pad) is done with the left hand, so it's naturally much easier to keep the nunchuck in my left hand, even if pointing with my right hand isn't as precise. Not to mention that some Wii games assume (and rely on the fact) that the Wiimote is in the right hand and Nunchuck on the left (e.g. Raving Rabbids).

Well, that's the problem with the program, not the controls, isn't it?

What's righty-biased about Sony/MS controllers? You need to have pretty much equal skill of both thumbs.

I'm a lefty, and I've found that some Wii games work better for me with the remote in my left hand, and somem work better with it in my right. I'm not ambidextrous whatsoever but I can usually adapt pretty well to what the game requires (I've spent my whole life adapting to a right-handed world.) I use the remote with my left hand for games that are more pointer-focused, like Resident Evil or Zack and Wiki. With games that are more joystick-focused, like SM Galaxy, I tend to use the nunchuck in my left hand. Using a 360 or PS3 controller (and going all the way back to NES controllers) the 'right-handed' way feels completely natural to me, just because I learned them that way when I was young. Same goes for keyboard/mouse.

To answer your question, kip, I don't think it's so much in the sticks as it is in the button layout. The R trigger is usually primary and all the face buttons are on the right side of the pad. For me, though, using a controller this way feels completely natural because I started playing NES games when I was four years old or so. I remember the Atari Lynx actually took this into consideration in the design; you could actually flip the system over and have the d-pad on the right, buttons on the left. I always wondered if anybody actually used it that way, because, if they were like me, they just adapted to the standard setup.

im pretty sure that they do, they just dont advertise them. ive seen plenty of custom controllers in hospitals for the handicapped.

as it stands tho, this is awesome. i always like seeing stuff like this.

yeah. Im sure companies do create controllers for the handicap. They wouldnt advertise and sell them in your local retail market as there would be no market for them. They probably are sold and advertised along with other devices/equpiment to those with disabilities. Which would explain why a hospital per say may have one.

I meant like a link on their website where a handicap person might find out such devices exist without having to frequent such facilities that handle people in said condition.

Stop being a douche and click on the website, thanks.

Go to his website and you'll see.