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make the project a Learning experience.. start with a single screen Samus Aran vr helmet with standard composite inputs (use component if the screen allows its). then make a left handed power glove out of a Wii nunchuck. have the c button mapped to the index finger, z mapped to thumb and control ...

Damn, man. That's awesome. I generally gave up on this thread, and was waiting for a response from Turbo Tax 1.0, who I've been talking with, and when I came to check... *BAM*! A whole page of discussion. Seriously, whether or not that's going to be a remote, nice work.

Also with the whole control ...

Oh wow... guys... this has the opportunity to turn into something beautiful. :o What if a group of us designed a working prototype, and then Nintendo wanted to use our design?! :shock: That would be SO AWESOME! Too bad I don't have the money for a Wii, let alone the money for this project. This ...

Well, with the dip switch, lets say we need 5 buttons, and include 8 as a safety measure (In reality, I think it'll be more than that.). Wouldn't each button (A, B, Z, C, etc.) need a dipswitch with enough switches on it for the amount of buttons on the arm cannon? So, in my example of 5:8, each ...

Dipswitch, yeah. But wouldn't you need a lot of them?

i might want to try this but not knowing the controls could be a big deal

Is there any way to include extra buttons, and have it so you can externally re-wire them to suit anyone's needs? Think like opening a hatch, and moving a few labeled wires around to change button functions. If we have "B ...

I tried asking Ben himself, but he told me he probably wouldn't have the time, and instead redirected me to his forums, to see if anyone wanted to take up on this project.

From my email to Ben:
"Basically, it'd be a custom wiimote unit, that's shaped as an arm cannon from the Metroid series. The ...