mouse as wiimote pointer not working? [OS X]

[winkwonkbarbie]

I'm trying to play Animal Crossing City Folk and I can't select anything because the mouse isn't working as the wii pointer? I know the game supports pointing capabilities and everywhere I've looked people have said that it 'should work' with the default settings.
They have all been on machines running Windows as far as I know; is this a known issue for Mac users? Is there a solution or are we kinda just screwed?

Thanks!
(My specs are in my profile)