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Anyone use the bongo controller? - regnad - 03-11-2011
Has anyone tried the bongo controller for DK Jungle Beat or Donkey Konga with Dolphin?
I'm thinking of scouring the used shops for one.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - regnad - 03-12-2011
That many of you, huh?
So I guess I need to bite the bullet and report back.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - dannzen - 03-12-2011
use your wii...
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - KHRZ - 03-12-2011
If i was gonna make an assumption, it will function like a GC controller, so if you have the connector for that set up it will probably work.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - regnad - 03-15-2011
I'll get around to buying one and posting the results.
I live in Tokyo, though, and may have to curb unnecessary purchases and traveling for the time being.
Ugh.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - dannzen - 03-15-2011
if its not working... you can play on your wii
and everything best for japan :/ iam reading the news every hour
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - Weavel33 - 03-16-2011
I tried it using the 3 in 1 magic joy box, but I couldn't get the gcpad to recognize the clapping.:/ Both bongos and the start button work though from what I remember. Note this was done on OS X. I'll probably try it again once I get windows running on my machine.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - regnad - 03-16-2011
I'm using a homemade adapter (not by me), but it seems remarkably good in a lot of ways (for example you can use an N64 Hori Mini Pad, which isn't true of the Joy Box or most other commercial adapters, as well as a rumble pak for the original N64 controller). So we'll see.
As I said, I'm not going to make unnecessary trips at the moment out of radiation concerns, and anyway a lot of Tokyo stores have limited hours right now, so it'll have to wait a bit before I report back.
If it DOES work, I'll post information about the guy who made the adapter.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - regnad - 03-25-2011
Went out and got one for a mere 800 yen in Akiba.
Verdict: as the poster above said, the clap sensor isn't recognized.
This is unfortunate, because you have to clap just to start DK Jungle Beat.
In Donkey Konga, the select screen seems to go crazy with the bongo plugged in.
I'll suggest this in the General forum, but the Dolphin developers should add a bongo attachment in the same way that the nunchuck etc are selected in the Wii configuration menu.
RE: Anyone use the bongo controller? - dannzen - 03-25-2011
map the first clap to a keyboard button?!
just switch in the left corner to keyboard map the button and switch back to controller