The Wiinstrument is an application that allows you to connect a Wiimote and Nunchuck to your Mac via Bluetooth, and turns your Mac into a MIDI controlling machine.
After syncing the controllers to your Mac, you make music by simply moving them around. The buttons and directional pad select instruments, and the software even taps into the Wiimote’s motion sensor to vary the sound depending on the speed of your swing.
It’s still in Beta, so there are bound to be a few bugs, but with an open source code, they should get squished quickly.
Ready to rock the world?
Then give the Wiinstrument a try.
[Wiinstrument]
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It’s going to be hard to hide the fact that you’re a classic gaming nerd with a tattoo like this on your back.
Featuring the full roster of classic characters, a larger than life NES controller, and the English translation of Nintendo: “Leave Luck To Heaven”, there’s not much that didn’t make it into this design.
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Mystified by the way the Wii controller turns your frantic swings into on screen action? The New York Times took apart the Nintendo sensation and explains how each part does what it does. A great read if you ever wonder, “How does it do that?”.
[The New York Times - Wii's Means Of Motion]
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Monopoly and Nintendo have combined forces and created Nintendo Monopoly, the classic board game but with a Mario twist. The board features some of Nintendo’s most popular characters, including Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Star Fox and Wario. Plus, the pewter game pieces are modeled after a Donkey Kong barrel, Link’s boots, a Hylian Shield, an NES controller, Mario’s hat, and a Koopa shell. It’ll makes you want to be an eight-year-old tyrannical monopolist all over again, buying up everything you land on until the other players have no choice but to concede a shameful defeat.
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