Gamecube controller mod for Wiiu gamepad

[Green_Saint]

Bear in mind this is my first major mod here, the only other thing I've done is solder 3 component ports to a DVD player using the 3.5mm video jack so I could use it as a mini screen which was fairly easy.

So I want to get a wavebird and attach it to a frame which could be clipped on to a wiiu gamepad, only thing is I'm not sure how to go about this, mainly with trying to get the GC controller split in half. Now if it is simpler with a standard GC controller then I don't mind but having it completely wireless would be nicer.
Just in case I'm not making sense, I'll include a picture of how it would look in theory.
http://i66.tinypic.com/1693os5.png
I'd love to make a GC portable but I haven't got the money or skill to do something like that so this is like the next best thing.
Thanks

 

[dark_samus]

alright so I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to achieve here... do you want a gamecube controller that interfaces with the Wii U or one that interfaces with the GameCube itself... or you want both? If you want one that interfaces with just the Wii U then it shouldn't be too hard, you should be able to use the wired controller shell but still have it be a wireless gamepad if it's the other way around that will be a bit harder but still doable with the wavebird

 

[Green_Saint]

Just one that interfaces with the WiiU, I will buy the GC adapter for WiiU and then a GC controller to use for this. I need the feel of the GC controller to play games because without it I suck at games like Melee ahaha

 

[dark_samus]

No need to get an adapter, since the wii U has all of the buttons already its pretty easy to wire up, you don't even need the GameCube controller guts if you don't want to use it

 

[Green_Saint]

So are you saying I should rewire the buttons to the pro controller? Because I am up for doing this but I still want the gamepad to work with WiiU as well as having analogue triggers as I know the gamepad are just digital

 

[dark_samus]

So are you saying I should rewire the buttons to the pro controller? Because I am up for doing this but I still want the gamepad to work with WiiU as well as having analogue triggers as I know the gamepad are just digital

just rewire buttons directly from the control pad to the Wii U tablet thing.... also gamecube has analogue triggers in it as well

 

[Green_Saint]

Lol I don't think I made myself clear here, the reason I wanted to do this mod was because I want to play GameCube backups off of the VWii using nintendont, nintendont doesn't support the WiiU gamepad though so by doing this mod I play off the tablet screen without having to perch it up and use a separate controller.
I have no idea why I didn't include this in the very first post, I guess I was trying to be brief or something, so sorry I just wasted loads of your time

 

[dark_samus]

Lol I don't think I made myself clear here, the reason I wanted to do this mod was because I want to play GameCube backups off of the VWii using nintendont, nintendont doesn't support the WiiU gamepad though so by doing this mod I play off the tablet screen without having to perch it up and use a separate controller.
I have no idea why I didn't include this in the very first post, I guess I was trying to be brief or something, so sorry I just wasted loads of your time

Doesn't really take much time to type and you didn't really waste any of my time... This is a pretty simple concept of a mod and shouldn't be too bad to actually finish just don't give up

 

[Green_Saint]

yeah aha, well ill post my progress on this, ill try and get some of the stuff next week

 

[Green_Saint]

Well I've ordered some stuff and I'm gonna be buying some wires tomorrow as well as some thinner solder,
what kind of wire should I be looking into? just some thin insulated wire? also I am a bit confused how I will wire the WiiU's buttons to the GameCube pad as the WiiU uses like a flat data cable similar to how the cables are on the WiiKey Fusion (I forget what they are called, the ones that slide into a clasp) + I decided to use a GC controller since I wanna use this on my actual GC too and just because I know how small I can get the GameCube PCB thanks to Ashen

 

[Green_Saint]

Well I think I'm giving up ahaha, I would've finished this but I have no clue how to solder the wires to the WiiU's buttons as they use them latches and flat data cables, and when I began solder wires to the GC microchip I used a bit too much solder and its spread to the other pins, I don't have a de-soldering pump or anything so yeah