A Wii remote strapped onto a badminton racket
As far as ghetto mods go, this one certainly takes the cake. So if you loaded up Wii Fanboy today with the intention of procuring a slice of cake, you're out of luck.
Acidmods forumer Gene0514 escaped the plastic tyranny of cheaply-made remote attachments from dubious Chinese manufacturers by creating his own Wii-Sports-Tennis-compatible racket. There's nothing hi-tech about its construction; he basically just "secured" a controller onto a badminton racket with rubber bands. Even with the wrist strap fastened onto the handle, we can't imagine Nintendo ever condoning anything as precariously-fashioned as this for its games.
Swing past the post break for more photos of the setup and its v2 model, a remote belted onto an actual tennis racket.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bluestreak2 @ Jul 1st 2007 2:36PM
Wouldn't you want the wiimote to be the handle instead of where the ball would be?
Timerider @ Jul 1st 2007 4:04PM
Wouldn't you want it strapped on sideways?
Your supposed to hold the remote like your hitting the ball with the side.
JC Fletcher @ Jul 1st 2007 10:38PM
Wouldn't you want to have some dang sense?
wushupants @ Jul 1st 2007 10:56PM
chaos waiting to happen...
Ryan @ Jul 1st 2007 11:50PM
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Nushio @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:47AM
Ryan, could you get us a BIGGER version of the image in question? Its too small to make out any of the text :P (But I saw Reggie and Phoenix Wright, so you can't go wrong there!)
nawtyeravgjoe @ Jul 2nd 2007 3:23AM
assist trophies are sorta like pokeballs but for non pokemon characters.
Peterid @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:21PM
Heh, the tennis racket looks a lot better, I wouldn't be NEARLY as worried about how much the end would wobble around. Secure it strong enough and I think it would be just dandy.
dave @ Aug 10th 2007 3:25PM
cripes u'd better get ur wii and tv outside mate, and give us the player 2 racket! http://www.ecbiz.co.uk/
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