Wii Remote

The Wii Remote is the main controller used on the Wii. It's primarily focused towards motion control based games.

It's sometimes referred to by the unofficial name "Wiimote".

Features

• Sensors
  • Accelerometer
  • Infrared sensor (used alongside the Sensor Bar)
  • On Wii Remote Plus models or with the MotionPlus addon
    • Gyroscope
• Physical Buttons
  • POWER, D-Pad, A, B (located on the back of the controller), +, HOME, -, 1 and 2
  • SYNC button hidden in the battery compartment
• Connectivity
  • Bluetooth
  • Accessory port (I²C interface)
    • Used for connecting the Nunchuk, Classic Controller. MotionPlus addon and other accessories
• Miscellaneous
  • 16KB of storage
  • Speaker
  • 4 lights to indicate which player the controller connected as

Compatibility

With the mainline Wii-Linux kernel the Wii Remote will connect automatically when pressing a button, if it was previously paired to this console under official software. It binds using the official hid-wiimote driver, same as it does on a PC. It can be used under X11 using Xwiimote.

NPLL connects to Wii Remotes like other official and homebrew software does. That is: it automatically fast-reconnects any known Wii Remotes, which should work if they were already connected just-before starting NPLL, and they can also be connected manually be a pressing a button.