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iPad running SNES, controlled with a Wiimote

by Sang Tang May 6th 2010 at 7:00PM

I can't think of many things that top playing Super Mario Kart and being behind someone while in possession of the red turtle shell. Oh wait, I can: it's playing Super Mario Kart on your iPad and using your WiiMote to shoot the red turtle shell at those in front of you.

Provided you have a jailbroken iPad and the latest version of snes4iphone, you too can use your WiiMote to control Mario, Yoshi, Samus and the rest of the Nintendo gang.

You'll first need to install version 7.0 of snes4iphone, which provides support for the WiiMote via BTStack. The jailbroken app can be purchased for US$5.99 at the Cydia store. As jailbreaking is required to install Cydia and non-App store apps, you'll first need to jailbreak your iPad.

[via toucharcade.com]




Fortunately, there's "Spirit," a recently released untethered jailbreak option iPhone OS 3.1.2, 3.1.3, and 3.2 devices. However, the Spirt team notes that "On iPad, all this is still sort of beta," so proceed with caution.



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Tosler

Giving this a try tonight! Can't find any info on the button layouts. How is everyone addressing the need for more buttons in SNES games than what is on the wiimote? I know the iphone option utilizes its volume buttons as the top LB and RB.

June 10 2010 at 3:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nick k

This app doesn't have native ipad resolution.
What you are looking at in the video is pixel doubling mode, and it looks like absolute garbage close up. I would advise anyone who is thinking about purchasing this program to reconsider.

May 16 2010 at 1:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Whitefokes

Does this still have the controller lag that occurred in the nes emaulator for iphone when using wiimote?

May 07 2010 at 2:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stickyicky

does Mario Kart or Super Mario World come with the snes4iphone app or do you have to find a rom online somewhere?

May 07 2010 at 8:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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aph3x

No, Yes. You must own the original ROM, blah, blah, blah.

May 07 2010 at 9:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stickyicky

I haven't installed a ROM in quite some time, so I'm not too sure how to do that anymore. Is there an online guide to doing this?

May 07 2010 at 9:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
creativepride

Classic controller does not work.

May 07 2010 at 6:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian vG

I guess this would work with the Classic Wii Controller too, which feels a bit more like a SNES controller :)

May 07 2010 at 3:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DarkZephix

Should be FREE... I will stick with the FREE jailbroken apps for now

May 06 2010 at 10:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Teslanaut

Why should it be free?

May 07 2010 at 12:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
4nth0ny

I don't think it should be free because I'm sure this took any hours and hard work from the dev. But it would be awesome if it was free.

May 07 2010 at 2:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tinyroar

This is too awesome

May 06 2010 at 10:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve

Major pawntag3!

May 06 2010 at 10:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steven

WiiPad

May 06 2010 at 9:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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