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OH BABY IT'S TIME
After the original WaluWiigi took the 2017 contest by storm and generated a whopping 3 votes overall, I've decided to duplicate that success with a successor. The WaluWiigi 2.0 is going to take everything I've learned from my past two years in the portbalizing community and build what will hopefully be the perfect portable for me.
It took me a while to figure out what I wanted from the WaluWiigi 2.0. I had some problems with the Waker of the Wiind, and many problems with the WaluWiigi, so I wanted something that would remedy those issues without too many compromises. Here are the planned features for this portable:
-All original GCC buttons (except for the dpad). Overall, I don't mind the DS button setup too much, but on some games it definitely feels wrong. More important for me though is the triggers. The dual tact setup is great for every single game I play, except Super Mario Sunshine.
-Case organically modeled after the GCC shell with the screen on top. It will be very WaveRider-esque, but 100% 3D printed.
-PowerMii full
-Probably an OMEGA trim to make everything fit
-WAH astetics (of course)
So far I haven't made much progress on this portable, aside from starting to design a GCC shell as exactly as I could. It went surprisingly well, and I do have some pictures to show my progress thus far:
The entire shell together does look somewhat chunky, but that's mostly because the back of the case still needs some shaping done to it. My biggest concern was whether or not it would even be possible to get close to OEM feel with CAD, but I'm very happy with how the front of the case looks thus far, and am looking forward to using these case assets in projects beyond this one.
If I have extra time (lol), then I would like to implement a dock system. I know that it's pointless when another Wii could do the job just as well, but I still think they're cool.
Good luck to the rest of y'all! We're only 8 hours into the contest and I'm already seeing cool stuff so I'm sure August wil be awesome.
After the original WaluWiigi took the 2017 contest by storm and generated a whopping 3 votes overall, I've decided to duplicate that success with a successor. The WaluWiigi 2.0 is going to take everything I've learned from my past two years in the portbalizing community and build what will hopefully be the perfect portable for me.
It took me a while to figure out what I wanted from the WaluWiigi 2.0. I had some problems with the Waker of the Wiind, and many problems with the WaluWiigi, so I wanted something that would remedy those issues without too many compromises. Here are the planned features for this portable:
-All original GCC buttons (except for the dpad). Overall, I don't mind the DS button setup too much, but on some games it definitely feels wrong. More important for me though is the triggers. The dual tact setup is great for every single game I play, except Super Mario Sunshine.
-Case organically modeled after the GCC shell with the screen on top. It will be very WaveRider-esque, but 100% 3D printed.
-PowerMii full
-Probably an OMEGA trim to make everything fit
-WAH astetics (of course)
So far I haven't made much progress on this portable, aside from starting to design a GCC shell as exactly as I could. It went surprisingly well, and I do have some pictures to show my progress thus far:
The entire shell together does look somewhat chunky, but that's mostly because the back of the case still needs some shaping done to it. My biggest concern was whether or not it would even be possible to get close to OEM feel with CAD, but I'm very happy with how the front of the case looks thus far, and am looking forward to using these case assets in projects beyond this one.
If I have extra time (lol), then I would like to implement a dock system. I know that it's pointless when another Wii could do the job just as well, but I still think they're cool.
Good luck to the rest of y'all! We're only 8 hours into the contest and I'm already seeing cool stuff so I'm sure August wil be awesome.