Wiimote: MotoGP 2
While there's little hope of the Wii ever getting a taste of this game series, I thought it would be fun to use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as handlebars in MotoGP 2. Unlike my first GlovePIE scripting effort, the button layout and motion features of the Wii controllers seemed well-suited to controlling this sort of game. Leaning left and right to steer the bike and twisting the Remote in your hand to control throttle, like you would the right grip on a real bike, just brings a level of immersiveness to bike racing games that (to my knowledge) has never before been achieved outside of arcades. Yeah, we'll probably never have a THQ MotoGP game on the Wii, but I hope that this script and video will serve to further demonstrate the versatility of the Wii controllers, and perhaps inspire others to think of new ways to hold the controllers to make for different gaming experiences. You can download the script here, GlovePIE here, and make sure you have a compatible Bluetooth adapter to connect your Wii Remote to your PC. Click the "Read more" link to see a video demonstration.