Random: Modder Constructs Wii & GameCube Portable With “Reactive RGB”

Nintendo {hardware} modder Shank is again at it, this time with a “reactive color-changing” Wii and GameCube moveable system.

It’s known as the ‘GloWii’ and makes use of RGB LEDs & video processing to show lighting by the clear GB case. Here’s a fast spotlight reel of it operating all types of Nintendo titles:

This system relies on the design of the “GWii” – an open-source Wii moveable unit designed by a person often called Gunner (aka Gman Mods). It utilises a 5-inch 4×3 display screen, authentic GameCube controls, together with a modified Wii motherboard.

As for the LEDs, they’re managed by a Raspberry Pi Zero W operating on the free open-software Hyperion, which provides “configurable reactive ambient backlighting” to display screen units by analysing the perimeters of the display screen.

You can get a way more detailed breakdown of how the 2 elements hyperlink collectively in Shank’s full video above.