Wiimote-Modded Bow for Hardcore Zelda Wannabes

[jesta]

Thomas Foo put on his green tights and feathered hat, grabbed a real bow, attached a Wiimote to it, and made it all work together thanks to the ingenious use of some rubber bands and a switch. He named it the Virtual Archery Bow and, not happy with the hack, he created a full game for it. It's called Trajectory, and it looks pretty good:

As you can see, the whole thing is designed for long-distance range bow shooting simulation, although you can use it with any other game, like Zelda.
The only bad thing: it doesn't seem to support acceleration for now, so releasing the rubberbands only triggers the fire button.

Link and video

 

[kevmaster]

Does the website say how to make the bow mod?

 

[guyofgod]

Wow! Hmm....if he added led lights that changed to respond to the distance away from the TV, then the sensor bar would pick it up and it would work like that I bet that's what he is working on

 

[pkf0rtzh4ar]

a bow for the wii you say? pretty cool if you ask it me

 

[Kirby]

I would at least try that one out. It's people like this that Nintendo seriously needs to get a hold of. Their ideas could really help them out.

 

[guyofgod]

There are probably a ton of people that if nintendo had, they could totally get nintendo alot of money. However, most of these people are perfectly content with a hobby rather than a lifestyle

 

[vpd1993]

your right it is for hardcore zelda fans

 

[Johnhg7]

Couldn't you just use the zapper?