Nintendo hardware mud shin is back at it, this time with the “reactive color changing” Wii and GameCube portable system.
It’s called the ‘GloWii’ and uses RGB LEDs and video processing to display lighting through a transparent GB case. Here’s a quick rundown of all the Nintendo titles:
This system is based on the design of the “GWii” – an open source Wii portable unit designed by an individual known as Gunner (aka Gman Mods). It uses a 5-inch 4×3 screen, original GameCube controls, along with a modified Wii motherboard.
As for the LEDs, they’re controlled by a Raspberry Pi Zero W running on the free and open source software Hyperion, which adds “configurable reactive ambient backlighting” to on-screen devices by analyzing the edges of the screen.
You can get a much more detailed breakdown of how the two parts fit together in Shank’s full video above.
