I could not find a way to connect the round connector attached to the dance dance revolution controller to the wii u.
How to use ddr mat on wii u.
To my knowledge all of the wii dance pads are technically gamecube dance pads that plug in through the gamecube ports on the wii so the only way to use a wii pad on a wii u would be to use a gamecube adapter.
You can play in classic mode with the ddr mat only.
You can use it on the new black wii that lacks gamecube ports but it requires a gamecube to wiimote adapter gamecube controller adapter for wii wii u note you can not play the full game with choreograph mode because that requires real gamecube ports to use the wiimote at the same time.
It does not work on dolphin emulator with wii ddr games.
Please check whether your wii console is compatible with the nintendo gamecube controller.
It only works on dolphin with ddr mario mix and unlike actual designed for wii mats the controls do not need to be remapped to play mario mix.
Using a gamecube controller on the wii u tested on ddr dance pad cyberbike and active life game pads here is news i ve been waiting for for a long time.
A company called mayflash has released a converter that lets you use gamecube controllers on the wii called the mayflash nintendo gamecube controller adapter for wii wii u.
Problem is those adapters only work for one game.
It s labeled as a wii mat but the functionality seems to be copied from konami s gamecube mat which was sold with ddr mario mix for gamecube.
The dance mat requires the nintendo gamecube controller socket to plug in which is not available in some editions of the wii console.
Follow the steps given below to connect the ddr dance mat to your wii console.
I ll probably pick this one up so i can use my gc controller with my wii u.
I have that one.