5-8 player support on the wii?

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#1 Simba_Dude
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I remember seeing some game in a store that said it can support up to 8 players. And Turbografx machine could have 5 players on it. So basically I am confused on how can you try adding more then 4 controllers to the machine to play these games that can support more players? Since I have been looking around and haven't found crap all about it yet unless I am searching for the wrong thing. Or was the game doing false advertising and the emulation for turbo graphx games will not allow for more then 4 people?
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#2 ThePlothole
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To play in five player mode on TG16 games, basically you'll need a combination of different Wii and GCN controllers totalling five. (eg. Four Wiimotes or Classic controllers and one gamecube controller, or visa-versa)
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#3 Simba_Dude
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wow >.> talk about simplifying gaming process xP. But that doesn't answer the question about that wii game I saw that said it supports 8 wiimotes unless it was flase advertising xP Can't remeber the title excatly. But its some kind of marble game where you shoot marbles up a screen to combine them to marbles of the same color to get points by the looks of it.
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#4 ThePlothole
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Eight Wiimotes would never be possible, simply because Bluetooth only allows for seven devices at once. (edit: unless you add online/system-link into the mix)

Hmm, two possiblities: One, the game includes support for the GCN controllers; or Two, the game actually uses fewer controllers (maybe only one), and has you pass the controller(s) to other players.

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#5 migulic
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If I'm right, one player holds the Wiimote and the other holds the Nunchuk (if it's Bust-a-Move Bash that you're talking about).
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#6 meimnobody
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Bust a move bash which is the marble game you are talking aboutis four wiimotes and four gc controllers at once. Seriously the games tell you the controller options and number of people.

Warioware has a 12 player mode but it is just a hot potato style game. The other multiplayer modes one player holds the nunchuck and the other the wiimote. The jumprope multiplayer game for instance.

No wiigame supports more then four wiimotes. It's a bluetooth limit and the console only recognizes four wiimotes hence four wiimote lights.

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#7 doominatorx6
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Its possible. 4 Wii remotes and 4 gamecube controllers. And TG16 games can play with 5 or 6 players. I cant remember.