Are there adapters that'll let you use a GameCube controller with a PC?

Want to be able to use one controller for both the Wii and Rivals of Aether on the PC, unless buying a PC GameCube-alike controller would be cheaper than an adapter.

@frostclaws okay turns out that's the only one I can find lol, but apparently it works natively on pc, and that's an updated version of a much earlier one they did that just had two ports. This one also works on the Nintendo Switch and Wii U as it turns out as well as PC. nice!

@Nine @frostclaws the mayflash one is nice yes
you can also use the official nintendo gamecube controller adapter for the wii u or switch in dolphin
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@Felthry @Nine Oh that's good to know! Since we'll have an /actual/ Wii, probably won't need Dolphin. :P

Does the official one work with Steam and the like as well? We're thinking of using it with totally non-Nintendo games, like say Soulcalibur.

@frostclaws @Nine not out of the box, there may be custom drivers or something

the mayflash adapter has a switch to change it between xinput and switch/wiiu mode though so you get the best of both worlds

also the official one is excessively expensive last we checked
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@Felthry @Nine *grins* Definitely have to look into the Mayflash one then. :3

We're tempted to see if we can find one of those wireless WaveBird thingies (that's what we used to have back in the day with the family Wii) and plug the receiver into the adapter.

@frostclaws @Nine probably, but wavebird receivers are also *extremely* expensive due to rarity
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@frostclaws @Nine actually they've gotten cheaper since we last looked, i'm seeing about $60 for the controller + receiver

last we checked they were about twice that
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@frostclaws note that nowhere does it say it's a nintendo product, and the nintendo logo is missing from the controllers themselves

this is a clone and as such the quality is probably dubious at best
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@frostclaws well that's probably underselling it a bit, they're probably fine, but i expect the analog sticks and shoulder buttons are probably not up to nintendo quality
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