I need a joystick for Wii. (RetroUSB adapter?)

[XYXZYZ]

I picked up Shikigami no Shiro III for Wii, and with Murasama out and TvC on the way it looks like I need an arcade joystick for Wii.

The Wii is Gamecube compatible, but apparently the only controllers that work are GC game pads with Nintendo chips in them; none of my PS2/Xbox/GC joysticks work with Wii, nor do any of my PS2>Xbox/GC adapters work with any of my PS1/2 joysticks. My Nintendo GC controller works fine though.

My options so far are to drop $60 on that Fighting Stick Wii, but I don't want to use anything that connects to the Wii remote. Or get a Classic Controller or GC controller and hack it into another joystick (which I'd have to build, costing more money) or perhaps one of those RetroUSB SNES adapters would work? I could use the SNES Advantage or Capcom Fighter Power Stick, but it'll probably only work with an official Nintendo control pad.

Does anyone have a RetroUSB SNES adapter and a joystick to try out? Or any other ideas?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Not sure what you're talking about with "Nintendo pads with chips" I use PS2 pads and sticks on my Wii with one of these and they work fine (maybe it has something to do with the multi-system adapter you're using) -

PS2 to Gamecube Adapter, cheap + free shipping:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.21329

Pick one of those up then get the PS2 arcade stick of your choice.

Hori, Mad Catz Street Fighter 4, etc.

and you should be good to go for most fighting games (especially ones that allow for button customization ... which is like, all of them).


*EDIT*

Did some testing just to be sure that my memory wasn't playing tricks on me.

The PS2 to Game Cube adapter does work with pads and sticks that I own (obviously not Nintendo chipped or branded ... since they were made for PS1/PS2), however, in the case of arcade sticks, it's going to depend on the game you want to play ... the PS2 to GC adapter maps the PS2's DIGITAL pad to Gamecube's Digital Pad and subsequently to any arcade stick's joystick ... SO if the fighting game doesn't use the d-pad as the movement method, you're SOL.

*DOUBLE EDIT*

I recall that there were a few PS2 joysticks made where you could select whether the stick was functioning as the left analog or the d-pad ... I can't recall the make or manufacturer ... but I'm almost positive those were made. IF those happen to work with the PS2 to GC adapter they would be optimal for Wii or GC games that need to read the left analog as movement ... ah, it's moments like this that even WITH all of the miscelaneous gaming accessories that I own that I feel like I don't have ENOUGH doo-dads and adapters to solve a problem.

[kedawa]

I know that some PS2->GC adaptors don't like non-analog pads.
I can use my Dualshock pads on Wii just fine, but my asciipad and my original PSX pads won't work at all.

[Icarus Moonsight]

When I got my Hori Wii stick, I was disappointed to find that it did not work with Star Soldier WiiWare... I haven't tried it on Metal Slug Anthology because I fear the results.

Going to have to snag a few GC-PS2 adapters myself I guess. Try and cover all my bases...

[kedawa]

Does TvC support Gamecube pads? I could see myself building a custom stick just for that game.

[Mayhem]

I still use my Soul Calibur 2 GameCube sticks on the Wii.