Smash Wii U Smash Bros. For Wii U - Possible keyboard setup?

[BleakPanther]

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POST IS LONG, TRY TO READ MOST OF IT AS IT IS IMPORTANT IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS CONCEPT WORKS. IF YOU'RE A TL;DR PERSON, A SHORT SUMMARY WILL BE POSTED AT THE BOTTOM.

Alright, now, to most people on this forum, using "keyboards" to play smash is stupid. The problem with me is that I already have become so accustomed to keyboards, that playing smash with a controller is really hard for me. Note that I use dolphin to play smash melee.

Now recently, a new converter came up. Something called the Maxgear cross fire converter 2.0. This device is supposed to have 4 usb ports to connect the controllers, and 2 usb ports to connect to the Wii U. Apparently, there is another product for keyboard setups on their store, called the Maxfire, but it only works for "Cod, and shooters". On the other hand, The Maxgear 2.0 is designed for smash Wii U only. If you have checked the online store (link below) already, you may have noticed that you can only use Xbox360/Ps3/Xbone.

That's where another "converter" comes in, which is the Keymander (link below too). What the keymander does is trick the console into thinking the keyboard/mouse is the regular controller, and it works with the Xbone,PS4, and Xbox360/Ps3. The converter it's self is a small box where both sides have ports. One side has the keyboard/wired controller/mouse usb ports, and the other has the connectors to plug into the console/pc. You must keep the controller always plugged in the Keymander, which may be a down side. It is not required to have the PC, but there is software which allows mapping of the buttons much easier. I think the Keymander works by taking the actual controller's signal, and taking keyboard inputs, faking them as the real controller's inputs. My only few concerns about the keyboard, is that since I don't own these products, I am purely theorizing, so knowing if this works is a problem. Also, it should be noted that I am not sure if the second stick can be mapped to keys with the keymander, and if the signal will cause the Maxgear to think it is still the actual controller.

So you would plug in the controller/keyboard into the keymander, the connect the keymander to the Wii U Maxgear, the connect THAT to the Wii U. Maybe this will work, maybe not, but I hope it will.

Keymander: http://www.iogear.com/product/GE1337P/

Maxgear cross fire converter: http://maxbuy.cc/?page_id=1977

TL;DR
Basically, Maxgear can let Xbone/Ps4/etc. connect to Wii U to play smash. Keymander tricks consoles into thinking keyboard is still regular controller. Connect Keymander to Maxgear, then connect Maxgear to Wii U.

Also, (slightly off topic) anyone know any keyboard to wii converters?

Also, (off topic) anyone know any Keyboard to Wii converters?

 

[LethalGamerTeam]

The setup is quite possible given the software and hardware specs. The software from the Keymander would allow the user to map the keys according to the button layout for the controller and setup custom configurations. The main problem is that the Keymander doesn't allow keyboard only play, this would mean (in terms of Smash Wii U) that the user is always stuck with the mouse being the C-stick, which, for the most part only gives the user 4 standard attack, such as tilts, specials, or smash attacks. This wouldn't be a problem for games like Splatoon or FPS where the C-stick allows mobility, but for smash this can be impractical.

Another problem is the coast of the Keymander and Maxgear converter bundled, this means that the total coast for both devices hovers around $170 USD, this is bad given that the Maxfire converter for Wii U coast $89 USD and allows for multifunction keys (for example, the user can program "side" and "b" into one single Key in the keyboard, essentially this gets rid of the mouse functionality as far as smash attacks goes). One should also note that the Maxfire does work outside "Cod, and shooters" as the Maxfire registers the keyboard as a classic controller, and thus can be used for anything that the classic controller supports.