How to Use Your Wii Remote As a Mouse on Windows

Reviewed by Luigi Oppido

Last Updated: June 23, 2023

The Wii Remote was designed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. Using a bluetooth adapter with BlueSoleil software, however, you can connect your Wii Remote to a computer running Windows and use it as a mouse. A third party program called GlovePIE allows the Wii Remote to input information to your computer. This article will show you how to set it all up.

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Set up bluetooth on your computer, if it doesn't already have it built in. You can do this by purchasing a bluetooth adapter.
Download BlueSoleil at http://www.bluesoleil.com/download/ and GlovePie at carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie_download.

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by using discovery mode on your Wii Remote. Press 1 and 2 simultaneously. This will allow BlueSoleil to find your Wii Remote. If done correctly, Nintendo RVL-CNT-01 should appear in Bluetooth Places. Right click it and “connect”.
by going to file, open “GlovePIE029\WiimoteScripts\WiiMouse IR.PIE”
Use the power button on your Wii, not your Wii Remote. If you use it from your Wii Remote, it will connect itself to the Wii instead of your computer.
Alternatively, use the wireless sensor bar, or any source that provides two points of infrared light, such as two small candles.

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If Wii Remote is inverting for controlling the mouse pointer, just shake the Wii Remote.

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There are bluetooth drivers other than BlueSoleil that work with the Wii Remote.

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You can change the scripts on GlovePie to change the output of the buttons you press on the Wii Remote.

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Things You'll Need

Hardware:
- Wiimote Remote
- Wii Sensor Bar/Nyko Wireless Sensor Bar
- Bluetooth Dongle
- Computer
- Wii (superfluous if don't use the Sensor Bar)
Software:
- Windows
- BlueSoliel Bluetooth stack
- GlovePIE by Carl Kenner