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The mat will not work with the later Wii models, the Wii Family Edition and Wii Mini, which have no GameCube ports. The connector on the dance mat plugs into one of the GameCube sockets. The mat only works with the original version of the Wii, the model which has four GameCube controller ports on the top, under a flap. The mat does not work with games like the "Just Dance" series which do not use dance mats.
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The minus button (-) on the mat functions as the GameCube Z button, and the plus button (+) functions as the GameCube start button. I have also tried the mat with the game "Dancing Stage Mario Mix", which can be played on the Wii (The Wii is backwards compatible with GameCube games.) The mat works fine with that game as well. It works with all the "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Dancing Stage" games on the Wii. Which is still OK for very, very casual use I suppose, but not good when trying to get a higher score. UPDATE: After using it for a bit (not that long, less than a month iirc) it started to occasionally register erroneous additional steps on one of the arrows when lifting my foot.