Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse
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It does feel surprisingly smooth, though.
  • LeTak@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Good that you can connect an actual PC Mouse via USB. Minecraft and Shooters are gonna feel different in Switch now.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Are you sure? I tried, expected a mouse pointer to appear on screen, but it didn’t. I used the same adapter I use to connect my mouse to my Android phone.

      Edit: Just tried again, both top and bottom ports, the USB-C to A adapter plus bluetooth mouse dongle work fine in my phone, but not in the Switch. This is using a Logitech M650. I don’t think it can do it guys.

      I haven’t tried connecting by bluetooth directly but I doubt that will work either. Using the Joycon as a mouse is pretty limited also - I can quite happily run my M650 over my belly and at any angle to control things, but the Joycon doesn’t convert to a mouse unless it is horizontal. The find controllers page also doesn’t really imply a mouse can be connected, just that you can use a Joycon in mouse mode.

      • dangrousperson@feddit.orgEnglish
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        6 months ago

        It works. I tested it with a Logitech G305 dongle. For some stupid reason it doesn’t work in the home menu, only the joy con does. But in games that support mouse control it works. I tried it in Hogwarts Legacy

        • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Yeah it’s definitely a different class of device. Did you see the mouse connected in any way, like as a controller, or did it just work in the right context (ie in game)?

          I wonder if they did it out of some abundance of caution for security, out of fear that some 3rd party controller might find a way to hack the device.