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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 | PC Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

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.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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.ee 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

No, the system doesn't tell you in any way that a mouse is connected, but when you move it in a supported game it just works

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Fair. That's got me wondering, perhaps if you're in a game with Joycon mouse support it might lock into mouse mode. One thing that annoys me about using a Joycon as a mouse is that you have to have it on a horizontal surface - I like using a mouse on all sorts of weird things and at different angles (eg curved sofa arms or my belly) and the Joycon doesn't work for this in UI menus.

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