• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    19 hours 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.

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      19 hours 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

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        5 hours 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.

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          4 hours ago

          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

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        5 hours ago

        Yeah, meanwhile the Joycon works in system UI, so you would think a regular mouse would also.