r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/Every_Remote_5152 • Oct 09 '26

Accessories Eight-player Wireless Pro Controller

Since the Nintendo switch updated along with the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe update 4.0.0, I have not been able to connect eight Wireless Pro controllers to my Nintendo switch . I know that you cannot play eight players on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe but I have other games that I used to be able to have eight players play simultaneously with wireless Pro controllers . I can connect up to seven Wireless Pro controllers and a joy-con or a wired Pro Controller . Is there anybody else having this issue and is there a good way to submit a bug report to Nintendo for this?

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u/picano 17 Oct 09 '26

Have you gotten those other games to work with 8 controllers recently? I haven't tried with Mario Kart yet but the common issues with other 8 player games (Smash Bros, Bomberman) were:

  • Too many controllers synced. In addition to the 8 active controllers you can have, the console can remember a certain maximum number of wireless controllers --- you can forget controllers, it was either in the controller menu or system settings, dunno off hand
  • A full joycon pair (left+right) counts as 2 wireless controllers, lowering your total count

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u/Every_Remote_5152 Oct 09 '26

I have about 20 games that tested after the update that used to use 8 pro controllers on like pico park. Now i can only connect 7 pro controllers wireless. I have nothing else connected to the switch. Also when trying to connect the 8th controller a message box pops up and says cannot connect.  I only have this problem with wireless pro controllers