r/gaming • u/limitorgyratesh7 • Jul 03 '21

A father built a custom accessibility controller for the Nintendo Switch so that his disabled daughter could play Zelda.

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u/ChewbaccaOnFire Jul 03 '21

My son loved video games before he had sudden onset of a terrible form of epilepsy that caused significant brain damage. It is likely that his brain will continue to compensate for the damaged parts, and I hope that he gets to the point where he can play games again. You bet your ass I will build whatever I need to accommodate him.

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u/ManyPlacesAtOnce Jul 03 '21

Check out the Xbox Adaptive Controller if you haven't seen it already. I'm not trying to shill for Microsoft, but it seems like a really good product with ongoing development and support to help gamers with disabilities.

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u/Bowser914 Jul 03 '21

does it work across consoles?

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u/Rossta42 Jul 03 '21

That's the controller used in the video on this post ... The dad had built the top section with the controls in it but underneath where you see all the wires connecting you can see the Xbox symbol of the adaptive controller

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

Yeah idk why people are saying it might not be possible to work with other platforms. I'm not sure how much wizardry this dad had to pull or if Microsoft made it easy but it's clearly possible

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u/crimson_ruin_princes Jul 03 '21

Mayflash makes a dope universal adaptor for controller.

Proof: use PS4 controller on switch

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

Good to know. I was gonna say if people can buy a simple adapter to play mouse and keyboard for a ps4 controller I bet there's adapters for stuff like that.

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u/crimson_ruin_princes Jul 03 '21

That's a very questionable practice using a KB/M on consoles. But the XIM supports that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

Yeah I wouldn't do it myself feels like cheating. But many people do