Gadgetory

it really sucks when you have a personal favorite style of controller but you can't use it on any device you want because oh you have to use controller design for our system with it you have to buy these specific ones sometimes you just want have your favorite controller and use it on all your devices and there's a couple of ways you can kind of work around this that we've talked about before for instance there's this little receiver right here from 8bit dough which lets you use ps4 controllers or xbox controllers with your switch at the same time Microsoft is also kind of done options before where there's a receiver lets you use an Xbox one controller with a PC well today we've got something that kind of the similar idea but works in the opposite direction that I'm really curious to try out and it's this guy right here this is an adapter for an Xbox one controller which all-in-one will supposedly let you use it on a switch a ps4 or your PC instead of having to have separate dongles for each system and on top of that it also adds a couple other features as well for instance giving you headset support on ps4 or more interestingly motion controls on the switch which all in one little package it's also returnable battery which didn't come with a cable for some reason that's a little knowing but it is just micro USB so that's not a huge deal they're not too expensive to pick up so let's try this guy out so the part I'm really curious about is the motion control so we're gonna set this guy up with an Xbox one elite controller and play a little zelda with it to see how well we can actually aim the bow using motion controls so the way this guy works is we should just be able to remove the battery cover and slide this guy into place it's gonna take the place of that cover as well as plugging into the micro USB port on the top of the controller so let's try that out okay that felt a little weird to do and kind of worked me for a second but it's in and feels like yeah it's pretty secure okay so the next step something that you do with a lot from Bluetooth controllers when you have to change settings to work with different systems is you have to enter a certain kind of mode the way it works on this guy is I need to hold this button up here until it blinks yep there it is and then I hit the I figure what Xbox calls it but like the menu button here the one the one on the right or left I whispering what it's called and then for switch I think I said to hit pain so just seems like it shuts it off okay all right I was just holding the button too long I think maybe it's not a this might just be a bust we're gonna take a quick commercial break so I can reread the directions to this guy so turns out I was doing everything wrong so first off I memorized to the wrong button combination I was entering ps4 when I need to do switch which is B instead of a but also for the very first time you set this guy up you actually have to plug it into the switch temporarily which is something that I've had to do before with other kind of similar not Nintendo controller setups for the switch so let's go ahead and go through that process right now it's saying to make sure that in our system settings we have switch wired a controller support active yeah pro controller wide communication on so that's an important part that a lot of these kind of hacks have to keep rely on so that's why I already have that on connected using a USB cable which once again it didn't come with so I had to find another one scrounge it up it's not showing up but it's staying on this time if cannot be successfully repaired reboot the switch and try again power cycles fix everything making sure everything's right one more time it just turns out that like I have latest Pat's just totally destroyed the way this knockoff adapter would work and it also brick source which if you try using it I think we might just kind of say like and we're gonna go ahead and stop until I can take a look a day to figure this out so approach it for you guys out there whenever you buy a new piece of tech it is generally a very good idea to make sure you do any firmware updates before you actually try using it I didn't do a firmware update so I actually checked and it turns out that the latest firmware specifically fixes it having problems with switch 5.0 so it's installed now let's go ahead and see if it actually works so aha yes and then i unsynched it on accident cuz I hit the wrong combination of buttons while I was celebrating victory first step down we have it working on the switch now once again this is something we've already been able to do before using other accessories but where this guy is hopefully going to give us a little extra bang for our buck is that we're gonna be able to do actual motion controls with the Xbox one controller so let's go ahead and start up Zelda alright so so far our controller works great I mean it feels natural nothing feels off yet so next let's go ahead and try the motion controls yeah I have motion controls and it feels natural I mean it feels like the same way if you're using the switch Pro controllers that's awesome actually that this is giving me that full functionality with a controller that normally doesn't do that at all rechargeable battery pack makes it work on switch and it works at motion controls that's I might not use a pro controller again now so yeah this guy actually works really well and now one problem you saw me kind of having with this guy though is the fact that an ongoing kind of weird thing between Nintendo and Xbox controllers is that they both use ABXY but they're not the same ABXY a lot of the buttons are flipped so it gets confusing sometimes if you're using an Xbox controller uh Nintendo system but what's really cool about this guy is that on top of you know being a battery and letting use this with other systems and stuff it actually gives you a way to onboard remapping for what signals sending to the switch so it's actually really easy to do you basically just have to hit the options and Xbox button to enter the right kind of mode and then basically just hit the buttons you want to read map do a couple combinations and you're done it's really easy to do on the fly and I did it to flip all the buttons so while the placement is different than it would normally be in Zelda I have to now kind of think like oh you know normally a is run the bottom buttons normally to run so now it's this one on the side now whenever I get prompts for things like you know oppress a right now or press B or X or Y I actually hit the correct button the Xbox controller because it's just reflex when you're using this thing another similar feature it boasts as well which is set up the same kind of way where you just have to do a couple button combinations to set it up properly is that you can also activate a turbo mode on some buttons so that when you press it once it reads it as you've pressed it several times very quickly so I gotta admit I was super skeptical about this guy and it wasn't really helping that we had trouble setting it up but once you figure out the firmware stuff and got this thing attached which is a little annoying - it's pretty amazing actually I mean there's always going to be the issue that possibly down the line any of these systems can be patched to where this doesn't work anymore hopefully the firmware just keeps up with it but for the time being if I'm just using an Xbox controller and everything now or at least on switch