Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMetroid Prime 4: Beyond – Announcement Trailerwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down114 cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksnintendo@lemmy.world
arrow-up1198arrow-down1external-linkMetroid Prime 4: Beyond – Announcement Trailerwww.youtube.comGoronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square57fedilink cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksnintendo@lemmy.world
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoYeah, Switch pointer controls were pretty YMMV, simply because the joycons themselves aren’t nearly as reliable in that regard as the Wiimotes were.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoThe Wiimote worked with a pair of IR blasters to locate your screen. Joycons have no idea where your screen is. In that light, that they work as pointing devices at all is actually rather impressive.
Yeah, Switch pointer controls were pretty YMMV, simply because the joycons themselves aren’t nearly as reliable in that regard as the Wiimotes were.
The Wiimote worked with a pair of IR blasters to locate your screen. Joycons have no idea where your screen is. In that light, that they work as pointing devices at all is actually rather impressive.