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| company    = [[:Category:Nintendo|Nintendo]]
| company    = [[:Category:Nintendo|Nintendo]]
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| colours    = [[:Category:Red|Red]]<br>[[:Category:Blue|Blue]]<br>[[:Category:Dark grey|Dark grey]]
| system    = [[:Category:Channel F|Channel F]]<br>[[:Category:Channel F System II|Channel F System II]]
| system    = [[:Category:Channel F|Channel F]]<br>[[:Category:Channel F System II|Channel F System II]]
| connection = [[:Category:Bluetooth|Bluetooth]]
| connection = [[:Category:Bluetooth|Bluetooth]]
| mechanisms = [[:Category:Analogue Joystick|Analogue Joystick]]<br>[[:Category:Digital button|Digital button]]<br>[[:Category:IR Sensor|IR Sensor]]<br>[[:Category:Accelerometer|Accelerometer]]<br>[[:Category:Gyroscope|Gyroscope]]
| mechanisms = [[:Category:Analogue joystick|Analogue joystick]]<br>[[:Category:Digital button|Digital button]]<br>[[:Category:IR sensor|IR sensor]]<br>[[:Category:Accelerometer|Accelerometer]]<br>[[:Category:Gyroscope|Gyroscope]]
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Joy-Cons, sold as a pair, are the default controllers for the [[:Category:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]], and are an evolution of Nintendo's [[:Category:Wii|Wii]] controller pair the [[Wii Remote]] and the [[Wii Nunchuk]].
Joy-Cons, sold as a pair, are the default controllers for the [[:Category:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]], and are an evolution of Nintendo's [[:Category:Wii|Wii]] controller pair the [[Wii Remote]] and the [[Wii Nunchuk]].


==Interesting Uses==
==Interesting Uses==
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| [[File:joy-con-pair mini-golf-simulator.jpg|220px]]
The [[:Category:Nintendo Labo|Nintendo Labo]] kits make great use of the different gyroscope, IR, and accelerometer features of the Joy-Cons.
| The game ''Mini Golf Simulator'' uses the wrist straps to suspend a joycon and use a swinging motion to hit a gold ball.<br>See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1De1f4_HsIY
 
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[[File:joy-con-pair mini-golf-simulator.jpg|220px|right]] The game ''[https://miyazawa.pro/MiniGolfSimulator/en/ Mini Golf Simulator]'' uses the wrist straps to suspend a joycon and use a swinging motion to hit a gold ball.<br>See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1De1f4_HsIY
 
Another game by Miyazawa Takuhiro, ''[https://skt-products.com/give-me-toilet-paper/en/ Give Me Toilet Paper!]'', gets you to put a joycon inside a roll of toilet paper and tilt the surface it's on to roll it back and forth.<br>See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g8vGeU7-lo


==Colours==
==Colours==
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* Pastel Pink and Yellow
* Pastel Pink and Yellow
* A tan coloured pair with a cardboard-like texture given to semi-finalists of [[:Category:Nintendo Labo|Nintendo Labo]] contests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_14Rw5vbv7s
* A tan coloured pair with a cardboard-like texture given to semi-finalists of [[:Category:Nintendo Labo|Nintendo Labo]] contests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_14Rw5vbv7s
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy-Con#Colors_and_variations


==See Also==
==See Also==
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[[Category:2017]]
[[Category:2017]]
[[Category:Nintendo]]
[[Category:Nintendo]]
[[Category:Red]][[Category:Blue]][[Category:Dark Grey]]
[[Category:Red]][[Category:Blue]][[Category:Dark grey]]
[[Category:Nintendo Switch]]
[[Category:Nintendo Switch]]
[[Category:Bluetooth]]
[[Category:Bluetooth]]
[[Category:Analogue Joystick]][[Category:Digital button]][[Category:IR Sensor]][[Category:Accelerometer]][[Category:Gyroscope]]
[[Category:Analogue joystick]][[Category:Digital button]][[Category:IR sensor]][[Category:Accelerometer]][[Category:Gyroscope]]

Latest revision as of 11:05, 21 December 2024

Joy-Cons, sold as a pair, are the default controllers for the Nintendo Switch, and are an evolution of Nintendo's Wii controller pair the Wii Remote and the Wii Nunchuk.

Interesting Uses

The Nintendo Labo kits make great use of the different gyroscope, IR, and accelerometer features of the Joy-Cons.

The game Mini Golf Simulator uses the wrist straps to suspend a joycon and use a swinging motion to hit a gold ball.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1De1f4_HsIY

Another game by Miyazawa Takuhiro, Give Me Toilet Paper!, gets you to put a joycon inside a roll of toilet paper and tilt the surface it's on to roll it back and forth.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g8vGeU7-lo

Colours

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy-Con#Colors_and_variations

See Also