{"id":690244,"date":"2026-04-07T23:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-joy-con-adapter-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-with-one-hand"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:44:26","slug":"this-joy-con-adapter-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-with-one-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-joy-con-adapter-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-with-one-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"This Joy-Con adapter lets you play Nintendo Switch with one hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/this-joy-con-adapter-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-with-one-hand.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Akaki Kuumeri has created an adapter which lets you to use two Joy-Cons with one hand.<\/p>\n<p>Kuumeri documented the design and testing process on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lPrjEzyDCMQ\">YouTube<\/a>, and also showed how to assemble all the pieces in the final design. <\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first adapter Kuumeri has created for controllers. In January, Ed covered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/youtuber-creates-adapter-to-play-ps5-with-one-hand\">DualSense adapter<\/a> he designed.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-joy-con-adapter-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-with-one-hand\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-joy-con-adapter-lets-you-play-nintendo-switch-with-one-hand\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTuber Akaki Kuumeri has created an adapter which lets you to use two Joy-Cons with one hand. Kuumeri documented the design and testing process on YouTube, and also showed how to assemble all the pieces in the final design. This isn&#8217;t the first adapter Kuumeri has created for controllers. In January, Ed covered the DualSense adapter he designed. 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