Controller:Nintendo DS
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| XInput support | |
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| Connection method | |
| Wi-Fi, Wireless dongle | |
| Predecessor | |
| Game Boy Advance | |
| Successor | |
| Nintendo 3DS | |
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Key points
- Lacks native XInput support, requiring the use of a XInput wrapper (see XInput wrappers) for games that do not support DirectInput or the controller natively.
Inputs
- Resistive touchscreen (lower screen only)
- 2 Γ digital shoulder buttons: π, π
- 7 Γ digital buttons: π, π, π, π, sα΄Κα΄α΄α΄, sα΄α΄Κα΄
- 4 Γ digital directional buttons (d-pad): β, β, β, β
- Power button
- Microphone
- Volume slider
- Nintendo DSi revision has two inner and outer 0.3 megapixel digital cameras.
Use with PC platforms
Windows
- Run the ds2key.nds homebrew application on Nintendo DS and run server application on PC.
- Supports Action Buttons - normal button input, π, π, π, π₯.
- Exact mouse movement - Touching the middle of the touch screen sets the cursor on the Middle of the PC screen.
- Mouse Touch Screen buttons - the screen is divided into having 12 buttons working similar to the normal buttons.
- Guitar Hero Grip buttons - all four buttons act the same as the normal buttons, but have their own settings.
- Mouse Clicks Left, right, and middle buttons
Linux
- Run the ds2key.nds homebrew application on Nintendo DS and run server application on PC.
- All functions work as they do in Windows.
Hardware
Wireless Gameboy Controller
- Transmitted keys: β, β, β, β, sα΄α΄Κα΄, sα΄Κα΄α΄α΄, π, π, π, π₯.
- Supports: Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Advance SP, Gameboy Micro, DS and DS Lite. Can works on the Revo K101+ system too.
- Range: At least 4 metres line of sight; you can increase the PPK to improve it slightly but it also depends on how the cart is oriented when playing (there can be some dead zones) and if your fingers/body is close to the wireless module.
- Refresh rate: Every 2ms, the keys are checked and a packet is transmitted to the receiver.
- Requires aditional USB receiver. Bluetooth version is wishlisted and might be developed later.
Steam
- Can be recognized as Xbox 360 controller but after manual assignment. Controller cannot be found in Supported Controller Database, so Steam recognizes it as standard DirectInput device.
Support in games
- Support for some controller features may be only available on certain systems. Refer to game-specific articles for details.
Games with controller's speaker support
- There is no application yet which unlocks controller's built-in speaker to be a Windows output device.
- Cemu emulator allows to use secondary audio device (gamepad) in general audio settings, but Nintendo DS cannot be used as Windows output device yet.
- Built-in speaker cannot be used with Dolphin emulator yet.
Games with microphone support
- Games with implemented voice chat are able to use controller's microphone, but microphone support for Nintendo DS is not implemented yet.
- VoiceBot and VoiceAttack allows to control games and applications by voice commands.
- List of Microphone-controllerd computer games.
Games with motion control support
For a list of games, see List of games with native Nintendo DS support.
- Requires DS Motion Card and DS Motion Pak. They each contain a 3-axis accelerometer and a single-axis gyroscope, and plug into the DS to enable full motion sensing on the DS and the DS lite.[1]
- Number of games which natively support motion controls is limited and gyro support is still not a PC standard.
- There is no application which properly emulates motion controls.
Games with touchpad support
For a list of games, see List of games that support touchpad.
- Touchpad is placed on the front of the console. The functionality of the touchpad can differ from between games.
- Thanks to ds2key.nds homebrew application, touchpad can be remapped as mouse in any game.
- Number of games which natively support touchpad controls is limited and touchpad support is still not a PC standard.
Games with controller's camera support
- There is no application yet which unlocks controller's built-in camera to be a Windows web camera device.
- Nintendo DS's front camera support for PC games is still in development stage.
- Cemu supports games where front camera can be used in-game.
Games with Nintendo button prompts
Other information
Technical information
- Device name: Wireless GB/GBA Adapter
| Controller button | Button label and axis |
|---|---|
| A | Button 1 |
| B | Button 0 |
| Select | Button 3 |
| Start | Button 2 |
| L | Button 4 |
| R | Button 5 |
| D-pad up | POV up |
| D-pad down | POV down |
| D-pad left | POV left |
| D-pad right | POV right |