{"id":3318,"date":"2017-10-24T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T08:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/nintendo_switch_v4_0_0_update_brought_surprise_gamecube_controller_adapter_support"},"modified":"2017-10-24T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T08:25:00","slug":"nintendo-switch-v4-0-0-update-brought-surprise-gamecube-controller-adapter-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/24\/nintendo-switch-v4-0-0-update-brought-surprise-gamecube-controller-adapter-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch v4.0.0 Update Brought Surprise GameCube Controller Adapter Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/gamecube_adaptor\/attachment\/0\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/gamecube_adaptor\/attachment\/0\/original.jpg\" alt=\"GameCube Adaptor\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/massive_nintendo_switch_system_update_-_version_4_0_0_-_adds_video_capture_and_more\">Nintendo Switch v4.00 system update<\/a> is the gift that keeps on giving; aside from adding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/dont_worry_youll_be_able_to_capture_video_in_super_mario_odyssey\">ability to capture video gameplay clips<\/a> and enabling the use of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/egads_you_can_now_use_wireless_headphones_with_switch_thanks_to_the_4_0_0_update\">wireless headphones with a USB adaptor<\/a>, it seems there was a rather fun secret addition that wasn&#8217;t in Nintendo&#8217;s patch notes. It turns out you can now use the Wii U GameCube controller adapter with the system, so you can use the best gaming controller ever made (well, according to some) on your Switch.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THEY WORK! THESE ARE GAMECUBE CONTROLLERS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IUpiL9XvBm\">pic.twitter.com\/IUpiL9XvBm<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Master Mewking (@MasterMewking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MasterMewking\/status\/922580599759441920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you have one of these adapters simply plug it into your Switch dock, go over to the controller settings page from the main menu and press L+R. Hopefully this is paving the way for an updated version of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/super_smash_bros_for_wii_u\">Super Smash Bros.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for Switch, or if we&#8217;re <em>really<\/em> optimistic it could be an early hint at GameCube games getting lined up to launch the hybrid&#8217;s Virtual Console.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had some reports from readers that third-party GameCube controller adapters aren&#8217;t working, however; let us know if you have given this a try yet with a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nintendo Switch v4.00 system update is the gift that keeps on giving; aside from adding the ability to capture video gameplay clips and enabling the use of wireless headphones with a USB adaptor, it seems there was a rather fun secret addition that wasn&#8217;t in Nintendo&#8217;s patch notes. It turns out you can now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}