--- title: Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make For Switch 2 Wii-Cons description: A hardware hacker named KOUZEX combined Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con internals with Wii Remote (WiiMote) shells to create more ergonomic 'Wii-Cons.' The mod... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/joy-cons-plus-wiimotes-make-for-switch-2-wii-cons-5nyzwikal twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make For Switch 2 Wii-Cons | daily.dev og:description: A hardware hacker named KOUZEX combined Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con internals with Wii Remote (WiiMote) shells to create more ergonomic 'Wii-Cons.' The mod... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/joy-cons-plus-wiimotes-make-for-switch-2-wii-cons-5nyzwikal og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5nYzwIkAl.png og:image:alt: Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make For Switch 2 Wii-Cons og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make For Switch 2 Wii-Cons **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hardware hacker named KOUZEX combined Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con internals with Wii Remote (WiiMote) shells to create more ergonomic 'Wii-Cons.' The mod required fitting the Joy-Con's side rail, thumb stick, and PCB into the WiiMote casing without discarding the original WiiMote PCB, sacrificing the WiiMotes' ability to ever reconnect to a Wii. Remapping Joy-Con buttons with no WiiMote equivalent was the toughest challenge, and a custom PCB could solve future button layout and parts-supply issues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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