cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1929131

This is a list of Nintendo Switch games with gyro aiming or gyro pointing controls compiled from every online source I could find.

Links go to sources mentioning or explaining the controls and in most cases go to timestamped videos which demonstrate the menus or control schemes involved.

Please note that some titles have variable support for motion controls depending on the play mode and so they may not be available across TV Mode, Tabletop Mode, Handheld Mode, and across all controller modes such as for single Joy-Cons, dual Joy-Cons, Joy-Cons in charging grips, and Pro controllers. These details are not noted here due to excessive difficulty in researching game support.

*Also features motion controls in a release on Wii, Wii U, or 3DS. Note that other Nintendo releases may have different motion control schemes due to the use of IR sensing on Wii/Wii U.

**Also features gyro aiming in a release on PS4, PS5, or PSVita.

***Also features motion controls in a release on PC. Note that most native motion controls on PC require USB connected PS controllers.

Sources used for compiling and investigating games on this list include:

  • The Gyro Gaming Discord’s #native-games channel.
  • The PCGW list of Switch games with motion controls, which at the time of writing has been updated with much the same information as this post but includes some unrelated motion control schemes and dubious listings that could not be confirmed.
  • SwitchUp on YouTube as their coverage of games has the richest and most consistent coverage of motion controls I have been able to find
  • The Nintendo eShop for correction of names used for the Switch versions of games.

EDIT: Other platform support notes corrected and Paladins removed as per comments elsewhere

EDIT2: Added a number of games and changed some citations courtesy of IcyXzavien and more, another notable addition is the brand new release Pikmin 4

  • @BitingChaosEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    This sort of thing is why I won’t get a controller that lacks gyro (or rumble).

    Lots of games use those sort of things, but then some company like Hori releases a neat controller that completely lacks the hardware that has been pretty much a standard thing.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•1 year ago

    That’s a bit funny, I remember a time when original Splatoon got its first test event (before release) on the Wii U and there was a lot of people raging about the “terrible” motion controls that didn’t let them use sticks like a normal game.

    Really, complaints everywhere for days, claims that the game was ruined before even releasing, memes about Nintendo and their love of motion controls…

    A few people started to comment saying “wait, it’s nice, actually it kinda works” but they were still mostly drowned in the outrage.

    All of that disappeared very fast once the game was released, and it became one of the few Wii U games to get some attention.

    • @slimerancherMEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      People just need an excuse for an outrage. One of my favourites is when Mario+Rabbids was leaked, and there was a huge outrage, then few days later they officially showed the gameplay, and everyone was loving it.

  • @slimerancherMEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Nice list! Thanks for posting.

    There doesn’t seem to be a plan for a wiki for communities, but I am thinking about making a general post with links to all such posts, once we have some more content. Saving this for now.