{"id":30880,"date":"2022-05-31T18:51:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/modder-makes-nintendo-power-glove-work-with-mario-kart-on-switch\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:51:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:51:11","slug":"modder-makes-nintendo-power-glove-work-with-mario-kart-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/modder-makes-nintendo-power-glove-work-with-mario-kart-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Modder Makes Nintendo Power Glove Work with Mario Kart on Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"0596e1d6f31f3367daf76cef0341de63\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/0596e1d6f31f3367daf76cef0341de63\" data-format=\"gif\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\"><span data-id=\"0596e1d6f31f3367daf76cef0341de63\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/0596e1d6f31f3367daf76cef0341de63\" data-format=\"gif\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Although retro gaming is more popular than ever (except for <!-- -->when it was maybe not so retro)<!-- -->, there&#8217;s some classic hardware worth forgetting.  The Power Glove was one of Nintendo&#8217;s most disappointing accessories, being one of its earliest forays into motion controls, <!-- -->but that <span>didn&#8217;t deter Niles Mitchell<\/span> from jumping through hoops to resurrect it <!-- -->and make the glove work with the Switch and <em>Mario Kart Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">As hobbies go, Mitchell&#8217;s favorite pastime is an uncommon <!-- -->one, but it often makes for some compelling videos on their <span>YouTube channel, <em>Will It Work?<\/em><\/span>, which attempts to make classic hardware work with modern electronics.  In the past,<!-- --> they&#8217;ve figured out how to connect an <span>Iomega Zip Drive<\/span> <span>to the Apple Watch<\/span>and even managed to get an original <span>1977 Atari joystick working with the Nintendo Switch<\/span>: that&#8217;s <!-- -->two consoles with 40 years of gaming innovation between them finally brought together<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Mitchell returns to the Switch again with a neat hack that kids in 1989 probably wish they&#8217;d had,<!-- --> as it makes the Nintendo Power Glove actually useable.  When first released 33 years ago, the Power Glove looked like a futuristic cyberpunk accessory and promised motion controls on the NES, decades before the Wii would arrive.  It worked alongside sonar sensors attached to the player&#8217;s TV,<!-- --> which allowed the Power Glove hardware to triangulate its location and movements.<!-- --> B.<!-- -->ut given that <!-- -->electrical signals travel down a wire at 670,616,629 MPH, and sound travels at 767 MPH (at 68 degrees Fahrenheit), the wearable controller exhibited terrible lag.  Pair that with only<!-- --> two NES games even being<!-- --> compatible with<!-- --> the Power Glove&#8217;s motion controls<!-- -->and<!-- --> it <!-- -->never stood a chance.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-s4XY2UGoXC8&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"s4XY2UGoXC8\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/s4XY2UGoXC8\" id=\"youtube-s4XY2UGoXC8\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"s4XY2UGoXC8\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/s4XY2UGoXC8\" id=\"youtube-s4XY2UGoXC8\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Asking <em>why<\/em> someone would ever want to make the Power Glove work<!-- --> with a modern console like the Switch is the wrong question.  The <em>right<\/em> question is asking how Mitchell managed to pull this off, and it co<!-- -->mes<!-- --> down to two pieces of hardware: the <span>USB NES RetroPort v2<\/span> (<!-- -->which gives the Power Glove a USB port)<!-- -->and the <span>ConsoleTuner Titan One<\/span> dongle (<!-- -->which allows the wearable controller to connect and play nice with the Switch,<!-- --> plus<!-- --> facilitates<!-- --> a custom script that simulates holding down <!-- -->the &#8216;A&#8217; button <!-- -->for constant acceleration)<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Given modern TVs are far too thin to attach the Power Glove&#8217;s sensors to, as they<!-- --> were designed for the boxy CRTs of yesteryear, Mitchell had to build a wooden frame to mount them<!-- --> in <!-- -->front of his screen.<!-- --> W<!-- -->hile the wearable worked fine with games like <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em>even supporting the varied sensitivity of an analog joystick, watching the glove<!-- --> steer one of the RC racers from <em>Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit<\/em> with a<!-- --> wave of<!-- --> the<!-- --> arm to the <!-- -->left or<!-- --> right <em>almost<\/em> makes me<!-- --> wish I<!-- -->&#8216;d begged my<!-- --> parents harder for a Power Glove back in the day &#8230; <em>almost<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although retro gaming is more popular than ever (except for when it was maybe not so retro), there&#8217;s some classic hardware worth forgetting. The Power Glove was one of Nintendo&#8217;s most disappointing accessories, being one of its earliest forays into motion controls, but that didn&#8217;t deter Niles Mitchell from jumping through hoops to resurrect it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/modder-makes-nintendo-power-glove-work-with-mario-kart-on-switch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Modder Makes Nintendo Power Glove Work with Mario Kart on Switch<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[6454,135,1267,1260,131,15266,6354,15265,392,1311,15264,130,1262,408,945,3081],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200\/0596e1d6f31f3367daf76cef0341de63.gif?ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200\/0596e1d6f31f3367daf76cef0341de63.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}