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Are Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons (Or Pro Controllers) Compatible With The Wii U?

Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons and Switch Pro Controllers are not officially compatible with the Wii U. If you want something that works out of the box, the Wii U Pro Controller is the closest official replacement. Modded Wii U owners sometimes use unofficial homebrew workarounds, but those are not the same as native support.

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Can You Use a Wii U Controller on Nintendo Switch? (Which Ones Work?)

The Wii U GamePad does not work on Nintendo Switch, and the Wii U Pro Controller only works through a third-party adapter. The one Nintendo-documented exception people often mix in is the GameCube controller with Nintendo’s adapter, which works in TV mode only.

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