Someone Created a Nintendo DS Using JoyCons and a Galaxy Z Flip
Finding a Nintendo DS might not be that easy, but thanks to a creative project from a talented fan, everyone can now have his own homemade DS with a foldable smartphone and JoyCons!
Nowadays, 3D printers can do some crazy stuff and create very unique things at ease. Hopefully, talented gamers also try to get creative with these 3D printers and make things that would deliver them a brand new gaming experience out of devices that they already own.
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The most recent example of this is what you can see down below! A talented fan who created a custom Nintendo DS-like gaming console with a smartphone and a pair of JoyCons!
Here is What Happens When You Pair Your JoyCons with a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip!
Galaxy Z Flip is one of the first Samsung smartphones that allows users to fold their phone, and a talented fan has decided to use this phenomenal feature to create a custom Nintendo DS based on Android!
So, what he has done to complete this simple but creative project was to 3D-print an adapter that holds the smartphone in the middle while having attachable rails for JoyCons on two sides.
When you put the phone at the half-folded state on the adapter, it almost looks like a Nintendo DS screen with the two JoyCon controllers connected to the phone using Bluetooth. And that’s it! Now you have an Android-based Nintendo DS!
As the Reddit user “MikeDubbz” has mentioned, he uses the DraStic emulator on the Galaxy Z Flip to directly upload the key mapping to Switch JoyCons similar to how the keys are mapped on a Switch or DS.
Unfortunately, we don’t have much information on the software side of this creative project and the exact method to run DS or Switch games on the phone, but you can probably find out more about this with a quick search on Google.
