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Controls Guide for Switch

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Controls Guide for Switch 1 and Switch 2

You can play with the Nintendo Switch 1 and 2's controls in Tamagotchi Plaza. Learn the how the controls work and their functions here!

List of Contents

Switch Controls Layout

Similar Controls Setup

Inputs Switch 1 Switch 2
Navigate Selection/Minigame Objects NSW - Left Analog
Alternate Navigate Selection
NSW - Dpad Up NSW - Dpad Left NSW - Dpad Right NSW - Dpad Down
Move Character NSW - Left Analog
Turn Camera/Facing Direction NSW - Right Analog
Accept/Confirm/Interact NSW - A
Return/Back NSW - B
Reset Option/Finish Minigame NSW - X
Run
NSW - Left Analog + NSW - R
Minigame Controls*
NSW - L NSW - R NSW - ZL NSW - ZR
Home Screen/Quit NSW - Minus
Open In-Game Phone/Exit Shop NSW - Plus

※ *Used in the different minigames around Tamahiko Town's shops and will vary in context.

Controls are Temporarily Visible

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You will always be guided in the game with your controls visible below the screen for a few seconds, allowing you to brush-up quickly with your controls should you forget them in a pinch.

Switch 2 Special Shop Controls

Sushi Shop Controls

Grab and Move
Mouse NSW - R
Press
Mold
Mouse NSW - R + NSW - ZR
Press Both
Serve
Mouse NSW - R + NSW - ZR + NSW - A/NSW - B/NSW - X/NSW - Y
Directional

The Sushi Shop uses the Switch 2's Mouse Mode to allow you to serve fellow Tamagochi customers your own handmade sushi in-game!

To enable Mouse Mode, carefully detach your Joy-Con 2 and rest the optical sensor (the colored magnetic end with lights) on a flat surface, preferably with a mouse pad and control them like a regular mouse.

Sushi Shop Guide

Shuriken Shop Controls

Aim and Recenter
Mouse / NSW - A
Joy-Con 2 Optical Sensor
Shoot
Mouse
Swishing Hand Motion on Sensor
Reload
NSW - R
Press

This shop only uses the Optical Sensor of the Joy-Con 2s to act as a swishing sensor to the thrown shurikens. Buttons A and R are used to recenter the cursor and reload the Shuriken, respectively.

Shuriken Shop Guide

Sushi Shuriken Shop Controls

Tamagotchi Plaza Sushi Shuriken Shop
The Sushi Shuriken shop combines both the elements of the Shuriken Shop and the Sushi Shop's controls, allowing you to make Sushi with the Mouse Mode and throw them by swishing your hand under the Joy-Con 2's Optical Sensor!

Used in Exclusive Switch 2 Shops

Switch 2 Shop Special Controls
The Sushi Shop, Shuriken Shop and the Sushi Shuriken Shop are three shops only available for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game and these require the Switch 2's special control setup to work properly.

These shops are designed to take advantage of the Switch 2's optical sensor and Joy-Con Mouse feature and are heavily used here.

Switch 2 Edition Differences

Multiplayer Controls

Each Player Uses One Joycon

Switch 2 Multiplayer Controls

Tamagotchi Plaza also allows 2-player coop via sharing of Joy-Cons. Both players must press the L or R buttons on their detached Joy-Cons to ready the game for multiplayer. The controls will be the same for both players.

Note that not all shops support this feature and you will be notified by the game before starting in single-player or two-player.

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