YouTuber Connects 1989 Power Glove To Nintendo Switch
The Power Glove is an oft-forgotten piece of Nintendo kit that was part of the company's early attempts to evolve the NES beyond being a mere home console system. Along with R.O.B. and the Virtual Boy, the Power Glove was a failed device that started from a good idea. It essentially allowed players to control on-screen characters using hand gestures, something that wouldn't return to gaming until Xbox's Kinect and modern VR.
Although the Power Glove looked really cool (and can be found in various movies and TV shows for this very reason), the Glove's performance left a lot to be desired. Because operation was almost entirely via sound waves, the Power Glove suffered from extreme latency that made playing video games almost impossible. Combine that with the fact there were only two games that actually made use of the Power Gloves advanced gesture detection (neither of which were ever bundled with the Power Glove, and both were more easily played using a regular NES controller) and the Power Glove was basically dead on arrival. According to Generator, Nintendo sold less than a million units, and the Power Glove was discontinued after just a single year of production. Despite its flaws, the Power Glove has since become a collector’s piece for those interested in video game memorabilia.
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Rather than protect his investment, one YouTuber decided instead to get the Power Glove working on Nintendo's latest home console. Niles Mitchell of the Will It Work? YouTube channel has managed to not only get the Power Glove working on the Switch, he's even been able to use it to control an actual kart in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. He's even recorded the process and posted his results
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