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Mapping GL/GR Buttons

The patent application for the Switch system’s Accessibility » Key Mapping feature has been published, with more attention on the new GL/GR buttons. This one is rather straightforward, pretty much what we can already see in the System Settings.

Drawing from patent US20260000971: FIG. 7 illustrates a non-limiting example of a controller/setting item selection menu in a GL/GR key assignment sequence
Drawing from patent US20260000971: FIG. 12 illustrates a non-limiting example of an overall key setting menu in the overall key assignment sequence
Drawing from patent US 20260000971: FIG. 22 is a non-limiting example of a flowchart of a setting process

P.S.: Don’t let any jokers tell you that “Nintendo is patenting key mapping!” Anyone actually reads the application can see that it’s specific to the method used in Switch system.

[Originally posted on 2026-01-01 Pacific Time]