Ever get tired of spinning your JoyCon thumbstick endlessly to evolve Milcery into Alcremie in Pokémon Sword and Shield? Or get bored riding your Rotom bike in circles to speed up egg hatching? You can create a special Pokéball that is a programmable macro controller for your Nintendo Switch that'll do it for you!

Anything from a simple turbo button mode to a complex macro with multiple buttons and precise timing is possible, thanks to a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 microcontroller (or our own KB2040 Kee Boar) and the excellent GP2040-CE firmware.

You'll create your specific macro with the simple web-based editor, and trigger the action just by plugging the Pokéball into the Switch!

Parts

or a KB2040

Alternatively, you can use a switched cable and a USB-A socket to USB-C plug adapter so that you can enable the Pokéball macro at the flip of a switch.