Our game night almost ended when the Switch controller batteries died mid-boss fight

We were at my place in Austin, three of us stuck on the final boss in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and everything just cut out. We had to scramble to find a charging cable while the game sat paused, which totally killed the vibe. What's your go-to plan for avoiding a dead controller disaster?

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3 Comments

grantl942mo ago

My old Kirby amiibo acts as a backup battery pack.

markm271mo ago

@grantl94 wait that kirby amiibo has a battery built into it? Like the actual figure itself? I've got a Samus one that I thought was just a fancy NFC tag, but if yours charges up maybe I should pop mine open or something.

nathan2892mo ago

That backup battery idea from grantl94 is actually pretty smart. I mean, I just keep a long USB-C cable plugged into the dock at all times so we can play while charging. It's saved our game night more than once.