Console Accessibility Tags: What to Check Before You Download

Start with the action you need to take

Console accessibility tags describe features you can look up before downloading a game. Start with a question about an action you expect to take. Can you steer while keeping the controller still? Can you tell where an offscreen sound comes from using the picture?

Find the exact game and console version first. Then look for a label that answers your question and read its definition. A list of ten features can be quicker to evaluate once you know which one would affect the session you have in mind.

Read what playable covers

The US Nintendo Store lists Playable without Motion Controls under Accessibility features for Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2. The Accessible Games Initiative criterion covers completing the game without using motion inputs. Its definition of playable allows for optional content that may still be out of reach.

Suppose you want to complete the main adventure with your hands resting on a table. That criterion answers whether motion is required to finish. If a particular bonus challenge is the reason you want to play, look up that challenge's controls separately.

Check where a camera label applies

The US Kirby Air Riders listing for Switch 2 includes the Camera Comfort tag. The initiative's criteria address effects such as shake and motion blur during gameplay. Where the player controls camera movement, the criteria also require a way to slow that movement down.

If you want to know whether you can adjust a racing view, start there. A question about camera movement in a scripted cinematic needs separate evidence. The published Camera Comfort requirements cover gameplay and leave cinematics outside their scope.

Choose the PS4 or PS5 feature list

On a PS5 console, open the game's hub in PlayStation Store. Sony's support page says to press Triangle or select the side panel to see its accessibility features. The US web listing for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut also displays separate PS5 and PS4 selectors in its Accessibility Features section.

Read the list for the version you plan to install. For example, the listing describes Directional Audio Indicators as visual information about where sounds originate. If you want to follow an offscreen warning, that description gives you a more specific question to check in the game's documentation.

Treat an empty field as an open question

Nintendo describes adoption of the initiative's tags as a publisher opt-in. The initiative also says adopters can use a subset of its tags. When a label is absent, the store page leaves the question unanswered.

If you find an explanation in a publisher's guide, check which version and mode it describes. A note about a solo campaign leaves multiplayer open. When the store uses its own label, read that store's explanation before comparing it with a similarly named tag elsewhere.

Keep a short record for your next session

Write down the edition, the feature, and the specific action you want to perform. For Kirby Air Riders, an example would be Switch 2, Camera Comfort, and whether you can adjust a particular effect in the racing view you use.

Save the link beside the note. If the tag answers only part of your question, add the missing detail you would look for in an official settings guide. Two games with different tag lists can then be compared on the same task.

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