The Nintendo Switch 2 patent seems to confirm the mouse functionality for the new joys-consisted

When Nintendo First of all Unveiled switch 2 Last month, we (and everyone) noticed something special in new Joy-Con controllers. Now, some recently determined patent deposits more or less confirm all theories.

More specifically, there is now Patents viewable publicly For Switch 2 controllers who tell us what we already knew essentially: you can use them as computer mice. The patent filing, which is largely in Japanese and is therefore not particularly informative for a native English speaker, includes at least many drawings that explicitly present someone who uses joy-con as mouse.

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It is still not quite clear what this function will be used. The mind can easily walk to level creation Super Mario Maker or house decoration in Crosspiece As a mechanics that could be improved by mouse functionality, but these are only two of Nintendo’s many play properties.

Nintendo has a long story of material innovation, but it also has an equally long history of theoretically innovative material features which are ultimately forgotten after being used in some games.

However, apart from more power, these characteristics of the mouse are (so far) the only part of switch 2 which seems really distinct from the first switch. We find out more when Nintendo holds its Big Switch 2 Reveal Livestream on April 2 at 9 a.m.