Patents linked to Switch 2 show the operation of the Joy-Con as if they were computer mice

A patent filtered and linked to switch 2originally published in August 2023, shows characteristics of the Joy-Con de Switch 2 They didn’t know each other until now. The main and most noticeable for the change that supposes with respect to the controllers of the first switch is The use of controls as if they were computer micea characteristic that Nintendo has not confirmed but suggested that it could be included among the novelties of its new console.

It was in the console presentation video (the only source of official information at the time of Switch 2), where the two controls are seen sliding down a surface by the color dorsos that connect to the screen. In the patent you see a hand holding a joy-with with the SR buttons supported on the surface and eye, the thumb on the stick. It seems to be intuited that the movement sensor will be in the same back as the aforementioned buttons.

They are not the only secrets that reveal these patent documents: two more traditional grips are also raised, such as PlayStation and Xbox controls, but that would include (at least one of them) sensors to be also used as mice. Japanese terms that could be translated as ‘sensor to operate as a mouse’ appear in the documents 28 times. Recall that patent documents are not guarantee of anythingonly that Nintendo has explored in that direction, but added to the clues that the presentation spot gives, the bets are more or less safe.

They are small clues that round out what will be the new Nintendo presentation of the characteristics of the console, on April 6 at 3:00 p.m. Until then it is unlikely that more official confirmations of the characteristics of the Switch 2 will arrive, although elements such as this “mouse mode” are given by guaranteed.

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