{"id":828482,"date":"2025-02-20T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/nintendo-patent-confirms-switch-2-joy-cons-most-innovative-feature\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:12:37","slug":"nintendo-patent-confirms-switch-2-joy-cons-most-innovative-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/nintendo-patent-confirms-switch-2-joy-cons-most-innovative-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Patent Confirms Switch 2 Joy-Con’s Most Innovative Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fans have been speculating about PC gaming mouse-like functionality for the Switch 2<\/a><\/span> ever since optical sensors appeared in leaks last month. Nintendo then teased the feature in the new Switch\u2019s reveal trailer shortly after. Now the potential game-changer has been all but officially announced thanks to a new patent breaking down how the Joy-Con mouse functionality will work.<\/p>\n

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The patent documents were filed back in 2023 and published on Thursday<\/a><\/span> before being shared on social media by Wario64<\/a><\/span>. \u201cThis input device comprises a front surface, an upper surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a direction input unit, a first upper surface button, and a sensor for mouse operation,\u201d it reads. <\/p>\n

The patent description continues, \u201cThe sensor for mouse operation detects reflected light from a detected surface, the light changing by moving over the detected surface in a state in which either the first side surface or the second side surface is placed on the detected surface.\u201d<\/p>\n

This confirms what many fans suspected upon seeing the Joy-Con controllers sliding around a surface on their sides during the announcement trailer last month. Presumably, the \u201cmouse operation\u201d feature will allow some games on Switch 2 to be played with either traditional controller inputs or mouse inputs. <\/p>\n

That could make it ideal for games like Civilization 7<\/em> and potentially shooters like Fortnite <\/em>and Call of Duty<\/em>, which Microsoft is expected to begin porting to the Switch 2 at some point in the future. Other Microsoft shooters like Halo<\/em> and Doom<\/em> are also expected to get ported at some point, and the new Joy-Con could let players aim with traditional PC mouse precision while moving and strafing with a controller thumbstick. <\/p>\n

Even more exciting is how Nintendo might find ways to use a dual-mouse feature for creative new gameplay. One of the patent drawings shows both Joy-Con being used as mice simultaneously. On his podcast<\/a><\/span>, Giant Bomb<\/em> co-founder Jeff Gerstmann speculated that dual mice might let players control something like a mech with two reticles for aiming arm-mounted weapons. Or it could be used for some very weird, innovative launch game only Nintendo would think of. We\u2019ll know better when the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct airs in April<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n

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Ethan Gach
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Image: Nintendo \/ Kotaku Fans have been speculating about PC gaming mouse-like functionality for the Switch 2 ever since optical sensors appeared in leaks last month. Nintendo then teased the feature in the new Switch\u2019s reveal trailer shortly after. Now the potential game-changer has been all but officially announced thanks to a new patent breaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":828483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2114,24474],"tags":[5306,9433],"class_list":{"0":"post-828482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nintendo","8":"category-patent","9":"tag-nintendo","10":"tag-patent"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}