New Switch 2 patents hint at Nintendo bringing mouse-like functionality to its upcoming Joy-Con controllers, along with a look at a more traditional-

Nintendo’s patent pertaining to mouse functionality is now public, so here’s what it shows and what this could mean for the new console.

Newly-published Nintendo patents show that the company has been exploring a version of its Joy-Con controllers that can work like a computer mouse, a feature Nintendo has hinted will be coming to the Switch 2. In its Switch 2 teaser video last month, Nintendo showed two Joy-Con controllers sliding along the ground, much like you’d move a mouse.

A recently published patent gives audiences a deeper insight into the teased mouse functionality of the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons.

In it, the pair of Joy-Cons briefly raced each other across a hard surface Tron-bike style, trailing their wrist straps like tails. The whole thing made them look a lot like computer mice, and it was broadly assumed that this hinted at mouse controls for the Nintendo Switch 2.

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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’s reveal trailer shortly after.