Although it's been a feature teased by Nintendo since the Switch 2 was first announced, I couldn't imagine sliding a Joy-Con on its side across a desk would ever be a meaningful way for me to play Nintendo games. Nintendo has made Switch 2 mouse controls a headline feature for its new console, demoing plenty of games as part of the upcoming Switch 2 games that make use of the functionality, but it wasn't until playing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond that the whole thing started to make a lot of sense.
I was lucky enough to spend around four hours with the Switch 2 and a whole host of the Switch 2 launch games, with several setups showing off just how the Joy-Con 2 mouse works. I started with Civilization 7: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. This is a game that's already on Switch, with this new edition bringing – as far as I can tell so far – just mouse support.
