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Joe Foley

There's something fishy about Nintendo's ingenious new Joy-Con design idea

An image showing a young girl fishing in Animal Crossing for Nintendo Switch.

The Joy-Con design is a big part of the experience of gaming on a Nintendo Switch. We weren't initially sure about the new mouse control on Switch 2, but it comes into its own on certain games – including for 3D modelling in Donkey Kong Bananza. and in Metroid Prime 4.

But could Switch mouse control have even more potential? A Nintendo patent filing suggests the gaming giant may be working on an ingeniously simple add-on that would allow the same sensor to handle a whole new type of input.

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