Nintendo hasn’t revealed much about its upcoming Switch 2 console since teasing it last month with a reveal trailer, leaving leaks and rumors to fill in the gaps. But a pair of new patents strongly suggests that a rumored feature — using a Joy-Con controller like a computer mouse — could be coming in the Switch 2 after all.
The two new patents, first filed in August 2023 in Japan and both published Thursday on the website Wipo, have a trove of detailed drawings showing the Switch 2 and its Joy-Cons in a variety of positions. The first patent explains how a “novel input device” — a Joy-Con controller — can be used as a mouse (as translated from Japanese by Google Translate). While it’s not outright official confirmation that the Switch 2 will let you use its Joy-Cons…