As Nintendo gears up to release its long-awaited new console, the Switch 2, fans wonder how its new Joy-Con system and its built-in mouse controls will work – a system that might just help more games ...

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 ...

Ever since the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, fans have been wildly speculating on a tiny detail from the trailer: the Joy-Cons. Specifically, their seeming use as mouse controllers, like on a PC, and the ...

Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto says the inspiration for the Switch 2's mouse-like Joy-Cons came to him while playing PC games, and that special adjustments have been made so you can "control the ...

Nintendo has finally confirmed the long-rumored mouse mode for the Nintendo Switch 2 Each Joy Con 2 controller comes with an optical sensor that allows it to be used like a mouse Metroid Prime 4: ...

Last month, Nintendo Switch 2 was officially revealed in a new trailer. That trailer didn’t offer a ton of information, but it did offer include hints at new features. The new system will have ...

Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 executive producer Dennis Shirk shared his opinion on the rumor that the new Switch 2 Joy-Con can be used as a PC-style mouse during a recent interview with IGN. “It is ...

One of the most interesting features Nintendo showed off for the Switch 2 has been the mouse functionality of the Joy-Con remotes. But Nintendo isn’t silly. They know it’s still a console and you’re ...

TL;DR: A new patent for the Nintendo Switch 2 reveals that the upcoming console's joy-cons may function like a mouse, indicating potential new features for user interaction. A new patent for the ...

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Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He is a lifelong gamer with a passion for a variety of genres. A connoisseur of everything from JRPGs and ...