Nintendo Switch 2 must have a mouse system!

The Nintendo Switch 2 has been announced, this is no longer news, however, more patents are surfacing on the internet, and it seems that the console should come with mouse support, which should excite FPS players who may want to be on the new Nintendo console.

A new patent from Nintendo was recently made public, which seems to confirm that, yes, the next Switch 2 will indeed feature mouse support. Phew.

Upon further investigation of the patent, we discovered some additional nuggets that may be of interest. That is, it seems that Nintendo displayed what appears to be a Joy-Con for the original Switch with an additional optical sensor on the side.

At first glance, the Joy-Cons look the same, but one of them has the same rail system as the previous Switch.

It is also worth noting that the '774' reference in Fig.36 is specifically described as a 'mouse operation sensor'. Now, it is likely that Nintendo is simply covering all bases with its patent and we think it is probably unlikely that the company will release new Joy-Con controllers for a console almost in its ninth year.

The other thing we noticed is what appears to be a completely different controller using mouse functionality. It may well be that this is merely a prototype design to showcase the technology, but we find it interesting that Nintendo made the effort to include it in the document.

Furthermore, Nintendo refers to the new Joy-Con of Switch 2 as the "first embodiment" of the input device, the new mysterious controller as the "second embodiment", and the original Joy-Con with rail system as the "third embodiment", suggesting that, yes, these are indeed separate devices.

As we mentioned before, it is entirely possible that nothing will come out of these images and Nintendo is simply making sure it has covered all possible bases. It is fascinating, however, that the company is exploring the feasibility of mouse support on the original Switch.