Nintendo Switch 2 may let you turn your Joy-Con into a mouse
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Nintendo Switch 2 may let you turn your Joy-Con into a mouse

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Another day, another new batch of Nintendo Switch 2 reports that together paint an increasingly clear picture of Nintendo’s next-gen console.

After IGN tried out Genki’s high-profile Nintendo Switch 2 model, which you can see images and video of below, reports suggest that the Joy-Con’s rumored sensor could be used to turn the controller into a mouse.

This was speculated by fans when images of the Joy-Con leaked online earlier this week, but Genki co-founder and CEO Eddie Tsai insists that the company’s model is based on a real Switch 2 system that it saw and used as the basis for it Its accessories told The Verge that there is an optical sensor in the Joy-Cons’ mounting channel and that they could potentially provide mouse-like functionality by using a different attachment.

The Verge compares this functionality to Lenovo’s Legion Go handheld, which also features detachable joysticks. The right gamepad features a small trackpad under the right thumbstick and a mouse scroll on top that creates a vertically oriented mouse when used with a base. You can see how this works in the video below.

Meanwhile, alleged retail listings for Switch 2 MicroSD Express cards suggest that the console supports the newer standard of SD cards. Via Reddit, a GameStop employee reportedly found a number of Switch 2-related SKUs on the retailer’s system, including Switch 2 MicroSDs in 256GB and 512GB forms.

As Eurogamer noted, these cards have faster transfer speeds and performance comparable to SSDs. However, it’s worth noting that retailers generally create internal SKUs for every possible outcome, meaning many list products that never actually materialize.

It’s been a busy week for Switch 2 leaks. Below the emergence of alleged images of the inner workings of the Nintendo Switch 2fresh images supposedly shows the Joy-Con of the next-gen console appeared online.

The images, showing a left Joy-Con, were reportedly first posted on a Chinese social media site before making their way to the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit and western social media.

They feature larger SL and SR buttons than the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con, which is what you’d expect since the Nintendo Switch 2 is reportedly a larger console than the original. These new Joy-Con reportedly forego the current Switch’s railed lock method and instead use electromagnetic suction controllers.

Last week, a picture of what appears to be the internal components of the Switch 2 matched with information from previous image leaks that helped us get a good idea of ​​what to expect from Nintendo’s next-gen console.

In September, unconfirmed images – a mix of computer-aided design (CAD) images and circuit board photos – surfaced that claimed to have come from a Chinese website before they made it to this one Reddit, Pictured is a device similar to the existing Switch console but with a larger screen and magnetic Joy-Con. There is also reportedly a USB-C port at the top and bottom of the console.

Accompanying the images was a supposed specs list that mentioned 12GB of RAM (the original Switch has 4GB) and 256GB of internal storage (the original Switch has 32GB). There’s supposedly a new “C” button on the right Joy-Con, but no one seems to know what it’s for.

We have one too patentfiled in July 2023 but published for the first time last week, describes an AI image upscaling technology that would help keep the download size of video games small enough to fit on a physical game cartridge, while still up to 4K -Textures offers.

Here’s what we know for sure: Nintendo has confirmed that the yet-to-be-announced Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with original Switch games and feature Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo has also said it plans to announce the Switch 2 by the end of March 2025, meaning the reveal is fast approaching. As for the release date, The console is not expected to launch during Nintendo’s current fiscal yearso it won’t arrive until April 2025 at the earliest.

We even have that The developers clearly say that they plan to release their upcoming games on the consolewith others announce the release of a Switch 2 for their games. When Switch 2 finally comes out, Nintendo assumes that there is enough stock availablewhich in turn will hopefully combat scalping.

Wesley is the UK news editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].