Nintendo has mentioned little concerning the Change 2 itself, however loads of key particulars have emerged on the upcoming console by unofficial channels. Leaks have insisted, for example, that the Change 2’s new Pleasure-Con controllers can even perform as mice, one thing that the console’s reveal trailer additionally appeared to trace at. Although Nintendo itself has but to formally affirm the characteristic, an official patent filed by the corporate appears to have performed simply that.
Noticed by customers on ResetEra, the patent describes a Pleasure-Con controller that options “a sensor for mouse operation”. As per the patent, the sensor “detects mirrored gentle from a detected floor, the sunshine altering by shifting over the detected floor in a state by which both the primary aspect floor or the second aspect floor is positioned on the detected floor.”
The patent additionally options quite a few diagrams illustrating a Pleasure-Con being held sideways and functioning like a mouse. Curiously, some diagrams additionally present a special controller mannequin that may be break up aside and performance individually, much like Pleasure-Con controllers. You may view the diagrams beneath.
A Nintendo Change 2-focused Direct presentation is scheduled for April 2. Presumably, we’ll be taught extra concerning the console’s mouse capabilities then. Keep tuned for extra updates.
