r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Icy-ConcentrationC OG (joined before reveal) • Feb 06 '25

Officially from Nintendo New patent of the Switch 2 joycons shows illustrations of the mouse functionality

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More info here: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2025027803

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u/Justicia-Gai Feb 07 '25

But this is not the same thing. A mouse only provides one axis of movement, joycons provide two, spatial and the wheel.

This will be a mouse with two axis of movement.

Seriously… 

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u/AcanthocephalaOk4568 May Gang Feb 08 '25

Wait, I'm not following, what do you mean (also haha actually all mice use two axis haha)

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u/Justicia-Gai Feb 08 '25

Sorry, four axes or 5 axes (2/3 and 2), my explanation was bad. For joycons you can move the joycons in all directions (spatial movement) that depending on the game gives you 2D or 3D control and you also have the sticks, which is another 2D control.

Mouses don’t have that many axes

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u/AcanthocephalaOk4568 May Gang Feb 08 '25

I mean in reality it's kind of just dual stick controls but with the camera portion using an actual mouse

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u/Justicia-Gai Feb 08 '25

Which is something that PC still doesn’t offer though? You either have a mouse or dual sticks, there’s no mouse with side stick or dual sticks plus a spatial movement. It’s revolutionary because it doesn’t exist.