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Nintendo patent confirms Joy-Con mouse functionality rumored for Switch 2(www.polygon.com)

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stephen@lemmy.today
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The picture looks like they’ve added stapler functionality, which I’m very excited for.

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_sideffect@lemmy.world
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Excited for Mario paint 2? Definitely.

Excited to need a tabletop to use this? No.

Excited to scratch surfaces with this? Also no.

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Moog Muskie@lemmy.zip
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Maybe they’ll come out with some official mousepad. I can’t wait to see if they do Mario Paint and a new Mario Maker with this too, though.

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nathanjent@programming.dev
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They released a whole new console just so they could add Mario Paint to the retro console player.

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Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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That’s actually kinda fascinating. I wonder if Nintendo is gonna try to compete with the Steam Deck and give the Switch 2 actual PC functionality. Of course, “PC mode” would almost certainly be locked down in traditional Nintendo style so it wouldn’t actually be able to compete, but it’d be interesting to see them try.

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shrodes@lemmy.world
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I think this is a tacit admission from Nintendo that they consider the Steam Deck a competitor. Whereas for so long they have really not considered either Sony or Microsoft as competitors in their space.

If it brings more PC M+K style games to the Switch then that is only a good thing for the consumer I think, and there may even be a plus side for stuff like Metroid Prime 4 having mouse aim which would be cool.

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awesomesauce309@midwest.social
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Don’t rule out Nintendo just adding a random input gimmick for 2 total in house games.

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People would go nuts for Mario Paint 2. Easy sharing and live collaboration…

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