Nintendo patent explains Switch 2 Joy-Cons’ “mouse operation” mode

[jacksilver@lemmy.world]

The asynchronous games were a lot of fun. https://www.mariowiki.com/Nintendo_Land had a couple of them, like one where everyone is in first person mode chasing the tablet player who has a top down view.

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

There's still time!

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

The ports were all on the same bus! You can send signals meant for any of the three of them into any of the three of them and it'll work.
Well, the memory card slots and Serial Ports 1 and 2 anyway. The Game Boy Player connects via the parallel port.

https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/gamecube/

[thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com]

When I saw the reveal trailer and the joycons were sliding around on their sides I didn’t even recognise that they were implying mouse-mode until people in the comments started losing their minds.

All I could think was “my massive hands are never going to be able to use that joycon as a mouse comfortably”.
This patent does not make me feel any more confident that j won’t have constant hand cramps with this thing.

[prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works]

I used the N64 expansion port.

Rogue Squadron bundled it in, improved graphics and load time.

Made other games run faster too if I recall.

[prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works]

Star Fox could be interesting controlled that way

[empricorn@feddit.nl]

I cannot adequately describe how mildly interested I am. But I guess we'll see...

[empricorn@feddit.nl]

That's your biggest takeaway from the Switch, not the fact that it's a portable console with detachable controllers that can expand to your TV!? Or is that too integral and less of a gimmick...?

[vindictivejudge@lemmy.world]

TOTK makes me wish 3D TVs caught on.

[lost_my_mind@lemmy.world]

The things listed were the gimmicks announced but never used.

[vindictivejudge@lemmy.world]

I hope the next Fire Emblem uses this. Of course, they didn't use the Switch's touch screen, so I'm not holding my breath.

[ironfacebuster@lemmy.world]

Me too, I just can't imagine a comfortable way to hold it as a mouse and better yet, didn't even notice the mouse sensors until watching it a third time after seeing all the people talking about it!

I was convinced it was just Nintendo implying the new shoulder button attachment would be called "skates" or something

[theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world]

Little do you know Nintendo is in with Big Orthopedic.