Nintendo has eyed including a Playdate-style crank to the Swap 2, based on a not too long ago noticed patent from Nintendo Patents Watch. The hypothetical accent would add monitoring rotational motion to an current bag of Pleasure-Con 2 controller methods that features movement and mouse controls.
Primarily based on the patent utility, the crank accent attaches to the facet of a Pleasure-Con 2 magnetically, not not like the controllers’ wrist straps. Whichever recreation helps the accent can use the Pleasure-Con 2’s mouse sensor to trace the rotations of the crank as an enter. Fishing video games or video games with devoted fishing mini-games, like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, appear to be the apparent contenders for an adjunct like this, however realizing Nintendo there are weirder prospects, too.
A patent illustration that exhibits what appears to be like like a click on wheel attachment on a Pleasure-Con 2 controller.
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One other patent imagines an analogous setup getting used for a clickable wheel. The patent illustrations appears to be like like a lighter, however the accent might simply as simply be used whereas dragging a Pleasure-Con 2 alongside a floor. It would even add further resistance or friction to the Swap 2’s mouse controls.
Provided that these are patent purposes, there isn’t any assure Nintendo plans on turning both of them into actual merchandise. Nonetheless, they seem to be a glimpse on the Swap 2’s untapped potential for supporting goofy equipment, one thing that outlined portion of the Wii’s lifespan.
The wildest Nintendo bought with the unique Swap was Nintendo Labo, cardboard equipment that turned the console into the whole lot from a VR headset to a easy fishing rod. A crank could be the primary of a number of adventurous equipment for Nintendo’s new console.
