The Nintendo Switch 2 is mostly a spec-improvement over the Switch, but the Joy-Con 2's mouse functionality is meaningfully different. Mouse controls make it easier to control complex games and could ...

Nintendo might not be the company best known for pushing cutting-edge technology, but it constantly brings new ideas to the table. Over the decades, Nintendo’s innovations have helped its hardware ...

One of the coolest new features of Nintendo Switch 2 is that its Joy-Con 2 controllers have mouse functionality. Players can place the flat edge of a Joy-Con on a table or other surface at any time ...

Nintendo is a company that seems to thrive on strange hardware choices. From the look of the GameCube to the feel of the Wii Remote, to, well, the switch part of the Nintendo Switch, I'm reluctant to ...

Nintendo’s Switch 2 has exactly one weird and exciting new feature: The Joy-Con 2 can be used like a mouse. And it works well — even on pants! But only a few titles so far have confirmed support for ...

Nintendo has released a short new video showcasing how mouse controls work on the home menu of Nintendo Switch 2. The video was initially posted on the Nintendo Today app on March 11. A message ...

Nintendo has confirmed players will be able to use the Switch 2 Joy-Con mouse controls on the Home screen. Ever since the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, fans have speculated on the use of the new Joy-Con's ...

Sharing one such Q&A on social media, executive producer John Jennings has reconfirmed that yes, Mouse Mode and gyro controls ...

Joy-Con mouse controls are one of the biggest innovations in a next-gen console that otherwise looks to be just a bigger, more powerful version of its predecessor. On Monday Nintendo showed off how ...

PC is typically considered the go-to platform for strategy games, but in the case of the Switch 2, XCOM creator Julian Gollop sees great possibility for the genre to expand on the new Nintendo console ...

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Epic has yet to find a platform it hasn't wanted to put Fortnite on — only ones it wasn't allowed to put the game on — so its not surprising the developer is going all out with the Nintendo Switch 2.