An official patent filed by Nintendo is surfacing across the web today – it appears to all but confirm the mouse functionality on the Joy-Con and quite possibly offer up the very first look at the new official wireless charging pad as well as what looks a lot like the new Pro controller. Check it out below.
Rumors regarding Mouse-Con mode, or the ability to use the new Switch 2 Joy-Con like a mouse have been everywhere, and rightfully so. Early leakers suggested it was coming, Nintendo showed renders of the controller flying across a flat surface on end like a mouse, and it looks like there’s a sensor on that edge to support it.
The complete text from the patent filing, as spotted by Polygon, literally mentions “a sensor for mouse operation.” Here it is:
This input device comprises a front surface, an upper surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a direction input unit, a first upper surface button, and a sensor for mouse operation. The first side surface is on one side in the left-right direction. The second side surface is on the other side in the left-right direction. The direction input unit is provided on the front surface.
It goes on to describe how the shoulder triggers act as a the main mouse button when the controller its being used in this orientation alongside more details on the sensor:
The first upper surface button is provided on the upper surface and can be pressed around a first rotation axis extending in a direction in which components in the left-right direction are included. The sensor for mouse operation detects reflected light from a detected surface, the light changing by moving over the detected surface in a state in which either the first side surface or the second side surface is placed on the detected surface.
Here’s the image from the patent:
The official patent also seems to give us our first look at some kind of wireless charging pad:
And lastly (at least for now), doesn’t this look a lot like some kind of new Switch 2 Pro controller that can split apart – perhaps to attach on either end of the console, or to support mouse mode:
We will update this post with more findings from the filing ASAP.
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