After months of leaks, speculation, and outright hints from Nintendo, it has been officially confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con will include mouse controls.
During those scary months when we were starved for any Nintendo Switch 2 information, rumours and patents emerged that the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con may have mouse controls as a control option. This was only further confirmed when the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal showed one of the controllers sliding about the floor. Now, in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo has officially confirmed this to be the case.
The mouse controls for Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers are included on both controllers, with the stream showing a player using dual mouse controls for whatever reason. It was also shown to be used as part of the new Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour game, with Nintendo showing off a mini-golf game among other minigames.
Nintendo showed off several games later in the stream that are used with the controls, including a new wheelchair basketball multiplayer game called Drag and Drive. Nintendo Switch 2 versions of Super Mario Party Jamboree, and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond also do. Meanwhile, third parties like 2K confirmed that Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 and Borderlands 4 will include mouse support. Plus, we saw games like Two Point Museum that seem primed to use mouse controls.
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