Nintendo designed a Playdate-like crank for the Swap 2

Nintendo has eyed including a Playdate-style crank to the Switch 2, in accordance with a just lately noticed patent from Nintendo Patents Watch. The hypothetical accent would add monitoring rotational motion to an current bag of Pleasure-Con 2 controller tips that features movement and mouse controls.

Primarily based on the patent utility, the crank accent attaches to the aspect 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, seem to be the apparent contenders for an adjunct like this, however understanding Nintendo there are weirder potentialities, too.

One other patent imagines an identical 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 additional resistance or friction to the Switch 2’s mouse controls.

On condition that these are patent purposes, there is not any assure Nintendo plans on turning both of them into actual merchandise. Nonetheless, they are a glimpse on the Swap 2’s untapped potential for supporting goofy equipment, one thing that outlined an excellent portion of the Wii’s lifespan.

The wildest Nintendo received with the unique Swap was Nintendo Labo, cardboard equipment that turned the console into every little thing from a VR headset to a easy fishing rod. A crank is perhaps the primary of a number of adventurous equipment for Nintendo’s new console.