Nintendo designed a Playdate-like crank for the Swap 2

Nintendo has eyed including a Playdate-style crank to the Switch 2, in response to a 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.

Based mostly 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 sport 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 plain contenders for an adjunct like this, however understanding Nintendo there are weirder potentialities, too.

One other patent imagines an analogous setup getting used for a clickable wheel. The patent illustrations seems like a lighter, however the accent may 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 functions, there isn’t 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 thing from a VR headset to a easy fishing rod. A crank is likely to be the primary of a number of adventurous equipment for Nintendo’s new console.