One of the most interesting rumors on the Joy-Cons of Nintendo Switch 2 was that you could use them as computer mice. Now that the functionality has been confirmed in the April 2 Nintendo DirectAnd we saw it used for action and strategy games, it’s quite clear: the most necessary accessory for the new Switch 2 is a tour office.
Given its rich history of the introduction of new eccentric ways to control games, Nintendo can perhaps be forgiven for the introduction of a new control function in a console which is differently identical to its predecessor. But switch 2 is a sofa console when it is accosted and wandering freely – rarely – rarely – near a flat surface to use the mouse functionality of the joy -cons.
As owner of Lab Desk, Fan and Evangelization, LAP offices are the obvious answer to the mouse problem: portable around the house, versatile for work or game and somewhat affordable. Or at least, there are reasonable options that are not more expensive than the Nintendo at $ 90 request Switch 2 Joy-Cons.
While yes, any flat surface will be technically, just look at the gameplay for Drag X Drive, where the players are shown to operate their double joy from top to bottom in fast succession. It seems difficult to do on a makeshift surface like a clipboard cover or a container. And for strategy games like Civilization 7, imagine don’t have a wide surface to move around the card and click in and get out of the menus.
During the showcase of Nintendo Treehouse for Switch 2 Games, the presenters playing Drag X Drive all played at the offices to use the joys-cons in mouse mode.
Nintendo’s TreeHouse flow for the Drag X Drive launch game showed how to use the two joys-consum in mouse mode to move. The presenter – playing on a desk – noted that players could pass the controllers flat on their legs like alternative surfaces.
As Scott Stein of Cnet noted in his hands with the Switch 2, the use of the Joy -Conse on his legs was “a little less tiring” than on a desk – but probably it only works for a game like Drag X Drive, which is based on a movement forward and the side rather than on the side (unless you really get your legs well).
Metroid Prime 4 Beyond has shown how mouse control functionality (in the upper left left) works in a first -person shooter.
It is worth emphasizing how few launch games of the Switch 2 and those who come later have mouse features-at the moment, only Drag X Drive is demanding, while Civ 7 and Metroid Prime 4 beyond the use of Joy-Cons in mouse mode. Mario Party Jamboree will also have added mouse features in its Switch 2. version. We will wait to see how many games really benefit from this control potential.
Admittedly, the world prices of $ 450 Switch 2 and $ 80 Mario Kart are already breathtaking, so expecting the players to pay more for furniture just to obtain basic features for certain games is a big demand. But for all these Crusaders couchs that plan their most relaxing way to play, a tour office is the best way to have your Switch 2 and your mouse with it too.
