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 just lately noticed patent from Nintendo Patents Watch. The hypothetical accent would add monitoring rotational motion to an present bag of Pleasure-Con 2 controller methods that features movement and mouse controls.

Based mostly on the patent software, the crank accent attaches to the facet of a Pleasure-Con 2 magnetically, not in contrast to 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, appear to be the plain contenders for an adjunct like this, however realizing Nintendo there are weirder prospects, too.

One other patent imagines an analogous setup getting used for a clickable wheel. The patent illustrations seems to be like a lighter, however the accent might simply as simply be used whereas dragging a Pleasure-Con 2 alongside a floor. It’d even add further 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 seem to be 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 bought with the unique Swap was Nintendo Labo, cardboard equipment that turned the console into all the things from a VR headset to a easy fishing rod. A crank could be the primary of a number of adventurous equipment for Nintendo’s new console.