Nintendo Switch 2 announcement: all the news on the next console
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A Japanese Nintendo patent published last week describes, in a machine translation of its claims, a gaming device that seems similar to the Switch 2. The patent’s claims describe a machine that would use magnets to attach the controllers to the console, which has been rumored for the Switch 2:
A gaming machine that is detachable from a controller, the gaming machine comprising: a housing that contains an electronic circuit; and a first magnet that is conductive and that is attracted to the controller by magnetic force, thereby attaching the controller to the gaming machine, the first magnet being electrically connected to the ground of the electronic circuit.
As noted by VGC, the patent also suggests Nintendo has explored letting users attach the Joy-Con controllers upside down to flip the device’s orientation.
[patentscope.wipo.int]
