Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[Idon]

I mean if the switch 2 does end up having the feature of using the joycons as a mouse would it be actually useful or just a gimmick?

Although i don't know how Nintendo would actually make a game using joycons as a mouse and it sounds very awkward to control (buttons on it's side and all that, unless you're supposed to hold the other joycon straight like a Wiimote + Nunchuck setup or something?) , much less adding the feature to an already existing game like smash.

I could see it as useful depending on the genre of game. I for one, hate shooters that don't give me the granular aim of the mouse, which is why I never really got into Splatoon, even despite there being a motion control option that can approximate that feel. Additionally, this might be a useful method of interpreting touchscreen games on the DS/3DS where there were no additional buttons to use while operating the stylus anyways.

 

[ninjahmos]

For ports of mouse-centric PC games, I'd imagine the most optimal way to play them would be in tabletop mode, with only one Joy-Con corresponding to your dominant hand detached and in mouse mode, while your second hand is used for the touchscreen to access things you'd use hotkeys for on a PC.

Real-time strategy games are constantly being used as an example of a genre that can benefit from this, so using Starcraft II's HUD for example:
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See all those buttons that have letters/numbers showing what key you can press to use them? You'd be using your free hand to press them while your mouse hand is used for selecting units and telling them where to go. (hopefully in this hypothetical SCII port that utilizes the touch screen+mouse joycons, they'd let you move the command card on the right to be next to the radar or vice-versa for lefties)

Civilization with Mouse-Con controls (assuming the Switch 2 does have that) sounds pretty cool.

 

[dream1ng]

I mean if the switch 2 does end up having the feature of using the joycons as a mouse would it be actually useful or just a gimmick?

Although i don't know how Nintendo would actually make a game using joycons as a mouse and it sounds very awkward to control (buttons on it's side and all that, unless you're supposed to hold the other joycon straight like a Wiimote + Nunchuck setup or something?) , much less adding the feature to an already existing game like smash.

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[TheFirstPoppyBro]

Got reminded earlier today on Twitter about a patent Nintendo filed in 2022 for an attachable second screen to make the switch more like a DS style system, and now I'm wondering if that'll be released as an accessory or something considering the Switch 2 has a USB-C port on top of it now too.

Whatever this thing was about lol