A Pro Controller for Nintendo Switch 2 is likely to happen, and there’s plenty that can be done to improve on the original model.

Newly-published Nintendo patents show that the company has been exploring a version of its Joy-Con controllers that can work like a computer mouse, a feature Nintendo has hinted will be coming to the Switch 2. In its Switch 2 teaser video last month, Nintendo showed two Joy-Con controllers sliding along the ground, much like you’d move a mouse.

A new patent has seemingly revealed a bunch of new Nintendo Switch 2 information confirming the rumoured mouse mode, but also showing off a new pro controller that will seemingly have the same functionality and a new charging dock that seemingly takes advantage of the new magnetic snapping functionality.

With the Switch 2, then, being able to flip the console upside down will allow you to choose whether you want the single headphone jack pointing up or down. Naturally, other features that you'd normally see on the top of the device, including the power button, volume control, and cartridge reader, would also shift to the bottom.

Nintendo’s recent innovation hints at upgraded controllers for Switch 1. If that happens, the old console could stick around for another eight years.

A Nintendo Switch 2 patent suggests you will be able to plug in the Joy-Con controllers upside down This would cause the image on its display to flip The patent suggests this could allow users to access certain ports more easily A new Nintendo Switch 2 patent filed by Nintendo details some potential features of the new Joy-Con controllers,

The patent seems to suggest that you can flip the console around and still insert the controllers. Combined with the new USB-C port on the top and bottom of

As reported by VGC, the patent suggests the Nintendo Switch 2 will operate with gyro mechanics in a similar way to how phones work without screen lock. Turning the phone different

You might be able to connect your Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons upside down, according to a new patent. VGC reports that a new patent Nintendo filed suggests you can rotate the Switch 2 screen and still attach its bigger-than-before controllers.