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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 4 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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wirthjason ◴[16 Jan 25 13:38 UTC] No.42724913[source]▶
I wonder if they have a new control technique up their sleeve. Innovative gameplay and pushing new control ideas is one of Nintendo’s signatures. That said, being the switch 2, not a new console, maybe they kept it the same and just upgraded the processing and graphics hardware.

Looking forward to more!

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gyomu ◴[16 Jan 25 13:49 UTC] No.42725062[source]▶
Both controllers have optical sensors (visible in the trailer), confirming the rumors that they'll have mouse like functionality. Remains to be seen if games will actually bother to implement it or if it'll remain a curiosity that only a handful of titles support.
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1. delecti ◴[16 Jan 25 14:06 UTC] No.42725251[source]▶
All it does it confirm that they have something there. The Wii used a sensor to detect where it was pointing, the Switch had an IR camera for a variety of weird gimmicks, the NES and SNES had light-detecting "guns". Hell, it could even be an IR blaster like the Wii U Gamepad had, and not a sensor at all. We just don't know yet.
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2. vel0city ◴[16 Jan 25 15:24 UTC] No.42726492[source]▶
The trailer shows the joycons sliding on that side with an additional attachment (see: 1:10). It seemed pretty obvious they were trying to hint at some kind of mouse-like optical tracking on a flat surface.

https://youtu.be/itpcsQQvgAQ?t=70

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3. delecti ◴[16 Jan 25 15:28 UTC] No.42726564[source]▶
That could well be what those are, but to me they just looked like the wrist-straps, like the original Switch has. https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/joy-con-strap-gra...
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4. klausa ◴[16 Jan 25 18:22 UTC] No.42728893{3}[source]▶
They're both.