If you’re holding individual Joy-Con 2, then at any time you can switch from standard gamepad controls to mouse mode just by tipping the controller on its side.

However, this time there is a twist in the Nintendo Switch 2. The all new Joy-Con 2 controller can be used as a mouse as well. The word ‘mouse’ never pops in our heads when we talk about consoles.

Related reads:Our First Three Days with the Nintendo Switch 2 - NVC 764 Nintendo has confirmed players will be able to use the Switch 2 Joy-Con mouse controls on the Home screen.

Additionally, two Joy-Con can even be used in mouse mode simultaneously with one in each hand, or one in standard mode with the other in mouse mode. And now we know even more.

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