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Joys keep swinging
The new Joy-Cons have optical sensors on the inside edge, which suggests you’ll be able to use them like a mouse. Shots from the trailer back that theory up.
Whole slotta love
There’s a second USB-Cport on the top, which should provide some flexibility when it comes to charging but could potentially be for quirky accessories as well.
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SOMETHING’S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY KART
Nintendo Switch 2
Most of what we currently know about the Switch 2 can be gleaned from looking at this picture of it: it’s another handheld console with a dock for connecting it to your TV. A short announcement video showed a bigger screen (probably 8in) and enlarged Joy-Cons, with a chunkier kickstand, but Nintendo has been coy about revealing much more. For a new PlayStation or Xbox that would be a big problem, but Nintendo’s consoles aren’t really about raw power, so running through the specs wouldn’t be that impressive anyway – it’s about what you can do with, not how close it runs the PS5 Pro for teraflops. Nintendo has at least confirmed one big thing: it’ll be backwards-compatible with original Switch cartridges. That’s great news… but let’s hope the unidentified Mario Kart game it’s seen running in the trailer won’t be just another version of Mario Kart 8 with more tracks. This is clearly an evolution rather than a full-on gaming revolution, then – but given the world-beating success of the Switch, that’s fine by us. Expect more details in early April.