Tag: nintendo hardware experiments

  • Nintendo’s Forgotten Experiments That Could Shape the Switch 2

    Nintendo’s Forgotten Experiments That Could Shape the Switch 2

    Nintendo just filed a patent for a Joy-Con crank accessory — yes, a literal reel you can spin like a fishing rod. At first glance it feels bizarre, but this is classic Nintendo. For decades they’ve tested oddball hardware ideas, shelving some and later reviving them when the timing was right. The Wii Remote, the…