I’ve been wondering for a while what the killer app for Joy-Con mouse controls on the Nintendo Switch 2 might be. Sure,Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is fine as a tech demo (one

While Joy-Con 2’s motion mode is clever, it’s not quite the same as using a physical mouse. But with Mario Paint now live and USB mouse support already baked into Switch 1, it’s easy to imagine Nintendo enabling direct mouse input on Switch 2 down the line, especially for:

Mario Paint is available on both the original Switch and the recently released Switch 2. While Switch 2 users will of course be able to utilise the console's mouse functionality, those on Nintendo's original console will need to get hold of a compatible USB mouse.