1992's Mario Paint was released for the SNES, offering a suite of graphics, animation and music tools, all designed to be used with the Super NES Mouse peripheral that came with the app. And it was ...

Yeah, with the Switch 2, you’ve got the added Joy-Con 2 mouse functionality, which borders on compelling and has a lot of potential. I’ve played around with this alternative control option a ...

As you’ll read below, video glasses maker Viture has a firmware update that makes its gadgets compatible with Switch 2 — but takes away compatibility with the original Nintendo Switch. But I tested ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Super Mario Jamboree dropped last month, bringing with it a smorgasbord of brand-new ...

Original Switch players won't be missing out, though, as Nintendo has also added USB mouse support to the app, which works just as well as the Joy-Con 2 in Mario Paint on both Switch and Switch 2.

None of that is an issue with the Switch 2, but again the Joy Con mouse mode isn't the most ergonomic solution. The good news is that the Switch supports standard USB mice as well (and presumably ...

The Antank SIWIQU dock mimics the signaling to get the Switch 2 to fully connect and send video and USB data through it. Why is Nintendo blocking third-party docks? Hard to say.

This actually works anywhere that supports mouse controls, though, including the Switch 2 operating system. It's completely seamless to switch between modes.

While mouse controls are a strong innovation, they aren’t the Switch 2’s real tentpole feature. That would be the system’s surprisingly impressive social functionality.