Image: Nintendo Social media account Nintendo Patents Watch is on the lookout for new Nintendo patents, and it may have just spotted one of the most unusual, involving a violin-typed music device and your Joy-Con! The patent was filed on 20th November 2023 and just published a few days ago, on 30th May 2025. And,
Even with the Nintendo Switch 2 coming out in just a few weeks, there are some key pieces of software that’ll come to both the Switch 2 and the OG Switch this year that many people are looking forward to. The biggest of them is Metroid Prime 4. The game has been teased since 2017
Nintendo Switch 2 was revealed back in January, in a video showcasing some improvements over the current system. Unfortunately, that video did not offer a lot of information about the system’s features. In the weeks since, some additional hints have been gleaned from patents, offering some indication about the system’s capabilities. According to a U.S.
The Joy-Cons might be flippable (Nintendo) A Switch 2 patent appears to have confirmed a handy new feature for the console, which adds even more flexibility. The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially revealed but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the console, including its technical specifications, price, and launch date. Nintendo teased
So far, so DLSS. But Digital Foundry explains that the Nintendo patent promises more than Nvidia’s alternative, with references to upscaling via the cloud, single-image upscaling and more. A key difference, Battaglia flags, is how the patent suggests it would be able to switch out DLSS upscaling models in real-time, so even more strenuous sequences