Nintendo Files a New Patent for Hinged Joy-Con

Nintendo Files a New Patent for Hinged Joy-Con
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Nintendo are just full of ideas lately! First a bizarre wheel-like accessory for exercising (we think), and now a hinged Joy-Con. The patent was filed just recently by Nintendo and whilst it’s all in Japanese, the images speak for themselves.

For long play sessions, players have expressed that their hands begin to get sore and sometimes even lose feeling in them. From the looks of it, this design may help to alleviate that.

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