Civilization 7 Dev Firaxis Stays Coy on Nintendo Swap 2 ‘Mouse’ Pleasure-Con

In case you watched the Nintendo Swap 2 reveal video, you’ll have noticed what appeared like a ‘mouse’ mode for the Pleasure-Cons.

In the course of the reveal trailer, there is a second the place a pair of indifferent Pleasure-Cons are lowered onto a floor, attachment aspect down. They connect with a pair of connectors that appear to have comparatively flat bottoms, after which slide throughout the floor like a mouse on a mouse pad. In case you look intently, you may even see one thing that appears like a slider pad on the underside of one of many connectors, main additional credence to the speculation.

Rumors had been flying within the lead-up to the Nintendo Swap 2 reveal that this could be potential as a consequence of a sensor on the within of the Pleasure-Cons just like the sensor on the underside of a pc mouse. However so far, Nintendo hasn’t formally confirmed that is true, nor what it will imply whether it is.

One of many first upcoming video video games that got here to thoughts following the reveal was Firaxis’ Civilization 7. The 4X technique sport is already confirmed as coming to the unique Swap, and it’ll no-doubt work on the Swap 2 through backward compatibility. However will there be a bespoke Swap 2 model that takes benefit of the brand new Pleasure-Con and allows you to play Civilization 7 as in the event you had been utilizing a mouse?

IGN introduced up the Swap 2 reveal and that obvious mouse performance in a current interview with Civilization 7 lead designer Ed Seashore and government producer Dennis Shirk, and whereas Seashore remained silent, Shirk provided a coy response that’s positive to spark much more hypothesis.

“It’s positively intriguing,” Shirk teased. “You all the time do some trade-offs when it’s important to cope with pure console controls. And the announcement has some nice stuff in it. I really like what they’re doing with the controllers. It is all very cool. That is about all I can say about it when it comes to an opinion. I feel it appears to be like superior and so they’re not improper, so it will be cool for one thing like that.”

After all Firaxis isn’t going to announce a Nintendo Swap 2 model of Civilization 7 — it’ll go away that to writer 2K Video games. However with a Swap 2 Direct set for this April, maybe we’ll discover out both manner quickly.

For all we do not learn about potential mouse assist for the Swap 2 (in addition to what the mysterious new Pleasure-Con button does), we do know Nintendo’s next-gen console is popping out in 2025 (in all probability between June and September) and there is a new Mario Kart within the works for it. You possibly can atone for all our Nintendo Swap 2 protection proper right here.

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