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How good are Switch 2's mouse controls? Eurogamer's verdict from the big reveal event


One of the most questionable Switch 2 features are the mouse-like Joy-Con controls. What do they feel like to actually use? We find out.

Watch on YouTube If Drag x Drive and its mouse controls were a low-point of the presentation, though, an undeniable high-point was Mario Kart World. They were also both impressed by Donkey Kong Bananza, which closed the Nintendo Direct show to a relatively lukewarm response, perhaps because people expected a Mario game there instead. This is but a snippet of a longer conversation, which takes in the Paris reveal event itself, Switch 2 pricing issues, what it's like to hold and use the new hardware, and what the screen is like.

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