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Basketball Offensive Moves

Published today, patent US20250352904 is for the basketball offensive moves in Nintendo Switch Sports.

1. Dribbling

Drawing from patent US20250352904: FIG. 11 shows a non-limiting example of a vertical swing operation
Drawing from patent US20250352904: FIG. 12 shows a non-limiting example of a game screen according to the exemplary embodiment

2. Jumping

Drawing from patent US20250352904: FIG. 15 shows a non-limiting example of a swing-up operation
Drawing from patent US20250352904: FIG. 16 shows a non-limiting example of a game screen according to the exemplary embodiment

3. Shooting/dunking

Drawing from patent US20250352904: FIG. 17 shows a non-limiting example of a swing-down operation
Drawing from patent US20250352904: IG. 18 shows a non-limiting example of a game screen according to the exemplary embodiment

Refer to the patent document for further details, such as handling different Joy-Con orientations.

Drawing from patent US20250352904: FIG. 31 is a non-limiting example of a flowchart showing the details of an orientation calculation process

[Originally posted on 2025-11-20 Pacific Time]