Another Joy-Con mouse mini game patent application:
Using mouse-con on the right hand, the player (#201 in imgs 1-2) can move on a 2D field. To detect buried treasures (#202-204), press R button to emit a sonar wave (img 2). The returned echo causes left Joy-Con to vibrate. Because deciphering the haptic feedback is crucial to gameplay, it’s sent to the left hand instead of right (which is controlling the mouse). The delay of vibration signals the distance, and intensity the value. Press ZR to dig.
The same setup of control in one hand and haptics in the other can be used for a PvP game (img below), or medical exam sim (move right mouse-con as a stethoscope chest piece; hold left joy-con to ear to hear heartbeats).
[Originally posted on 2026-05-29 Pacific Time]
