When Switch cases arrived back in 2017, they looked comically unnecessary. The SD cards the games were installed on were tiny while the plastic surrounding them was exponentially bigger. Most cases didn’t even come with anything else inside.

A new Nintendo patent suggests that Nintendo Switch 2 (or some future console) may be able to predict what button you're going to press. Here's what we know.

Nintendo is playing it safe, and while more details are set to be revealed in a dedicated Nintendo Direct broadcast on April 2, there are undoubtedly areas where the upcoming console could improve on its predecessor.

For one, Nintendo promised "a closer look at Switch 2" in a Direct video presentation scheduled for April 2. It would be a little weird for that "closer look" to come after the console itself was launched, so a launch before April seems out of the question.

Given all of the apparent changes to the Joy-Con Controllers with the Nintendo Switch 2, such as the rumored ability to use them like a PC mouse, a true follow-up to 1-2 Switch could be a very smart way for Nintendo to introduce these new additions to the more casual side of its audience on day one.

The ultra-rare Space World Nintendo GameCube was one of the first prototypes of the console revealed back in 2000.

With the Nintendo Switch 2 console confirmed to release in 2025, speculation about how much it will cost has already begun.

The Nintendo DS and 3DS libraries are largely stuck in limbo due to the two-screen and touchscreen formats, but the Switch 2 might just remedy this.

The Switch 2 could improve on the original Switch by delivering a launch title that better demonstrates the console's many capabilities.

A new patent filing from Nintendo could reveal a Switch 2 Joy-Con feature that allows the controllers to predict a player's next move.