Pokemon Pokopia is turning out to be something of a surprise system seller for Nintendo Switch 2, which also means that it’s a good showpiece for some Switch 2 features. The increased horsepower means it’s nice to look at without having to scale down on Switch 1, and its social features could be useful for GameChat. But one particular nice-to-have feature could escape your notice entirely: The game uses the Switch 2 mouse controls, and they’re pretty good to boot.
It’s very easy to miss this feature. In fact, having played many hours for review, it never once came up. Per Eurogamer, it only pops up incidentally, if you happen to lay your Switch 2 Joy-Con on its side, which the system automatically detects as mouse mode. That in turn makes a cursor pop on-screen, accompanied by a text box explaining mouse controls. If you never put it in this position you’d probably never even realize it’s an option. For those who use a Pro controller or play exclusively in handheld with the Joy-Cons attached, you’d never stumble upon it at all.
With mouse controls you can point your cursor to manipulate the environment, giving you fine control over functions like laying blocks. The ever-useful Rock Smash function is actually much better this way, since you can smash from further away by pointing your cursor, rather than having to physically move your Ditto to the right spot.
