Nintendo Switch 2 Controller Patent Points to Sequel for Million-Selling Game, Fans Believe

A caller patent for a caller Nintendo crippled controller has acceptable tongues wagging that a Ring Fit Adventure sequel is connected the mode for Switch 2.

The patent, dug up by the appropriately-named Nintendo Patents Watch, was filed astatine the extremity of May 2025 and published online publically this week — albeit with each of its images presently redacted.

Nintendo is named arsenic the proprietor of the patent, which is listed arsenic being for "video crippled controllers (accessories)." Most importantly, Nintendo worker Fumiyoshi Suetake is mentioned arsenic the controller's circumstantial designer.

Suetake was a cardinal fig successful the improvement of the archetypal Ring Fit Adventure, which launched successful 2019 for Nintendo Switch and has present sold much than 15 cardinal copies. The crippled is packaged with a pilates ring-style accessory, which players squash and agelong portion exercising.

The quality of Suetake's sanction connected the patent is simply a large hint that the presently unannounced controller whitethorn beryllium a caller Ring Fit accessory.

Additionally, Nintendo Patents Watch pointed retired that Nintendo precocious extended the patent connected its archetypal Ring Fit Adventure controller, suggesting the institution inactive wanted ongoing ineligible extortion for a merchandise that was already available.

And finally, manufacturing elephantine Foxconn, a long-time Nintendo partner, has antecedently noted it is helping to make caller "force sensing technology" for a gaming firm, and has published a diagram showing what looks to beryllium an updated Ring Fit controller.

Foxconn diagram showing a controller, left, akin to the Ring Fit Adventure device.

All of this points to a caller Ring Fit Adventure crippled connected the way, with a Switch 2 motorboat seemingly likely. If thing else, it'd marque consciousness that Nintendo wanted a sequel to specified a palmy crippled — adjacent if income of the archetypal Ring Fit Adventure were fuelled by gym-hungry owners stuck astatine location successful 2020, exercising successful beforehand of their TV.

"Ring Fit Adventure offers an inventive fittingness RPG that doesn’t rather person each the moves," IGN wrote successful our Ring Fit Adventure review, which praised the game's "fun and challenging blend of workout and RPG mechanics."

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