Epic has but to discover a platform it hasn’t needed to place Fortnite on — solely ones it wasn’t allowed to place the sport on — so its not stunning the developer is going all out with the Nintendo Switch 2. Not solely will the Switch 2 model of Fortnite assist each graphical and efficiency enhancements that carry it consistent with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X / S, it’s going to additionally provide mouse controls if you happen to’re taking part in with the Pleasure-Con 2.
Mouse management will allow you to purpose with one or each Pleasure-Con 2 and navigate the UI with a cursor, bringing the console expertise nearer to how the sport works on PC. “With mouse controls, the appropriate analog stick will probably be disabled, and also you’ll rotate your character through the use of the chosen Pleasure-Con 2 controller(s) as a mouse,” Epic says. The first click on will probably be assigned to the ZR button until you are utilizing the left Pleasure-Con 2, and you’ll swap which analog stick controls actions to accommodate whichever controller you need to use.
With out an prolonged time period to strive mouse management out, its laborious to say whether or not it will make Swap 2 Fortnite gamers extra correct, however there’s different advantages to working the sport on Nintendo’s new console. For instance, Fortnite on Swap 2 will run at 60 fps, at a 2,176 x 1,224 decision whereas docked and a 1,600 x 900 decision whereas undocked. The sport may also assist issues like higher view distances, clothes physics and Nintendo’s new GameChat social characteristic for streaming what you are taking part in to pals.
The sport, as ever, stays fully free. If you happen to managed to safe a Swap 2, although, you may need to delete your outdated copy of Fortnite for Nintendo Swap after transferring your knowledge out of your outdated console to your new one. Graphical enhancements and mouse management are solely obtainable from the Swap 2 model of the sport, which you’ll obtain immediately from the Nintendo eShop on June 5.
