Another patent has been published for the Switch Online Playtest Program, which was extended to Switch 2 users in July.

According to Nintendo Patents Watch on Bluesky , the patent was originally filed in Japan in April last year and in the US in April 2025. The latest one was published in the US this week and reportedly describes a system in which the player can "intuitively select multiple objects in a virtual space by walking around them".

Here's the official abstract about this:

"A player character is caused to move in a three-dimensional virtual space according to a first operation input. In the three-dimensional virtual space, a first object that connects a reference point set at a position according to a second operation input, and the player character is generated. A shape of

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