While much has been made of Nintendo's decision to go in a more straightforward route by naming its upcoming console the Nintendo Switch 2 – arguably the most normie option the company has gone with in my lifetime – the spirit of experimentation that's arguably defined Nintendo feels alive and well in Drag x Drive, the double mouse control wheelchair basketball game.

If you somehow missed the wild Drag x Drive reveal during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, the basic idea is something akin to Rocket League combined with Wii Sports' basketball and wind-up cars. You use two Joy-Con 2 controllers in order to, well, control the left and right wheel of a wheelchair. When you're ready to make your shot, you do a lobbing motion with one of the controllers to toss it in.

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To be frank, watching trailers and video of gameplay doesn't actually do the game justice. Ahead of playing for myself on the day of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, the game looked a bit awkward and slow on reveal.

While the Rocket League inspiration was immediately clear, the speed at which those cars move certainly wasn't replicated.

I concluded, at least initially, that it was a goofy, little experimental game from Nintendo that was probably more proof of concept than anything else. You need something to show that the Joy-Con 2 controllers can both be used as mice, right?