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Back on November 2022, Nintendo applied for a patent of a new dual screen console.
The document abstract reads:
This electronic apparatus comprises a first device and a second device. The first device and the second device can be detachably attached to each other. The first device has a first surface, and a first display and a first connection unit which are positioned on the first surface. The second device has a second surface, a second display that is positioned on the second surface, a second rear surface that is on the reverse side from the second surface, and a second connection unit that is positioned on the second rear surface. The second connection unit can be connected to the first connection unit in a first orientation or in a second orientation that is the reverse from the first orientation. When in a first connection state in which the second connection part has been connected to the first connection part in the first orientation, the second rear surface is positioned so as to cover the first display. When in a second connection state in which the second connection part has been connected to the first connection part in the second orientation, the second rear surface is positioned so as not to cover the first display.
So unlike, the DS, 3DS and their iterations, this design represents a device with a fully detacheable second screen that can be reatached in different positions.
Nintendo has a history of patent unreleased products, but given a console follow up to the Switch be imminent, may at least give an indication of the design idea behind it.
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