A player has expanded his Steam Deck with simple means by adding a second screen. This shows what could also be possible with the Nintendo Switch 2 if DS games become playable.
How did the player do that? In a thread on Reddit, user rediiboy shares his attempt to turn a Steam Deck into a Nintendo DS. For this, he simply combined an additional small monitor with a magnetic smartphone holder and attached it to his handheld.
The magnets snugly fit against the handheld and leave enough space to also use the rear buttons of the Steam Deck. According to the poster, the magnets do not obstruct or interfere with the fan and other hardware components behind.
This is what it looks like:
With this, the user not only enabled himself to use 2 screens with his handheld but also shows what would be possible with the Nintendo Switch 2 if Nintendo DS or 3DS games became playable.
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Why could something like this also come for the Switch 2? After Nintendo added GameCube classics to the Nintendo Switch Online collection, the rumor mill among fans was already churning about whether Wii or DS console games would be added soon.
As leaker @Shpeshal_Nick shares in his post via x.com, there are apparently official plans for how this could be implemented on the Switch 2 – such as using Switch controllers as substitutes for the Wii remote and Nunchuks, for example, a Switch 1 as a second screen for DS games, or solutions that do not require a second screen.
An additional screen that is attached to the Switch itself is also conceivable (see TheGamer.com). There are also patents that Nintendo has filed that specifically deal with such solutions, as @MikeOdysseyYT shares via x.com.
Accordingly, a construction like the one rediiboy created with his Steam Deck is not so far-fetched – even if we shouldn’t hope for it too soon, if @Shpeshal_Nick is right.
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