Nintendo Unveils Strange New Switch Peripheral—Is There Poké Potential?

Nintendo released a surprise trailer for a new peripheral for its Switch console; the device looks like a ring and has room for a Joy-Con to be inserted. It also comes with a leg strap to put the other Joy-Con into.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdoVBbZ0Z9o

Currently there are no other details. Players in the trailer can be seen manipulating the ring by waving it around, squeezing and shaking it, but the game remains off-screen.

This could be a new fitness game by Nintendo, but if the peripheral has compatibility with other titles, could you see it being used in a Pokémon game? In the previous games, Let’s Go Pikachu! and Eevee!, players had to throw Poké Balls with the Joy-Cons to represent the physical action of throwing a ball. Is there anything you think this ring could be a stand-in for?

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