
The Switch doesn’t have a web browser at this point, although both the Wii U and Wii had browsers that would have been improved with a proprietary keyboard. What could Nintendo possibly be planning that could make use of a keyboard? Your guess is as good as ours. The patent also included an image of a keyboard. If Nintendo does plan on re-releasing the bongo peripheral, a brand new game, perhaps a second Donkey Konga or Jungle Beat, would make more sense.

It seems unlikely that the bongos would be marketed with a traditional entry in the series like Tropical Freeze. Nintendo does have a Donkey Kong game in the pipeline for the Switch, but it’s a port of the Wii U title Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
