The vibrant colours available and the ability to mix and match different designs make the Switch's Joy-Con an attractive - and highly noticeable - part of the console. Not only can you show off your own personal flair (we're rocking one neon blue and one neon pink right now), but you can also change this to reflect your current mood - as long as you're happy to keep spending more and more money of the things, of course.
Having said all this, we're amazed that Nintendo hasn't launched more franchise-specific designs yet. Sure, we've had the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ones (which are essentially just the grey ones with an added 'whoosh'), and Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! got their yellow and brown ones, but where are our golden Zelda Triforce Joy-Con? Or our Mario Super Mushroom and Fire Flower set? The list goes on.
Well, providing us with a look at how a slightly different set of Joy-Con releases could look, designer Matthew Thompson has shared mock-ups based on each of Nintendo's past home consoles on his website, Matt Makes (not to be confused with Celeste's Matt Thorson and his company, Matt Makes Games). We've included the GameCube and N64 designs below.
Matthew explains that he restrained from using any additional graphics, only mixing up the colours of the parts already included, which leaves each design looking a little more realistic than other, more fanciful mock-ups we've seen in the past. If you want to check out the Wii U, Wii, SNES and NES designs, you can find them here.
Would you pick up a set of Joy-Con based on an old Nintendo system? Would you like to see more official sets be released this year? Let us know your ideal designs in the comments below.
[source mattmakes.org, via dualshockers.com]
Comments 37
I got all excited then for a split second thinking that game cube games were coming
n64, im a sucker for gray.
Both are great, but if I had to choose, I guess I'd go with Game Cube
No Virtual Boy ones? Epic fail.
Those are neat! I like the subtle touch of the red “+” button on the N64 mock up.
I want the Wii theme !
All White color including the bezel. 😍
I like the n64 switch
Being someone who was a kid in the 80s / early 90s, I would probably pick the NES version. I have always been a fan of anything that is NES related though.
I also like the look of the SNES version (although I never owned a SNES, I went straight from NES to N64).
Can't go past that purple
I'll take those gamecube ones for sure!
Despite N64 being my childhood...its got to be the Gamecube one, that purple!
N64 version left analog stick should be very light grey
@SuperGhirahim64 N64 had dpad
Gamecube, Wii, and Wii U fo sho
The N64 one is beautiful imho.
Good work. If I had to choose it would be the Cube.
Although today I will be celebrating the N64 by downloading and playing the bejeebers our of TUROK!
Ps please mock up a gameboy one !
The Wii U one is sexy. And all it would take is Nintendo releasing black Joy-Cons.
None. They are missing a dpad.
All of them look good but I would lean towards the N64 design.
@Anti-Matter ok I really love that!
Meh, anyone with photoshop can just change the colors like this. Looks nice though. I'd really like more Joycon color options.
Very hard to choose. I was gonna say definitely SNES and I still would get it. But the all black Wii U version and the NES version also look amazing. N64 one doesn’t do it for me and the Cube one looks okay at best. Maybe it’s cos I had a Platinum Windwaker Cube. Or maybe it’s the yellow analogue stick; not a fan.
If he had done all of the Gamecube colors, this would be like a billion times more interesting. Not to mention the handheld systems... my old transparent pink Gameboy Advance was pretty much the coolest-looking electronic device I've ever owned.
I would probably get the gc and n64 ones
NES is so cool.
I want a virtual boy set.
I think the NES one would tempt me. I think they all look great but if I am completely honest (prepare for a boring grown up comment... sorry) I love the look of the switch as is. It looks like such a classy little thing cuddled beside my sky box 🤪
Man, I'd love if an official custom Joy-con service opened outside of Japan. I'm digging that GCN design!
The wii one would be fun with the white switch. It'll look gross with the inevitable wear on it though
The N64 would be kinda neat if they made it atomic purple.
@SuperGhirahim64 not on the left hand side of the controller it didn't ;-P
@SuperGhirahim64 I just remember playing the Ocarina Of Time bonus disc (that came with Wind Waker) on Gamecube, and finding having to use a C stick in place of C buttons to play ocarina songs, a bit ....weird
I'd like the famicom color format. It has always looked nice to me.
Gotta admit, that GC purple still pops.
I want the ones that dont have drift issues, theyre awesome
@Daftbomb whaaaaat?? but how would you race well in mario kart without being able to drift ? ? haha
I'd buy Wii themed controllers. Those look cool!
@Anti-Matter
Ditto to that, as always. Though it does look somewhat grayish in the picture. Maybe a shading thing, to distinguish it from the white background? Either way, that's the one for me.
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