These Neon Yellow Joy-Con Will Go Perfectly With ARMS

Why don't they supply them with the same coloured grips?? Eurgh. Also those battery packs are so useless.

So many great colors and they choose this. Looks like yellow with no life in it.

Not my cup of tea, I'm good with my grey joy cons.

@Nik-Davies Battery packs are useless because...?

Do they glow in the dark?

I'm glad I waited on getting another set as these shouldn't have any connection issues. I stress shouldn't!

Oh and don't think the battery packs are needed as well but the added thickness is what I'm looking forward to.

I can't wait to have Joy-Con in my favourite colour!

@BLP_Software If they increase the console's battery life then they are great but if they only increase the controllers then that's where they become pointless. I've never ran out of battery using the joycons detached, nor do I know anyone who has.

I'm game for yellow Joy-Cons. Or any color, really.

@Jhena If the yellow was any darker the Switch would look like a JCB.

Sssooo pretty. They look like they have a hint of green in them, which makes them even prettier.

The battery pack is a stupid idea though. The controllers already have ~20 hours of battery life! Give us a yellow grip!

And I'm also annoyed at Nintendo's insistence on selling us colour-coordinating straps separately.

I'm fine with my Gray Joy Con for now.

@BLP_Software Because they're attached to controllers which have 20 hours battery life each? Who plays longer than 20 hours?

They're okay if a bit gaudy, but I still think the controllers are overpriced.

@sillygostly Agreed, the matching strap should come with the Joy-Con. Side note, I bought the matching straps for the blue and red Joy-Cons and guess what!? The colors are not an exact match! Lame!

@Meuz Youre right^^

I do like those colour Joy-cons but wow, what an unbelievably disappointing Direct.

Thats green not yellow

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Seriously? disappointing? I was riveted all the way through thinking how fantastic my gaming life is going to become!

Wow. I'm shocked. These directs are getting

Just waiting on my Luigi/zelda joycons. If they make golden Zelda joycons, I'm tackling a store clerk to get them.

With the three primary colors down then hopefully Nintendo moves on to a color palette that feels more like "nintendo".

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Let's guess, because there were no Wii U games ?!? It was said before the ND that it's main focus was on Arms and Splatoon 2.

This is required for Snipperclips.

why does everyone get in a tizzy over this Eire person

Gray, blue, and orange i get, this neon yellow is pretty offensive to the eyeballs. Personally I'd love to see some of the fan creations come to life here, that purple gamecube one is really fantastic.

Looks interesting but I'm still planning to get the neon color joy-con when the local 4 player time comes, and to match colors with neon ones that came included with the switch.

I could use the battery pack grip to make holding the joy con easier separated when I play games like BotW, but it's not enough incentive for me to buy since I only run out of power in handheld mode

Loving it

do you guys think Nintendo will release other colors with Splatoon as well?

Going to have to pick these up, although rare, having 3-4 joycons plus my Pro Controller will be needed, I also love yellow

Color looks great, but why both yellow ? I love my "blue & red" pair, and would have loved a "yellow & green" pair as a complement. Too bad !

Joycon set #6... here I come.

I don't really need extra battery life and to be honest I love how the joy cons feel in my hand naked- no grips or rails or add-ons at all. But I'll give this a whirl. Why not.

@Tibob
I know this may sound odd but I actually think neon yellow and hot pink would be striking complementary pair!

That said I kinda like these. Well, not kinda. I do like these. I really love the assortment of vibrant, bold Joycon colors. It's bright and playful but at the same time the system still looks sleek and sexy and it's just a great combination together.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Stop trolling with Hatred and Negativity about Switch !
Why must you HATE Switch ?
Can't you just see it was Awesome ?!

@bluesdance
Because he/she keep trolling his/her disappointment against Switch. He/She keep defending his/her beloved Wii U, hate other Nintendo machines.

@Anti-Matter lol. Why you get so angry by the comments. Nintendolife implemented a ignore feature when you tap the comments. It seems your always trolling his comments and he never replies back to you.

@Anti-Matter I know Sliggy won't see this because he long ago ignored me, but I just have to say that anyone disappointed in this Direct had decided to be disappointed before it ran.

@UK-Nintendo
Well... I noticed there are some comments that sounds annoying. Sometimes I forgot to click "Ignore" button. (Oopsie, my bad when I get mad)
Btw, your Mario avatar is "Angry" too, right ?

@PanurgeJr I just see too much attention being given. He might be negative but also gives valid points.
I just hate that people talk more about his opinion more than the topic

its okay, i didn't like it at first. i want just a banana yellow and yellow dock

Umm...eww? No thanks, ugly colour.

I feel I should find these disgusting, but...I love them.

Not keen on this colour but more options are always a good thing, i love my blue/red pair.

I'm hoping we'll get an emerald green/gamecube purple combo at some point

@UK-Nintendo Perhaps you see the irony of asking people who are asking someone to stop what they don't like to stop what you don't like.

@Shane76 They missed a trick not calling it the Pikachu edition, but i guess as there's no Pokemon game ready to release yet they had nothing to promote it with lol

Just bought more Joy-cons instead of pro-controller a couple of days ago SO I COULD PLAY ARMS WITH MOTION CONTROLS! Makes me mad...

Still waiting for neon green.

That yellow is bright as the sun.

Why yes I would love my Switch to look like a novelty book fair highlighter.... Honestly they look great still waiting on non neon colors, however if Arms gets a bundle I'll probably go for it.

Uhm I love my gray and neon yellow Nike's so these are a day one for me. Perfect color to go along with Arms.

@JaxonH
Neon yellow + Hot pink = Lots of love indeed

They look pretty cool but I already have 4 joy cons, the 2 grey ones that came supplied and also a red & Blue neon set.

For the occasional time my wife & I have friends round to play with us that's more than enough. (Especially at £69.99 a time)

Give me Super Famicom themed Joycons or give me death!

@UK-Nintendo there's an ignore feature for users?! OK I've signed up to do just that.

The yellow looks cool, I like it. Battery packs for devices that already boast a 20-hour battery life, and need AA batteries to function, in 2017, is just beyond insane.

Eugh, no thanks.

The golden sun is rising, at the dawn of a beautiful day... dp

Attention Please

The 'Ignore' function being here doesn't make it any more acceptable to bad-mouth other users.

Please resist the urge to get involved in squabbles. Keep the chatter on-topic.

Thanks

I dunno about these 'neon yellow's. From the picture, it kinda looks like a 'dirty/grubby yellow'.

Someone above suggested a banana yellow - I'd be all over them.

I'm guessing that perhaps arms is a bit more harsh on the battery life of the joycons than most games. It uses most of its features at the same time, I think that's probably why they have released the battery packs. The thickness may make them easier to hold while punching too. I do like​ those new colours though!

@DarkKirby 100% agree I thought the wii was bad for controllers but £70 for extra set unless they want to charge them at a premium. Hopefully they might have game bundle deal on them

Since the Left Joycon that originally came with my console DOESN'T WORK! I'll be picking these up as a replacement

New controller colors, new console dock. But they haven't solved the problem that nobody can actually buy the darned console first! How can they get new color controllers for a console they can't get on shelves!

@CB85 The XBox fan base boasts about how superior the AA batteries are though....

Content of the direct was fine, format was pants. Hope it was just a one off with this "news headline" format. Ruins the surprise when you can see what's next in the list. And the commentary on ARMS and Splatoon wasn't the greatest. Certainly wouldn't want more features to be announced in that same style.

Also I hate the fact that they're making you pay extra for matching straps on these. Sure, not everyone wants them matching and it looks fine having them match the button colour...but EVERYONE has the black straps with whichever console they bought. If you like the black straps, you have them already?? If you want more, buy more. Give us the colour matched straps as standard so you have the freedom to choose without extra expense. Thankfully they're only £5 but it's still a lot for what it is really. Not that I'm planning to buy these though.

I love my Neon Blue/Red Joy-Con set. Definitely wanna pick up some of these Neon Yellow ones too to add some variety (plus will need extra Joy-Con anyway for multiplayer ARMS sessions). Having had a black Wii U and a white Wii, I miss the colourful consoles like the see-through N64s and Game Boys and the purple GameCube...so these Neon Joy-Cons fit right up my alley!!

So far I'm not loving any of the three particular coloured Joy-Con variations Nintendo has released. There's just something off about each of the specific colour choices. Why is it so hard to pick red, blue, and yellow tones that are a bit less garish? I mean, look at the red on this very page; that's a nice tone/shade of red, for example.

Look, Nintendo, the red, green, and yellow controllers in these images have the right choice of tone/shade:

It's not that frikin' hard.

Can we have some Joy-Con colour variations that look that good, please?

That yellow tone doesn't look good. But I am pretty sure they will look better in person like the red and blue one do. Also, separated yellow grip, what the hell Nintendo...

@UK-Nintendo
That's because he is the ultimate fanboy, no matter what Ninty do, even bad decisions, it's all good to him. He's not the only one who trolls Sligheach_Eire comments, i have noticed a few. Thing is much of what he says rings true, but blinkered fanboys never read between the lines. I find that the better NL users to chat to or just read their comments are those that own multiple hardware from different companies, saying that some of them can get very defensive, especially pc owners, but I can't judge them i have never owned one but I get what their saying

I will probably get fanboy backlash now lol but I don't care, I prefer multiple systems, that way I get a choice of games that otherwise wouldn't be available to me by owning one piece of hardware, a true gamer just wants to play games not argue the toss that my dad is bigger than your dad syndrome, why would I deprive myself, unless I was a fanboy, not gonna happen

I think they look a bit like a certain bodily fluid myself. Not a fan. Perhaps orange, purple, or green will win me over! As it is I'm enjoying my blue, which is my favorite color anyway. I'd like to see some character themed ones. I'm sure they'll be out by the holidays. Nintendo won't miss that trick for sure.

Also I don't mind @SLIGEACH_EIRE, he seems pretty balanced to me. He has been sorely wrong a few times but for the most part he has a level head around here, if a bit pessimistic. Somebody has to be Eeyore. He certainly contributes to the site in positive ways too, or does nobody notice the plenty of news tips he sends in, which are also balanced? I don't think he wants Switch to fail, I just think he is trying to keep perspective. I have occasionally reported people for dogpiling on him because he doesn't deserve that crap.

Great! I'll get those some day since I prefer neon yellow over the other colours.

Fun? Another ugly one maybe...

@UK-Nintendo
I never noticed the ignore option before.
I love you.

@Fandabidozi oh stop it. Your making me blush

I noticed the Neon color on photo and Reality are quite different.
I ever saw with my eyes how different the Neon Blue color in Reality.
On photo, Neon Blue looks like regular Light Blue color, but in Reality Neon Blue looks like a bit Aquamarine, even better looking IMO.

@Jhena I'd have to guess they are much brighter in person. I have the red/blue neon cons and they are much brighter than they look in pictures.

@th3r3ds0x Oh ok nice to hear.

Well then keep the colors coming nintendo.

@cfgk24 I agree. The only disappointment I feel is not having enough time to play all the games coming this summer!

The neon yellow looks amazing!
Definitely will be picking them up on June 16

@Tibob Couldn't agree more. The neon yellow looks fantastic but we need a neon green too. I'm not buying any more joycons to go with my red/blue until I can get one neon yellow and one neon green!