Video: So, Just How Red are the Super Mario Odyssey Joy-Con Controllers?

Why do I have to buy a second switch just to own Mario-Red Joycon?

What kind of monopoly do Nintendo think they have? Seriously considering an order from ColorWare, would be cheaper.

Edit: I just remembered play-asia exists.

It's a cranberry color for an autumn release.

No major desire to change from my grey controllers.
If my current ones work I'm not bothered about different colours.

I really like the deep red colour, I’m hoping they do this more often. Bring out darker colours but not just as a bundle.

I do like it the idea it's nice... But at £75 a pop nah, and the red ones are 99% the same as the neon red ones! Lol ... I'm holding out hope for Metroid colours when it comes out next year

So glad the yellow joy-cons came out early with ARMS - yellow is my favourite colour, and I can't warrant buying more of these when they're so pricey.

@MarioFanatic64
You can buy them separately.

I‘m annoyed at the fact this color is indeed exclusive to the bundle here in Europe. Not gonna import them from Japan either. Just gimme those Joy Cons, Nintendo! You can even keep Odyssey! ... For now.

I already have 4 sets of Joy-Cons.
I can't really justify any more, unless we get Glacier White or Majora's Mask Purple

I love them and would prefer them but I'm not buying another Switch just to get these. I hope Nintendo sell them separately at some point.

Classy use of Blu-tack lol

@MarioFanatic64 I've ordered in Japan ( being delivered to my Brother-in-Law's house) was also much cheaper

ill stick with the neon red/blue ones.

not worth it to collect all the colours, knowing nintendo they'll release as many colours as there are pokemon.

going to stick with the limited edition pro controllers

Awesome. That’s the red I’ve been waiting for. Neon red was too bright & too orange for my taste. Think Nintendo finally got me to splurge on a second pair of joycons

So what's the over-under on One Up, Superstar this week? I'm guessing 12 by next Monday.

Since I'm getting the bundle I'm glad the red Joycon are exclusive, it's pretty much what we're paying for. I actually like the Mario case they are selling now better, much more colorful, so the one in the bundle is a major letdown. And I could get the game $12 cheaper on Amazon. So it's really all about the red joycon.

just learned the switch is finally releasing in korean in about 1 mounth so excited to play my game in korean (i think also by the same date (1rst december) they will add some chinese language support for main game but not sure) that really tells the susccess of the switch because wii U did not reallease in korea (they still have the wii now) and wii was also realeased late there. finaly i will be able to get my game day 1 without needing to make internet order and getting it 5 days late

@MarioFanatic64

Even better, Amazon Japan exists. I don't know why anyone shops at Play Asia anymore when Amazon Japan is cheaper in every respect.

Odyssey Red Joycon Set

Even now with the price near ¥8,000, after shipping it will come to about $86. I ordered about a month ago and with the pre-order price guarantee my cost is actually only $80, we're talking after shipping. That's cheaper than they would cost if they were sold here in my own country.

For reference, Play Asia has them listed for $90 and that's not even including shipping.

I want these Odyssey Red Joycon so bad, but I've never imported anything before so I'm not sure if it's really even worth the hassle.

Really want some red joy-cons, but it’s a lot of money to spend just for looks. If the standard ones were black rather than a horrible gray colour it wouldn’t be so bad. I’ll stick to the stock ones and pro controller for now.

@grougrou A lot of games in the Japanese e-shop are in multiple languages. Many of them are already supporting Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. ;P Some of them won't show on the purchase screen, but they have language selection options (like Fire Emblem Warriors, you can choose either Japanese, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese in game, although it says Japanese only on its eshop page)

@JaxonH I'd second this recommendation. For anyone thinking of purchasing in the U.K., this is what the final deal works out as for me.

I believe that doesn't incur any potential conversion charges on a credit card (as Amazon handles the conversion itself). It also only takes a few days to get delivered from Japan, whereas play-asia can take weeks.

What I'm waiting to find out is whether is gets seized by customs or and gets a massive extra wadge of money (or 'import duty') slapped on it. But that's just as much of a risk with PA.

EDIT: It seems that the above 'Import Fees Deposit' takes care of the whole import duty thing, and in the event that the actual import duty is less than the stated deposit, the remainder will be refunded. This is a relief, as it's a faff having to collect stuff from the import people, and I remember being hit with fees much higher than £12 before, so (assuming Amazon haven't underestimated it), that should be the absolute maximum import charge.

With any luck, those lovely post box red Joy Cons should be in my hands by the end of the month!

Eh, I prefer the neon red joycons.

I've seen them in person at kiosks in Tokyo, and they are my favorite color of all the joycons they've put out so far. A pretty nice deep red, the kind that just matches black perfectly. MKBHD would love them.

Those amiibo are exceptionally well done. Only the best for Mario and buds, I suppose.

Neon red joycons are cool but I still want physical version of Odyssey and not a digital download.

I'm happy with my original Neon bundled Joy Cons, that is until (if) Nintendo release some retro themed options...

I ordered a set of these. They look SOOOO much better than the Neon.

It would have been neat if the there was a Mario face or something on the joycons instead of just being red.

@Maxz There shouldn't be any surprise import fees for you. Amazon have calculated how much the fees will be, £12.74 and added it on to your order. If it comes to more I'm sure they cover it and if it comes to less they refund it back to your card. I've never had either happen to me so their duty calculator must be correct. If the delivery guy or girl does try to hit you for more, point to the "duty paid" sticker and tell them to do one.

I just want Luigi green and Zelda gold....

I don't like communist-colored controllers.

I don't know, but I still prefer the regular grey joy cons. I just buy vynil skins for them.

@yeayeanaynay

It's because this game is all about Cappy!

@JaxonH

Thank you so much for the info, I hadn’t even thought of trying Amazon.co.jp. Brilliant.

I am really sick and tired of NOA treating us like fools. They did the same thing with the New Nintendo 3DS. I would have bought those Splatoon Joy-Con by now. We want those choices here in the Americas!! Figure it out!!!!

@WhiteTrashGuy

You do have these choices. Switch being a region free console you never ever are without choice

Odyssey Red Joycon Set

And it comes out being the exact same price as it would be if it released in the US. (Less if you preordered earlier when price was $7 cheaper)

@OorWullie This is what I was hoping, but it's nice to have it confirmed. It's always a pretty big worry for me, as I've inadvertently fallen foul of import taxes on a couple of occasions, so it's a weight to have that off my mind. I might start using Amazon.co.jp more often. It really was a surprisingly smooth process!

@RadioShadow only available in Japan on their own. But you can import.

They look awesome

Neon Red is nicer than the Red one in my opinion. ^_^

@grougrou How in the world did they manage to not release Switch in Korea yet? I mean it's not exactly a small market (though I imagine demand for Nintendo isn't the greatest considering the well above-average popularity of PC gaming there) I thought they already had a quasi-official Splatoon 2 release going there (but also released that on a delay?)

Actually that relates to another discussion in another forum I was hoping to stumble into someone playing in Korea to figure out: What Splatfests are available there? (I.E. is it NoA or NoJ region's?) But If Switch isn't officially released yet there, I'm going to guess it's mostly just NoA stock people are buying.

I don't get the different color excitement at all. Maybe Zelda themed or SNES theme would tempt me to buy more but not different colors.

That's what you get for being an early adopter. You miss out on all the limited edition cool [removed].

_{@LUIGITORNADO Mind your language - Octane}

As cool as they look, I already have 2 sets of joy cons, the grey set that came with the switch and also the red and blue Neon set which I bought separately.

Unless one of my sets break or somehow get lost I've no plans to purchase any additional joy cons at all in the future.

As attractive as some of the colours can look they just too expensive when it's something I don't really need

Waiting for Purple or Turquoise JoyCons...

Wow, they're both red!?!? I thought one was green and one red when I saw the Switch box at Wal-Mart. Stupid color blindness. 🤣🤣🤣

I don’t really need more joy cons yet, but my left stick is getting kinda loose after all the Splatoon 2 I’ve played. I’ll try to hold out for some really neat themed ones or extra special colors (like see-through purple/green).

I definitely want to eventually get a 2nd set of Joy-con's, but due to the price I'm waiting. Same with another pro controller, maybe there will be an awesome metroid prime 4 pro controller i can pick up .

Happy with my neon blue and red controllers (4). If anything I'm thinking pro controller, especially after picking up NBA 2K18.

@ThomasBW84 Nope, perfectly happy with my subtle coloured grey ones. Don't need additional help finding them as never really misplaced.

I must say I can't help but feel somewhat incensed for people who make what I see as rather condescending statements where we are deemed to have made a "mistake" due to a different choice or difference in preference from the person who made the statement. I could have ordered the neon cards version at launch, I just preferred less stand out colouring.

Alright, a service needs to exist now where we can choose a pair of whatever different colored joycons that we like. I'd love to get that Splatoon neon green joy con paired with a neon yellow joy con for example.

@ThomasBW84 its a shame that they didnt include the Mario Case like in the US bundle....what firmware was the Switch in the bundle? was it already on 4.0?

@RadioShadow In Japan, yes. But Western markets don't have that option, yet. It's only in the console bundle.

@NEStalgia korean people usualy dont know anything about console systems they tend to only play on PC so console are not so developed. only the PS4 is somehow known there but nintendo is really unknow. My korean friends while spending a lot of hours on online games (thousands of hours...) dont even know what mario is ... just to give an exemple... Althought near to japan the culture of video game in korea is very different from the japanese one and is mainly around online PC games

@grougrou Yeah, that's what I kind of thought. I knew it was a big stereotype about Korean gamers all being PC gamers but it's kind of funny to hear it's really true! I know there ARE Nintendo players there (I'm guessing Splatoon is just the NoA/Aus version being played on NoA Switches for now) but I hadn't realized just HOW uncommon it was. Of course in such a populous country even a tiny niche is a lot of people, but I'm guessing, like China, everyone that wants one just buys it from an importer.

I used to play some Starcraft back in the day when I was PC-only myself, so....yeah...I'm slightly familiar how huge PC gaming is in Korea with the gaming cafes and such (why can't we have those here? ) I figured since then, though, that consoles had some amount of growth. Huge missed opportunity on Nintendo's part.

As much as I hate how crazy expensive joy cons are, when I saw a chance to grab the blue 2-pack I had to get them and it makes my Switch pop! While more colors would be great to have I can say I’m pretty much satisfied.... until they make some clear ones...🤑

I owned a red gamboy color and a red n64--I haven't bought a switch yet but I'm getting this one

Scalpers are gonna scalp the hell out of these Switches.....