It’s been immensely charming how Nintendo portables over the years have released in a broad variety of colors, giving consumers an opportunity to pick up hardware with a bit more of a personal flair. Much to Nintendo’s delight, it’s also been fairly common for people to pick up multiple different kinds of the same hardware, just because that new limited edition is so enticing. The Joy-Con on the Switch, then, have been an interesting iteration on this concept, as people can now deck out their hardware with whatever colors they like without breaking the bank.
When Splatoon 2 launched this summer, a special set of Neon Pink and Green Joy-Con released with it, though the distribution of this hardware was a bit hit or miss depending on your region. In North America, the only way to get your hands on them would be to pick up the Splatoon 2 Switch bundle, assuming you don’t want to import them. However, a new listing has appeared in the EB Games inventory that shows the Joy-Con will be released standalone on the 5th, for the same price as usual Joy-Con. Whether the date is accurate still remains to be seen, but hopefully this means that we’ll be seeing them on store shelves soon.
What do you think? Have you already picked up these Joy-Con? What colors do you like to keep on your Switch? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source controllercrusade.com]
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I never was able to get my hands on the neon blue joycon, hopefully they re-release those!
There nice in person but bring clear purple and clear green....
What all those Joy-Cons are lack is a bundled strap's color. C'mon, it's so stupid to put a generic grey one in a box & sell another separately, so greedy & pointless at the same time.
Oh, and also this: https://www.instagram.com/hypnopompe/
Definitely picking these up - I haven't been able to import them yet!
I bought the system with red and blue cons, and noticed they show up as such on the Home menu. Is it like that for these as well?
@KayFiOS My ARMS yellow ones show up as yellow in the home screen, so I would assume they all do that.
@KayFiOS You can "hack" the JoyCon and Pro Controller to show any color you want. https://hackinformer.com/2017/07/25/nintendo-switch-change-controller-icons-color-joy-con-toolkit/
Hate to be 'that guy' but colour is spent wrong multiple times in the article. This site uses UK grammar usually!?!
Would buy if I could get L/R in green. Might settle on the shells and change it myself.
@ULTRA-64 Spelt is spent wrong! But agree that the site should have consistent spelling. Most companies have a style guide for this sort of thing.
Mine is Double Neon Blue Joy Cons.
So Sexy Blue.
Yes please! Was hoping they'd eventually sell those separately here
Yes please! Love the neon blue and red, will definately want to pick these up as well, I love the pink and green
I just wish they would start selling both the left and and right as the same color. It would be nice to have a double neon green.
If Nintendo came out with a white Switch, I'd almost be tempted to buy it again.
Hopefully when the VC is finally here, we will get retro joycon colours
I believe they are coming indeed cause the Amazon listing that got leak had an item mark $79.99 so is a safe bet that those are the Joy-cons.
Now Amazon also listed something at $99.99 and I think thats Smash Bros Deluxe with Gamecube adapter bundle.
@Jaxad0127 ...meh. I don't like the sound of holding my red and blue 'cons and seeing different colored ones on the screen. The fewer things in life that trigger my OCD, the better.
I'd love to have a green pair, not just a single joycon
I already imported mine. Would have been nice to save 20 bucks. I would love a green right JoyCon. Just saying.
I'd personally like to see the dark red Joy-Cons become a mainstream seller, but this is a step in the right direction.
I use blue joycons, but I also love the neon green. I hate pink though, so I'm passing on this pair. However, I would definitely consider getting two green ones if that was an option. Hopefully the option of two of the same color for all the colors will be available soon!
Awesome. As someone who didn’t get a Switch until Christmas, long after the Splatoon bundle was gone, this is great news. Really wanted these joycons to add to my collection
I'd like to see more solid colors, I'm not a fan of neon colors, yet besides the grey and mario ones it's been lots of neon. Maybe some nice darker colors, or more themed colors like zelda colors or Samus colors would be nice to see.
I want to se more colors over time, but if Nintendo announces the Odyssey Dark Red Joy Cons are getting released to the West by themselves this month, I'ma be annoyed cause I literally just imported them and I'm currently waiting for them to come.
I wish joy-con sets came with a charging joy-con grip or any way to charge them besides on the console itself, since of course, I already have a pair that lives on my console...
Hooo that is bright! Reminds me of a swimsuit I had as a kid. :3
Clear purple and I'm in.
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