Nintendo Announces New Joy-Con Colours Coming In October

Will consider getting purple/orange, albeit having both orange would be even nicer!

I would love to have orange for both of my joy-cons.

I'm sad that there isn't a Luigi Green bundle, considering how well it would go with the Mario Red joy cons. These colors just ain't as good looking either.

Although, I do want to have a Neon Purple + Neon Yellow Switch. Simply cause its probably the ugliest I can go ;3

I like the purple/orange.

That's pink and orange, give me a pale or dark purple please!

Would love a Luigi green set

"these new controllers will presumably carry the same components as the originals and we've had no end of trouble with our Joy-Con analogue sticks. Who knows - perhaps this was all part of the plan to have us throwing down $79.99 ever year or so."
Maybe not the worst Nintendo controller ever, but certainly the least reliable.

Here in the UK, Nintendo's customer service went downhill around the same time the Switch released, not helping matters. Nintendo used to put a lot more care into the build quality of their systems.

Ooooooohhhhhhh those are terrible

@YANDMAN I think they're terrible mix & matched... but I would love matching sets =/

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I love the new colors. I'm just worried about joycon drift. I already have two pairs I need to fix. I will try contact cleaner and a toothbrush first.

They are like Prince themed joy cons! Time to replace these drifty suckers!

I want the blue/orange combo...
I'll figure it out.

I love the purple/orange combo! Wish I could get solid sets of both!

Idk about those colors. I already have neon yellow so I definitely wouldn't get the blue and yellow ones. The other pair I'll probably pick up. I have 3 left joy con with drift issues and Nintendo wants $40 each to fix them smh for $10 more I could buy brand new ones.

Pretty cool to have new color options. I'm still going with a solid gray set (I have the red/blue Switch) but part of me wishes they would do a solid black set, or a blue set that isn't neon.

Orange and purple are basically Halloween themed.

I’m glad they’re releasing more colors, but I hate that you can’t get a matching set of any of these colors. I hate the look of mismatched JoyCon.

@DTfeartheBEARD I fixed my drifting JoyCon with a can of compressed air. It’s not hard at all and it really does fix the problem. The drift is sometimes caused by dust gathering around the base of the control stick.

so purple is the only new color

Imagine if they paired the purple with yellow. Wah wah wah!

i really wish theyd address in some way that the joycon drift was dealt with, seriously these are pretty colors but how long it is gonna take for them to acknowledge this glaring issue?

Will this help with the drift?

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@thesilverbrick I tried that, and I tried cleaning my joycons with isopropanol (do not handle unless you know what isopropanol is ), but it got better for few days only. So i am hoping this new batch will be improved.

definitely feels like they put the neons separate from the regulars to push both sets to be sold.

@thesilverbrick Thanks for the advice. I already tried that method and unfortunately for me it was only a temporary fix. A week later the drifting started again. I decided to be cheap a buy a few Hori d pad joy con and use those since I mostly play in handheld. One of these days I'll order a few replacement joysticks and try fixing em myself.

I rather they fixed the drifting problem. It's the inside that counts, not the flashy colors on the outside.

The blue/neon yellow combo is stupid considering that the neon yellow Joy-Con are already available in their own pair.

If a right blue Joy-Con is released, I may just bite.

But I won't be able to resist the orange and purple set. Purple is my favourite colour, especially that particular shade of purple.

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The drifting will happen to everyone eventually, it's a matter of time because the graphite Nintendo uses inside creates the particles that caused the sensors to misbehave. You can use contact spray or replacing the stick, eventually it will reoccurred again.

Nintendo uses cheap material inside the Joycon, the graphite is the culprit. Just like Chernobyl, drifting is caused by using this cheap material. There should be a class action lawsuit for this faulty design, I got killed so many times for the drifts. Nintendo should recalled back all these joycons and replaced with new ones for free.

Instead of messing about with colours, I'd prefer it if they made them work properly.

Yes! Purple and orange and blue! I can't believe it took this long to get a purple joy con. I hope Nintendo keeps adding more and more strange colors such as forest green and mint green.

if I was to pick up a set it would be the purple and yellow joy cons with purple being my favourite colour

I love the purple and orange Joy-Con’s. It would make the perfect combo for my Switch. Or maybe Blue and Orange.

I just want Joy Cons large enough for adult hands. It’s nearly crippling to play my Switch in handheld mode. Also, did those Hori Daemon X Machina pro joy cons get cancelled? They aren’t up for pre-order anymore.

So there is a Wario and Waluigi coloured pair of joy-cons lol. Hmm...tempting...

Fix the stick drift and maybe I’ll buy them.

When they confirm the drift issues are fixed then I will consider it. My boyfriend and I had to order replacement sticks to fix ours which is ridiculous. I still have to fix my neon blue ones that started drifting after about 4 months of moderate use.

I wonder if they will release the opposite patterns in other regions so people can get a set. Similar to Splatoon 2 where PAL and NA had right green joycons and Japan/Asia had left ones. I'll likely pick up one set lol.

I'll buy new Joy Cons when they fix the drift

@dartmonkey. Speaking of Joy-Cons, there’s a mini movement that started on Reddit requesting Nintendo publicly acknowledge the controllers faulty design, as they have YET to publicly do so. The post got upvoted 25K times and then was picked up as a Kotaku article who has now put pressure on Nintendo for a statement. Perhaps Nintendolife could do the same? The resurgence of the topic is high right now and if it keeps up there might be a chance for change in how the defect is handled in the future. (Extended warranty, class action suit, etc,)

Hope you guys consider it!!

Don't understand why they won't release "cute" colours like pastel pink and lilac- they are really missing a trick

I know there are a variety of fixes for joycons, but i made a video about the method i used. I was able to fix both my drifting joycons, as well as my drifing WiiU controllers.

Feel free to check it out. A small cost for some spray and my joycons were working fine since applying the spray about 2 months ago, completely fixed so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RmAhvMk4M&t=1s

These best be coming to the UK. I want, nay, NEED the orange and purple pair. I currently have a paid of purple ones that I sprayed myself but the paint is starting to wear now so I was considering respraying. Please save me the pain of having to respray Nintendo.

neon purple + neon yellow

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Shiny! I really want that!

I'm so glad I broke the spell of, "Gotta get all of them!" before these were announced. As someone who doesnt do a ton of local multiplayer, even 4 pairs is kinda pushing it...

Still, I'd be all over a double Blue pair, if that ever happens~

Coming from a designers perspective, these are pretty awful colour combinations. After seeing these, and the colours of the Nintendo Switch Lite, I think the design department in Nintendo is loosing the plot....

That purple/orange set has me set on getting it...hopefully you can buy a pair or make a pair that has all of one color. I must have the orange...

Ah I like the blue if I could get both in that blue, I’d prefer a black set or release some transparent ones

I wonder how they choose which colors go with what. I like the blue, and would maybe go for orange, but that neon yellow is a big fat nope. I would prefer that blue with a nice deep Luigi green.

I had my R shoulder button stop registering. Opened it up and the component that registers the input had broken off from the board. Something I'd expect from an XBox controller, not a Big N one.

Where in the world are the alternative DESIGN joycons we all thought would happen given how modular they are?!? Like gamecube ones?!?

Wario / Waluigi bundle with the orange/purple Joy-Con!

Nice Wario-ness!

Just to balance the joy-con drift thing - I've never had problems with them. I love the joy-cons design and the Switch lite has not drawn my gaze (If it had docking via a cable and HD rumble I'd be all over it – but those are 2 favourite features of the 'Switch Phat'

Man those look nice! I don't mind the neon Joy-cons that ship with some Switch models, but more variety never hurt anyone.

Wake me when black and white appear, or a left and right joycon with that shade of blue.

I really hope, like the Splatoon joy-cons, that these come in a reverse configuration in Japan & the US. I’d love to import a lair and be able to go all blue on my Switch. Never cared for the hue of the neon blue joy-cons but these would be worth it for me.

I want a bundle of those blue joycon

Looks pretty but no way would I pay that much for these trash controllers that need so much repair and maintenance.

Orange and Purple look good. Already have yellow joycons.
Still hoping SNES, N64, and GameCube Joycon colours get released

Now why would you bundle Yellow with a new colour when there's already a Yellow bundle for both?

Oh well, I take it Japan will have a Blue Set at least.

Hopefully a surprise Luigi green coming. That would be nice.

@Radbot42 I can understand it not being a dark enough purple for you, but pink? Are you color blind by chance (not poking fun, serious question)?

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I like the blue and yellow combo.

Neon Purple and Neon Green would be a nice pair. Oh well, going for a Lite anyway.

Gotta get purple and orange, they’re pretty cool colours!

Definitely will be getting the purple and orange ones alongside a new Switch sometime this fall.

It's almost like they're pairing them like this to get people to buy both. Blue and orange are complementary colors as are purple and yellow. I wish they were paired that way. I'd get the blue/orange in a heartbeat.

@thesilverbrick is that all that’s causing this drift issue everyone keeps talking about? My wife and I haven’t experienced it. Maybe cause we always keep our Joycons in cases?

Good to know how to take care of it for the future. I do have compressed air for cleaning other electronics.

I just preordered the purple/orange set today. Really dig those colors.

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@Gerald I would love a GameCube button layout tbh. GameCube controller is still my favorite controller.

New yes, drift yes!!! Fix the drifting guess not.

@TechJunkie69

I'm not color blind, I'm actually really good at distinguishing colors. To me this is a dark neon pink that can easily be mistaken for Purple.

My tv has slightly wonky colors and bright games like Captain toad have the purples change to that purpely pink and i hate it.

I'm so tired of my Joy Con analog sticks drifting.

@Gerald SNES and N64 would just be gray though. Are you talking about the button colors or something. I would love a pair of joycons that look like the American SNES purple and light purple buttons.

@BlueMage
Where can they be preordered?

Blue + Red + Orange + Purple = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Halve the price and I'd be a buyer. Nintendo really should do a a joy-con lite - a joy-con without all the fancy (and mostly useless) tech.

I want more symmetrical sets! My favorite official set is the Mario Red set. And the ones I've used most often recently are my custom white Joy-cons with black buttons and a D-pad mod.

Love that blue with black purple with black color combo! Give me symmetrical sets!

That purple and orange pair looks really cool, but joy cons are so expensive and needs a price cut. Even when compared to the PS4/Xbox one, Nintendo is about $30 higher lol.

I actually kind of dig the various colours thing that is going on. Neon Blue, Red, Green, and Pink are in my collection. I might be down to add the Purple and Orange. Get myself up to 3/6 controller sets.

On the drift. My launch Joy-Cons just got replaced. They gave me trouble early on but I didn't realize the problem till I had Smash Bros. I hope my Green and Pink are fine. Mind you my friends haven't had any trouble with their Joy-Cons so far.

@GetShulked I preordered mine at Best Buy.

This Joy Con Drift (sounds like a racing game name doesn't it?) is the ole DS Hinge problem all over again, cheap materials, which they ultimately admitted to), N needs to fess up and correct before it costs them too much in sales. Or OR marbe they HAVE on these newer ones?!?!

My left joystick recently started drifting left.
Never spending $80 on joy cons again, no matter how nice they look.

Eh. I’d rather just get a pair of Arctic Blue (as in the N64 color) with SNES colored buttons. Or a pair of neon blue ones.

Why are Zelda Joy-Cons not a thing?! They also need a Mario red and Luigi green pair, maybe with the M and L.

If only they were separate/individual... I don't need anymore Joy-Con anyway

@roadrunner343 Totally agree, just another silly simple thing Nintendo doesn't do. I wish there was at least one different colour conbsole by now.

Isn't it outrageous that instead of fixing the stick design they keep updating the colours?

I don’t know what took so long. But I’ve had plenty of time to realize they’re just not ergonomic enough. And my hands aren’t that big. I prefer the pro controller. I really wanted to like the joy cons too.

The Purple and Orange Joycons look cool.

I never use joycons as prefer the pro controller and rarely play handheld. Will probably buy the switch Lite but am a bit put off by the lack of rumble.

The price still isn't exactly right, but with the amount of improvements these lil' guys have seen over the past two years, I can't really complain.

Bet they still drift though.

I almost wanna buy both sets so I can have a portal-themed set. Blue and orange would look SIIIIICK

pretty colors!
but waste of money