You know Pusheen, right? The adorable animated cat that everyone uses as emojis? This guy?

That's Pusheen — who's actually a girl, by the way, and whose name comes from the Irish for kitten, puisín. She was created by Claire Belton and Andrew Duff, and as with pretty much any cats on the internet, she became very, VERY popular. She has Funko Pops, plushies, hoodies, and even a quarterly subscription box dedicated to her, and now, she has a Nintendo Switch skin, too.
Take a look:
Well, technically, this cinnamon roll-themed skin is not the first Switch skin that Pusheen has dipped her little toe beans into, as two versions were added to the shop back in June. One features Pusheen on a pink-and-blue background, and the other is more of a gamer vibe:
There are also skins for the Nintendo Switch Lite:
Do note, though, that these are skins, not shells, which means that they're large stickers to put onto your Switch yourself, rather than replacing the entire plastic case of the console. The stickers are made of "premium-quality 3M vinyl with outer laminate reinforcement", meaning that they're resistant to scratches, water, and fading. The skin for the Nintendo Switch also comes with skins for the dock, the Joy-Cons, the grip, and the Joy-Con straps.
You can order the skins from the Pusheen shop, where the Switch skin costs $30 and the Lite skin costs $20.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 14
It very adorable
Ok they’re adorable. Very much like the coffee coloured joy-cons.
It took me so long to properly align a screen protector on my Switch and make sure there were no bubbles, no way I could perfectly put a skin on it without going insane.
Seems like a lot of effort is involved in putting skins on your Switch for no real benefit other than to show off how much patience you have sticking them on.
I was today years old when I learned that cat actually has a name.
I can't see myself ever using a skin without completing stuffing it up.
My older sister saw this earlier and fell in love with it (the espresso one in particular). Sadly though, it doesn't ship to the UK.
My little cousin would go NUTS for this lol.
@Enigk I believe it's more for your own personal enjoyment rather than for showing off to others.
@JHDK Skins are actually easier to install since you can go back, but I see what you mean.
Those are totes adorbs 😍
Thank you for distracting me from day 2 of power outage sadness...
...All this time I have been misgendering Pusheen.
@Ogbert Fair enough. Each to their own. I do like the designs but I'd rather buy a new game instead as I don't spend much time looking at my consoles. Do these skins not make the console a bit more slippery to hold though or are they textured to prevent that?
@Enigk no idea! I guess that depends on the individual skins themselves. I don't think any would deliberately be making it more slippery, it might be a side effect of some lower quality ones maybe. Though there may well be some designed to add extra grip.
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