Limited Edition Shovel Knight Switch Joy-Con Revealed, Pre-Orders Now Live

Looks really slick, but over double the price just isn’t feasible haha.

They look pretty awesome.

The red and blue together and the green and yellow together would be much better imo

If they were $100, I'd understand, but I can't justify Joy-Cons for $165 haha.
They look super sick though.

These look awesome but no way I’m shelling out double the price of a normal pair of joy cons. Either you keep them on display on a shelf forever or they get stick drift in 9months.

I'm not shoveling out that much for them, I don't live on a Knights wage, more like the squire boy.

They look fit for a King though.

Alright, I'll stop.
😜

I don't actually think they look that good. I want to like them because I love shovel knight, but they're just sort of blah, and so expensive. Maybe something like two toned shells, or more color details on the slide part like they did with the Mario ones.

If I spent a £150+ on a set of joy con's that could potentially get stick drift. Then I would be making the statement, that my disposable income has a disposable income of its own.

@Freek Unless a Specter comes and takes them away from you.

If a Plague spreads, you'll probably have to sell them, if only to Dig some money for medicine and after everything is said and done, hopefully you'll have Pocket change to get them again.

I apologize, I went a little overboard.

Not bad looking, but this is too much. Are they guaranteed not to get drift within an hour* of use?

*that's an exageration, but it wouldn't surprise me if it actually did.

I already have my shovel knight amiibo so I'm good.

What if they released Plague Knight’s campaign as a stand alone game to celebrate

Almost pre-ordered, then I saw CptnAlex was involved - hard pass. For those who don't know, this guy also created joy-cons using Etika's likeness without permission from his family. It's disgusting and I can't in good faith give money to a guy who would seek to profit off the image of someone who is dead even when their family told him to stop.

So hard pass!

I really dig these but that price tag is outrageous. No chance…
If I knew these would be usable with Super Switch I’d MAYBE consider it (I still have my OG joy cons only for my launch day switch) but with this gen on its way out it’s hard to justify. Still... Either way you cut it, that price is WOAH.

Maybe I’m not a big enough shovel knight fan: if these were Tunic joy cons, I’d probably be going for it.

I love Shovel Knight but definitely skipping on these... at this price point they're still a little lazy for reusing basic black buttons.

At that price, I’ll avoid these like the plague.

Bit of a shame, because Plague Knight is my favourite, and I like both the colour combinations.

In before the inevitable Joy con drift complaints...

Eyyy that guy from the Kit and Krysta podcast. Personally I've been done with Joy-Cons for a while - there's a new switch coming that we can't guarantee will work with them, plus I like the hori split pad fit. Still, cool designs for someone out there.

@johnvboy Well, for the price of admission, it is a legitimate concern, wouldn't you agree?

$165 and 6-9 months before a new Switch comes out. Never change Yacht Club, never change.

@Daniel36,

Even though I have no issues myself, I still see there are problems, but does it have to taint every single joycon related thread?, pretty sure it does not. Just let people be happy about some new colours. There have been many other articles about the drift issues.

Nintendo seem to be pushing those joycon's hard, wonder if their next system is not using them, or something different.

Its called “shovel edition” because you can shovel them into the bin with all the other drifting joycons and buy yourself a proper controller 👍

Well, pretty colours are all well and good, but only a bonus. Are they Hall-Effect or not?

Really striking while the iron is hot there guys.

They're cool and all, but no way in hell at that price. Not sure how they justify that for a different paint job,

Man, those look really cool, but joycons are overpriced as it is. I can't justify this payment, especially when they'll probably be obsolete soon.

Why are people still buying these junk

I liked them and was just skimming and thought it was $165 for all 4 and was down, then I went on the site and that was not the case haha. Now way not worth it no matter how much I like shovel knight.

They look neat but for $165 I could really do better. Would much rather buy another pair of custom joycons with a d-pad mod.

They might be "licensed" but not interested if they're not standard Nintendo-released packaging, prices etc..., and more importantly, listed on Console Variations 😝

How long until they drift...

@johnvboy Wellllll... to be fair, you were the first one to bring it up.

@Daniel36,

Which was why I said "In before", it was a joke, try to keep up.

I’m so glad to see everyone saying exactly what I’m thinking which is yeah they look nice but 165$? You can get out of here with that.

They're cool, but like everybody else is saying, that price tag is unreal. Joy-Cons aren't even particularly good controllers, I'm not laying out $165 for something that looks cool but that I won't enjoy actually using and that has a high failure rate.

And "If you end up ordering both sets of controllers, you'll also receive an "extremely limited" Fish Head Shovel Knight Enamel Pin." ...? I'm sorry, if you spend three hundred and thirty dollars on joy-cons you get... a pin? That's... supposed to be a bonus?

So weird that slight color variations are somehow limited? Weirder anyone would ever pre-order controllers.

Would make sense if all 4 were for $165. But nope. And unfortunately, scalpers are probably gonna sell these for $200+ USD just for 2 Joy-Cons.

The colors are actually pretty sweet. It has been many years since I have played Shovel Knight though, so I can't say that I am a huge fan of the franchise as whole.

Imagine if these things didn’t have drift… I would be broke keeping up with my favorites. I skipped the TOTK Switch just because of drift.

You have the choice between

• Regular price Joycon but bland
• Double price Joycon but custom
• Regular price Joycon but special edition
• Regular price Joycon + price of custom skins/shells
  I am 97% no one is going for the second option…

They can stick their shovel where the sun don’t shine with those prices.

I'd rather have some normal ones for that price.

I want them! Love shovel knight but disappointed they haven’t released a follow up.

Very cool designs, but that price? Yeesh

@Daniel36 Totally valid concern in my opinion. I'm with you.

Although, these joy cons do look incredible! If they were normal price, if I needed a replacement pair, then I would be buying these.

They look nice, but I refuse pay for something thats very likely to get broken. I got four pairs and three of them are faulty. Whenever I boot up my old switch, the slider in the menu drifts all the way to the right. The thing is uncontrollable. So no, I am not buying joy cons ever again

Don't forget they come with drift knights in action as well. But at that price forget it....

@Justaguest You can significantly prolong the life of JoyCons with electrical contact cleaner spray and if they're totally broken, a pair of replacement sticks is like 3 to 5 bucks including tools, screws and shipping.

@floxi Thank you, Ill think about it.