Poll: Orange Or Red Switch eShop - Make Your Choice

Honestly it’ll be a Mandela effect and we’ll forget it was ever organge eventually.

Red eShop but with the quirky 'e'

@Strictlystyles I never remember it being organge in the first place 😉

Idk red is such an aggressive color

as long as it doesn't lag when i try to look at each individual game page i could care less.

Not sure if I have to change my monitor settings or something, but the colour really hurts my eyes now.

Music.
While we wait for it to load through all the jank.

Colour?
Couldn't care less.

Coins,
To thank us loyal users for making Nintendo what it is today.

Oh that's right, they couldn't care less either.😜

@Fizza : I didn't even realise that I'd ever missed that little thing. Those animations were so therapeutic... 🥰

I don't miss how the 3DS eShop so lethargically chugged along though.

I want it blue
And faster
And with less crap

Nintendo's colour is red, so red.

orange definitely and defiantly 💪 i don't want to update my console (obviously have to to use any online feature). goodbye beautiful orange eShop 👋 farewell my friend 🥹 also i strongly dislike the new colours for the News icon & the eShop icon 😝 booooo!

Not a fan of the red, in handheld especially it feels a bit much, but realistically the colour is not the biggest issue the eShop needs to deal with, I mean why are the filtering options so bad?

The eShop had the orange color for a while and for multiple consoles. But the Nintendo brand is probably bigger and they use red so it makes sense.

And I know the Switch 2 is quite similar in UI design but... man, please make the eShop faster at least. The Switch 1 eShop is annoying to navigate due to how slow is to scroll.

@KorGonia I'd say orange is more traditionally Dutch than Halloween, but each to their own 🤣

It's nonsensical to me how something like this was apparently interesting enough to make an entire article about. You've got to conserve your space and energy for real news and real announcements. Not a meaningless poll about a color of a menu strip.

for pure nostalgia and overall a calmer color i like orange. red is already signified by the NSO icon, and orange isnt being used at all anymore. it couldve been the gameshare color to call back to 3ds download play, but nah teal, when its already similar to blue for the album

just an overall odd change. i guess orange is the parental control color now?

I think the orange looks better. I find it easier on the eyes, and it's been like that since the 3DS, so why not keep it? But I do agree that the more pressing issues at hand here are how clunky, slow and junk-ridden the eShop is, unfortunately. Fingers crossed for some improvements on Switch 2.

Also, bring back the little eShop bag dude.

@boxyguy Even Parental Controls is getting the red coat of paint. Check 0:24 of the trailer here: [ https://youtu.be/PvsYm4vfM6Y?t=24 ]

I don't know why Nintendo is shifting all their gears away from orange, but here we are.

@Zufolobelisk I think the idea is that this is a Nintendo news site, yes, but also a Nintendo community site. They've been doing articles and polls about fun, more off-topic things for years. I don't think they're going to stop. There are ways of filtering to just the news, you can check articles tagged as “News”, for example.

From orange chicken to sweet n sour pork..

@Kaiffe123 oh dang i completely missed that, i was going off the current update but i guess its still orange for now

I need a dark mode eshop to match the home menu. The bright orange and white already bothered my eyes and the red is even worse.

The orange represented the older, _better eShop on 3DS, but I'm OK with that Nintendo red. I care a lot more about better performance and less eslop visibility though.

Interesting choice. I know red is Nintendo’s color, but I don’t think it makes sense. I know that all in all we haven’t had orange as the color for the eShop, but I don’t think red was the right choice. While Red draws you more to Nintendo, color theory wise orange is a better choice 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ultra Necrozma used Light That Burns the Sky!

Orange is much better in my opinion, it had it's own identity aside from just being Nintendo.

red. Its my favorite color.

Orange was easier to look at, but when your poll stacks colour against making it run better, theres no question.

Why do they design these online shops in a way that is entirely unable to handle loading content? Given that they are clearly pushing for an digital future, they really need to get this sorted out fast.

@Fizza He died but Nintendo honoured him by painting this new eShop with his blood.

A bit dark but it's what he wanted 😔

The orange example is more aesthetically pleasing, as lower contrast designs often are, but I found it nearly unusable as I'm visually impaired. I'm happy to see a higher contrast design, even though I doubt accessibility was a consideration. Whether or not I start using the store is uncertain as I've grown accustomed to just buying things on the Nintendo website, which is probably the right choice anyway given everyone's constant complaints about the eShop.

I never understood why they went for orange. Nintendo's and the switch's colour is red. They didn't even go for the original joycon colours. Red and blue would make much more sense.

I honestly just want it to be faster. Red is okay for me.

You are not red e(shop)

@chiptoon

"Orange was easier to look at, but when your poll stacks colour against making it run better, theres no question."

I had the exact same thought. there's always at least one option here that ruins the entire poll 😆

i know they are "for fun" but i think "red vs orange" is actually more fun than the random chance to mention performance issues again as kind of a half joke. ✌️

(now we'll never know which color is superior 😂)

anyway I voted orange but "fix it" is obviously more important to me 👍

Red’s ok but the orange is a softer colour.

btw "nintendo red" was so much more appealing when it was used as an accent, like just the buttons on the NES pad, or START on the n64 pad, just the logo on the box or a red pinstripe.

Like with many things 2025 Nintendo has zero self awareness or even taste. Sure, make the shop red, make it feel like a discount grocery store. 👍 I wont be visiting much in the future, regardless.

I prefer orange.
And yeah – make it run better! It's already minimalistic! How it can run worse than Deku Deals? Deku Deals runs good and really fast, if compare to eShop.
ALSO. Where is DARK THEME!? I mean, Deku Deals has dark theme as well...
2:0, in Deku Deals favor. 😎

It's got the same colour theming as the Switch Online app on the Switch Home menu so idk it feels weird so use rhe same big primary colour for two separate sub-apps

I personally prefer Baby Blue color if I can customize the eshop page color.

I like the red better. The orange color always did feel a bit weird considering red is kind of Nintendo's favorite color it seems.

red associates better with nintendo's brand of red

Definitely Orange, the red is horrible to look at. They should really just let you choose a colour.

Orange is my favorite color and will be missed, but if they could just do a better designed shop, I'll take any color.

This is more about branding / visual identity than it is about "what is prettier". Nintendo is doing a complete overhaul now (even on eShop cards and character designs), this was just a piece of a bigger puzzle.

The contrast between the text and red is much better. Plus it feels more Nintendo. Not that the color matters much, but I think this is an improvement.

The red doesn't look "better", per se.
It just looks new. Which helps make it feel more exciting.

I voted Orange.

Not because I prefer the color, or the look of it. But because I think it's better for a company to keep the original (iconic) colors of a product, department, or venue (in this case: eShop = orange), but update the designs.

Imagine if Mario's default colors were changed.

Doesn’t matter when it still runs like a slug.

@LordPieFace To be frank, I think they should just put the NSO app into the eShop considering the fact that it’s almost completely useless besides being able to get new user icons from it (which could just be done on the eShop instead).

I use Dark Mode everywhere I can so we should be able to customize it at will. Red and white is harsh to look at (hint at you Nintendolife). I tend to cut my time spent on bright websites and UI as short as possible.

Red.

It serves as an appropriate warning colour for the bad experience you're about to have whilst trying to browse the eShop.

Team red. Team Mahreo

@Mabelissimo wait. You could???

Orange makes me want to spend money. Red makes me feel like I'm doing something bad by spending money.

Red is my favorite color, but in this instance, the color is a little too intense on the splash screen.

Now, if they could standarize the colors of the game pages that would be great, there are some games where the combination of colors for the text and background make the text illegible.

Orange. Let my switch 1 keep its colors and identity. Do whatever you want to the switch 2 icons and colors.
I'm glad they didn't update my GameCube to have a red logo at launch. I'm glad sony didn't update my PS4 to have the PS5's UI.
(I understand that its the same shop across both consoles here, and the probably wouldn't want to code a separate color for whichever console you're launching, but at the same time, using color to differentiate whether a product is S1 or S2 woulda been nice. It would have been nice if they kept the S1 shop separate a la the Wii and Wii U shops, if only because the first shop is filled with so much garbage.)

I think both look good. But it runs like dog piss, so focus on improving that, not the color scheme.

@Nintoz Ah yes, that would be the best solution.

Now with more lag!

Orange, but I don’t mind the red. Where it hurts is with the icons on the home page. The eShop bag needs to be orange. The news icon looks terrible in green and clashes with the blue photo and teal share icons. Really the whole icon bar is trash now- 4 white, 2 red, 3 blue/green.

honestly the eshop was red a bunch already from when they branded it with mario decorations this isnt too big of a change really, its kinda obvious in hindsight

Since you can't see the different shades of Red as well as you could with the Orange, I say bring back Orange!!!

Anyway, I voted for make eShop better!

@Pillowpants except for when it was purple (SNES, Gamecube), and for when it was blue (Wii). Nintendo has really never had a consistent color. The Switch's color is red, but I wouldn't say Nintendo's is.

I was fine with orange, but the red is a bit too intense. I think cool colours, like a blue or blue-grey work better for menus such as this.

Why can't we just choose from a selection of different colors? This must be much harder(?) to provide than it seems.

@Arcticpandapopz Our color choice is a problem for their branding?

I much prefer lighter colors that don't burn my eyes (so orange in this case), thank god most sites these days at least have a dedicated dark mode.

This is silly. Everyone knows red is faster than orange.

@steely_pete same.

I don't mind the red but the orange was a better complimentary color imo. Plus, the little tilted "e" is missed.

Orange please. The red is too red it hurts my eyes. At least turn it down a little bit.

They should change it to neon green just to upset both sides of the argument.

I'm colour blind but dont like the new brown eshop colour, I much prefer the original green version.

First make eShop actually work all those other things are just glossing over the issues.

@Bret Nintendo's logo usually is red. Or white one red. 🤷

Let users choose CUSTOM colours. Hell, the shop itself gives every game page its own colour scheme - how hard would it be to extend that to the front end of the system? Never mind Themes, because it’s clear they aren’t bothering with that - let us pick our own background, highlight, icon and text colours.

We need the power of the switch 2 to make the eshop run decently. I mean the performance of that thing is an abomination it lags frequently freezes sometimes and is slower than slow. I dont care for the colors. Make it easy and intuitive to use and make it snappy. I understand some loading, fine. But as it is now its such a slog to use. Do better nintendo. If you want me to join an all digital future make the eshop usable.

I’d rather it be light blue

I always preferred to purchase games on my phone as I found the process smoother.

I preferred the orange, it was a nice contrast to the red of the NSO apps.

The orange looks a lot better but really the eShop should've just been completely redesigned. It was an awful interface when it came out and eight years later it's basically not gotten any better. Legit think the Wii had a better layout.

I've associated orange with the eShop since the 3DS days.

How about giving us options? Im thinking both white on orange and white on red are both not ada compliant. (Could be wrong)

Id like the ability to choose a darker background color personally

I wish you could choose which one you want.

I didn't like the red color in the current layout. It's too strong as a background color for the entire menu.

The color itself is fine, feels very Nintendo, just redesign the eShop layout, please!

I really do not like the color red anymore. I associate it with the worst of humanity. Red is the color of the fascists, the tariff bringers, the propaganda and the hateful vibe that is our world now.

Nintendo has a red logo, yes... But honestly I always think of them with grey, purple, or all the primary colors. I really don't like how much they are going into red now.

I'm fine with either, just let us have a dark mode please

Honestly; I like them both. I think it would've been nice to have the Switch 1 E-Shop remain Orange, while the Switch 2 keeps the Red aesthetic.

There is one big issue though. Does this spell the end for Special E-Shop Themes during events? I vividly remember during Mario's 35th Anniversary Celebration, they made the E-Shop red and had 8-bit, 64, and Cat Mario appear as the loading screens, which were really fun while they lasted. I can see them doing this again for the 40th this year, but it's not going to be as impactful, since many people will have adjusted to the new E-Shop by then...

Orange. The red looks horrible.

Orange you glad I didn't say red.

I just want the shop music back.

I just hopped on the eshop for the first time since the change, and I feel like I'm shopping Target.com on a feature phone.

Couldnt the change have just been for the new console? why did they have to slightly sour my experience with the console I've been using for years, and the eShop style ive been accustomed to for decades? and one of the few things I actually still enjoyed about the eshop? (trying to be generous here but I really like the color orange 😂)

PS - forgot to mention, it is as slow as it's ever been (or even slightly slower, to continue the trend) and absolutely nothing we've asked for over the years has been implemented. they only changed the damn color to promote the next console, after treating us to 8 years of virtual abandonment on their existing "super successful console." No thanks, "Big N!"

@Misima

I'm sick of red, too! I live in an extremely republican part of the US, and youd be shocked (maybe) how many local businesses have painted their store fronts red and black, with quasi fascist geometric patterns and symbols. we joke about it in my family but it is unappealing on so many levels.

(not to mention all the things people have done to their "murder trucks" and horrible houses 😔 if you visit Oklahoma, please know we arent all like this.)

I, too, miss the days when they nintendo logo was red, but they were relatively much more colorful and joyful in other ways.

Switch has felt so much more austere, and yes, conservative by comparison, and it seems they are doubling down for 8 more years of terror 😂

I'm not okay with that.
Having the "who cares if it's orange or red, just make it run better" option clearly destroys the whole thing. Clearly there's a bigger proportion of red supporters who opted for that compared to the orange supporters. Us nintendo life readers deserve the truth. We deserve a proper clean divide between orange or red with only two options in the vote.

Orange was simply a more calming color, though red fits a bit more with the overall Switch/2 branding. I just know how the color red can get your blood pumping and trigger your adrenaline and I can't think of anything else when I'm on the eShop. It feels like I'm being rushed.

Option 4: I don't care, just add music

Neither. Those are some of my least favorite colors. I'd prefer soothing blues and purples. Orange and red are harsher on my crappy eyeballs.

@Markiemania95 XD

@NinChocolate Mmm. That sounds tasty.

We are living la vida loca.

The red actually makes it easier to read. I like it. ^_^