Disappointed In The Switch 2's Joy-Con Colours? Dbrand Has You Covered

DBrand always tend to get a laugh from me and the friends at my work. “Unprofessional comments” is just their brand of humour and part of the flavour of the website. It hurts no-one, Chill.

In any case - it’s nice to see them adopt for Joycon 2’s what Nintendon’t.

It's kind of emberassing when another company fixes your idea. These look so much better! I mean, how often will you actually see the insides of the original JoyCons when they're usually attached to your Switch 2, anyway?

They were quick with this one, too!

The way Nintendo is doing looks more pleasing to my eyes. Having the whole Joy Con a bright colour isn't very pleasing to the eyes imo.

Now that looks way much better with pastel color outside and inside.

>> Now, we've never really been fans of Dbrand's 'edgy' humour, since it often borders on being completely unprofessional <<

I find their product descriptions very informative: „REAL BLACK LEATHER
Full-grain Black Leather. Cows died for this.“

I think the problem is not the humour, but the dishonest self-delusion of people who avoid the consume of meat due to ethical reasons, but ignore where all the leather fo their nice shoes, belts, bags etc. comes from.

I'd be interested in seeing what these looks like outside of promotional material.

I find the complaints that the Switch 2 lacks colour kinda amusing since it's literally the most colourful Nintendo, console I've ever owned.

My GBA SP, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Grey Joy-Con Switch, all monochrome. I think even my GameCube is grey. But the Switch 2 has these really cool accents. I really hope they release a bundle with the new purple and green because they look really classy.

Not one of Dbrands better work, that looks really ugly.

Are those stickers or shells?

@ThatOneLevel

I think it’s partly due to how they showcase the joycons, with the magnetic rails in full display. When the joycons are attached in handheld mode or when the system is in the dock, I don’t think the area under the sticks is punchy enough for those looking to have some colour with their system.

I think Nintendo is worried that if they do this people won’t be able to tell the difference between Switch and Switch 2 joycons, which is fair I guess?

@sevex

I think that’s a valid point. The design language is very intentional to help differentiate Switch 2 as much as possible from Switch 1 without compromising what made Switch so successful

@Yalloo It's a "skin", so sticker.

That is how Nintendo should have introduced them! Same for the default colors as well!

@springer17 Thats a really nice idea. The A, B, X, Y buttons could have purple font with the directional buttons on the other side having green arrows.

If anyone could mock that up and show it off Im interested in seeing it.

@sevex Exactly what I thought. Also it’s part of the branding. Switch 2 sells a premium design idea for now, solid colors look more childish than the black with accents of their proposal so far.

Who wants a skin though?!?

Nintendo sure doesn't understand what we want anymore. We want the same colors as before. We want a real mouse that works like a mouse and has all the joycon buttons. We want physical games, and we want to buy classic games and own them forever.

I'm almost upset that we don't have Baja Blast color on both joy-cons

@Sonicka sometimes I find their humor a bit cringy like they tried a bit too hard.

Not a big deal but I get why it turns some people away.

This looks like a Switch 1 now. And I'm not a fan of these full-fat colors. I don't mind them as accents.

I prefer the original look. Subtle, yes, but stylish.

I just want more options from Nintendo... if they could have given the face buttons some color treatment that would have sold me.

"Too much color is childish/black is mature" is a breathtakingly insane take to me, to be blunt. The Switch 2's accents are TOO understated to me, and colored buttons would have done a lot for them. I would like bolder options from Nintendo. Given the mixed audience of the Switch 2, it can be done. They don't even have to be like solid block color Switch 1 neon joycons, because they can have secondary accents. Green base plastic/red accents would go hard.

Hah I kind of want both the 1st party and these. I know my wife shrieked when she saw the new colors.

Some of the same people who say they don't care for the Dbrand skins would be all over it if Nintendo did it.😐🙄😆

@JohnnyMind I would vouch for the quality of their products (I used the killswitch case and have purchased skins from them). The bigger problem is how hard it is to apply the skin perfectly on the joycon. I used their skins on a pair of joycons in the past and my own human error left me with a wrinkle in one that I wasn’t able to straighten out. I would be cautious with purchasing skins unless you are particularly dexterous and willing to risk it.

At least these will sell, unlike Mario tennis.

@Max_the_German Totally not on topic, but I found your comment extremely odd. Ethical vegans do indeed avoid leather. I've never met anyone who is delusional about the source of leather. Your comment sounds really pointed like you had a bad experience with someone in particular... Or maybe I'm missing some joke lol

@Orbphan I totally agree with you. Color does not make things childish. Even if it did, why should that be a problem anyway? The Switch 1 was a massive sales success and it was colorful. PS5 is a big success for Sony and they have all kinds of colorful controllers and console covers. Not sure where people are getting this idea that Nintendo suddenly desperately needs to appeal to adults and they must do so by removing all color.

@KazooieTooie It's been almost 8 years(!) since Mario Tennis Aces and that one was the best-selling in the series (4.5M). But, I kind of agree that I don't see this new one selling any more than a couple of million.

Subjective opinion here:
Now we just need more beautiful colors

@Skunkfish they really should make their lesser hits less pricey. Smash and MK being 70, we'll okay. But Kirby Air riders and tennis are worth not more than 50. They could attract some serious sales with that price and give it more attention.

@charliecarrot

I know some people of that kind, and I don’t mention it to them because it would be rude from my side and embarrassing for them. Hypocrisy and bigotry seem to be the most natural things in the world.

It’s a double edged sword to be fair I really like what they’ve done here but at the same time I can appreciate the subtlety of what Nintendo have offered either works

I'm probably in the minority but i actually prefer the Nintendo ones.
I just like a slick and sexy device.
The Dbrand version looks more like a toy to me.
Love how quickly they came up with this though.

I actually really like the accented style Nintendo is going for with the Switch 2, though I agree that more options would be nice. Before the Switch 2 Direct, I was really hoping for a dark blue system with teal and coral accents.

Those are pastel versions of two of my absolute favorite colors and I love it. Signed, a Charlotte Hornets fan.

As I said on another thread, I do quite like the look of the black joycons as they are but I wouldn't say no to some transparent shells in a dark grey with subtle accents of colour.

It just looks like Switch 1 now taking out any individuality from Switch 2s sleek design.

@RenanLK - Perhaps a Switch 2 Lite will give folks the color options they desire. Personally, I prefer the black look of Switch 2, it does project that feeling of it being a premium device. But I do understand people wanting some more color with their joycon options.

I chuckled at Dbrand's email. But I actually prefer this new joycon look. It can look both classy, and also fun. The more subtle yet present colors are far better than the Switch 1's loud joycons in my mind.

I find it wild to think about paying $100 for controllers that can drift and then $20 on top for stickers to make them nice.

This site British? Hey in England did the Game Boy Color say "Color or Colour"? If not Colour how come?