Are you planning on getting a Nintendo Switch soon? I have a small public service announcement for you.
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Both. I don't buy neon blue or wacky smartphone or tablet colors either. If the Switch had a model with black joy-cons I would've bought that one.
You clean looking motherfucker you... Black needs to be the default.
Neon Switch looks like shit. I would disinherit my son and kick him out of my house if he would have chosen the neon one.
How can you even consider getting the neon Switch?
Also OP should be banned, because we all know this is frist class trolling, right?
How can you even consider getting the neon Switch?
Also OP should be banned, because we all know this is frist class trolling, right?
You actually can buy them from the Amazon Japan site.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/任天堂-Joy-Co...ie=UTF8&qid=1551336763&sr=8-3&keywords=joycon
The total price comes to $76.09 shipped and everything from Japan.
I have launch day gray, neon red and blue, and Splatoon 2 green and pink Joy-Con sets. It's nice to have a formal Switch and a party Switch, but I like the pink-green combo best so far:
That said, these are in the mail (along with a clear backplate), and I am pretty stoked:
That said, these are in the mail (along with a clear backplate), and I am pretty stoked:
I did the same as you op. Still regret not buying the neon. Oh well, when the revision comes, and it if it comes with different colors. Ill pick up that one.
The day after launch, I decided I wanted to buy a Switch. Took me till the end of March to finally find one in stock, and it was grey. While I had wanted a neon set, I couldn't wait any longer and decided to just buy the grey one that was available (it sold out just minutes after I placed my order, btw).
I ended up really liking the grey Joy-Cons because they make the system look more discrete when out in public (however little that matters now that the Switch is successful/well-known to the public).
That being said, I bought a pair of Mario Odyssey Red Joy-Cons from Amazon Japan back at Super Mario Odyssey's launch, and they look so gorgeous. They really pop under bright lighting.
Neon red/blue is still really fun, and I wouldn't mind owning a set (honestly, I'd love to own every set), but bottom line is that I wouldn't worry too much about the color that comes in the Switch's box. You can get new colors down the road.
I ended up really liking the grey Joy-Cons because they make the system look more discrete when out in public (however little that matters now that the Switch is successful/well-known to the public).
That being said, I bought a pair of Mario Odyssey Red Joy-Cons from Amazon Japan back at Super Mario Odyssey's launch, and they look so gorgeous. They really pop under bright lighting.
Neon red/blue is still really fun, and I wouldn't mind owning a set (honestly, I'd love to own every set), but bottom line is that I wouldn't worry too much about the color that comes in the Switch's box. You can get new colors down the road.
I got the last neon Switch in stock when I visited the Nintendo store in NY. Don't know how I'd have been able to live with myself otherwise.
Neons look nice at first, but eventually start to look like toys. Very Fisher Price.
Grey looks like a sleek piece of tech and is much better.
Source: bought neon at launch
Grey looks like a sleek piece of tech and is much better.
Source: bought neon at launch
I oicked them up in Japan, depends on where you live I think.
I originally wanted grey, but seeing the neon ones in person makes me see the appeal.
I got the Smash bundle though, so yeah.
And now I have the Hori D-pad (Zelda-style) on one site, so my Switch looks all kinds of wack at the moment.
I got the Smash bundle though, so yeah.
And now I have the Hori D-pad (Zelda-style) on one site, so my Switch looks all kinds of wack at the moment.
I love the neons and got a yellow pair but I still prefer the grey for handheld mode for some games because the screen pops more.
Grey every time as mine spends most of it's time docked.
Personally I don't get the desire for these weird custom coloured consoles that people get. I like my home entertainment stuff to be of a similar look/colour if they're all going to be sat together.
Personally I don't get the desire for these weird custom coloured consoles that people get. I like my home entertainment stuff to be of a similar look/colour if they're all going to be sat together.
I like my grey Switch. How dare you.
But I wanna get those yellow joycons when I'm not poor/see them cheap.
But I wanna get those yellow joycons when I'm not poor/see them cheap.
If they Gray version didn't exist I would probably not even own the thing. Ugly as fuck neon....I also don't ever take it out of the dock so I prefer the flush colors with the dock next to all of my other systems.
You foolish, simple minded mortals. Custom joy-cons is next to godliness.
How do I get these? I'd love something like this (I'm in the UK)
QUOTE="giraffereyn, post: 18385063, member: 52217"]This is so fucked up[/QUOTE]
How is it fucked up? Haha.
I must concur with my fellow Magnus. The bright colours look attractive in marketing but can't have that kind of colourful noise in my living room. I prefer my home to not look like an exploded playpen with random bright colours everywhere.
You should, eventually, buy a second set of joycons anyways for 4-player-couch-coop capabilities
So just get whatever Switch you feel like and, as soon as you're tired of the way it looks, change it up with a new set of Joycons. Happy with my grey launch joycons, also happy with the red/blue set i purchased half a year later.
my reason for getting the grey launch model as well. Neon stands out too much, especially since the Switch is a console that needs to be always accessible and thereby needs to be put at a relatively 'prominent' position on your TV furniture.
So just get whatever Switch you feel like and, as soon as you're tired of the way it looks, change it up with a new set of Joycons. Happy with my grey launch joycons, also happy with the red/blue set i purchased half a year later.
my reason for getting the grey launch model as well. Neon stands out too much, especially since the Switch is a console that needs to be always accessible and thereby needs to be put at a relatively 'prominent' position on your TV furniture.
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I got the Splatoon ones for MP but they're too similar to the red and blue .. wish I'd got the Arms ones instead ( even though nature abhors symmetry)
Not looking for buying one but I did saw both life and I kinda liked the gray better.
That was such a good move. I had a similar experience when I was a kid and another parent gave me the last copy of Sonic 2 when he was about to buy it and I still remember it to this day!
That was such a good move. I had a similar experience when I was a kid and another parent gave me the last copy of Sonic 2 when he was about to buy it and I still remember it to this day!
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