Talking Point: Switch 2 Console Special Editions – What Would You Like To See?

Switch 2 Blue? Purple? Indigo? — *Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life*

Switch 2 has been on shelves for over a year now – still early days if it lasts anything like as long as its predecessor. Compared to the popping colours of the Switch 1’s Joy-Con, though, the younger console launched with a more subdued hue.

Certainly, the hallmark red-blue stylings are present and correct, but concealed along the Joy-Con’s connections and ringed around the analogue sticks.

You may remember that the original Switch launched with a less colourful grey Joy-Con-ed variant, but it’s the red-blue version that’s become iconic in spite of the rainbow spectrum of Joy-Con options and Special Edition Switches which have launched since 2017.

Compared to all those, Switch 2’s black-grey (with a touch of sparkle, granted) is pretty dour. The recent announcement of Blue and Light Yellow Joy-Con options launching alongside Splatoon Raiders is welcome, but they’re just the same old controllers with subtly different highlights. Joining the default colours and the Light Purple and Light Green variants, it’s hard to get too excited – especially at those prices.

Groundbreaking — Image: Nintendo

For some, the existing Switch 2 is perfect as is; business-like, classic, understated, and not something to cause embarrassment when you whip it out on the train.

Yet others will be pining for some indigo or orange to spice things up, or a Wii-white option to match their other hardware. I have family members still waiting to pull the trigger on a Switch 2 just in case a snazzy Animal Crossing one gets announced.

Not all the Switch 1 Special Editions transformed every inch of the system — some bore little more than a logo on the rear or the dock — but from now on you’d expect to start seeing Switch 2 variants of some kind. Firms like Dbrand make skins to wrap your console and controllers in, of course, but even the best skins lack the longevity of an official paint scheme.

Obviously, everyone on Team NL has a launch Switch 2 (in good-to-great shape) and is still happy with it, though a quick survey around the office garnered the following requests and responses:

“Baffled there isn’t a Pokopia one tbh, but we’ll get a Winds & Waves one. I guess it’d have different-coloured Joy-Con (not just the inside or sticks, either) and the Legendaries. Pokopia could absolutely just be a full Ditto coloured Switch 2 with some artwork on the back. Or some Ditto eyes on the back. They’d never do it, but it would rule.” – Alana
“Winds and Waves SE, with a beach scene along the front of the dock.” – Jim
“An elegant gold console to go with the Ocarina of Time remake.” – Ollie

Now that’s a Spicy meat-a-ball! — Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life

The possibilities are endless, but the real question is: Will we see new Switch 2 SKUs in the near future?

Given the cost of RAM, price hikes, and ‘uncertainty’ in the global economy, the safe money might be on ‘no’. Nintendo will be keeping a lid on any expenses it can right now, same as all hardware manufacturers. And while whipping up a new Switch 2 livery doesn’t involve internal component changes, it’s still an avoidable expense at a bad time.

And remember, there’s already a revised version of the console on the way to conform with EU regulations dictating that batteries must be user replaceable – that will have eaten R&D budget for new designs and tooling.

Then again, a new colourway is a fairly cost-effective way to reinvigorate interest when the hardware itself isn’t getting any upgrades – and Nintendo is no stranger to a natty new colourway. Surely we all recall that famous Miyamoto line: “If in doubt, bung a Triforce on it.”

The Power’s in the middle bit, geddit? — Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life

Would you get excited about a new Switch 2 SKU? Would a cool Splatoon or Animal Crossing-themed one be enough for you to finally jump aboard? Let us know in the polls below.

What type of Switch 2 livery would interest you most?

A different colour! (comment below)
A cool design tied to a specific game/series (comment below)
None – I’m 100% satisfied with the current version

Would a nice new Switch 2 variant convince you to buy the console if you haven’t already?

YES, anything but the boring black-grey!
Possibly, depending on the colour/design
I highly doubt it
Nope, the colour isn’t the issue
I’ve already got a Switch 2, so noooo
I’ve already got a Switch 2, but I’m a sucker for a new SKU… 👀

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