Nintendo’s home territory and its consumers get the luxury of being able to customise which colour Joy-Con they get when they purchase the console via their online store. Nintendo Of Japan is offering a choice of colours: Neon red, Neon blue, Grey and an exclusive colour strap not available outside of the territory – black.
Even though the Nintendo Switch isn’t region locked, you can only purchase your customised bundle if you have a Japanese My Nintendo account.
I’m not salty but that’s a pretty sweet deal.
I don’t believe that the region of the MyNintendo account is the gateway to buying the black color of the, should it not become available the world over.
A preorder from a Japanese retailer should suffice..
*the JoyCon
Unfair! Me want black.
I can only see the Black Joycon straps – I can’t see the Black joycons . . .
According to that picture it seems the black color is only for the strap and not the Joycon itself, like the article implies.
Thanks for pointing it out guys! The article has now been updated.
The exclusive colour is actually GREY, black is the standard one (in fact, it matches the buttons of every JoyCon).
Honestly not the best way to start a launch that you need to do well with. Giving more options to other regions isn’t gonna be liked by all. When someone buys a blue and red bundle in the US but finds out they could have had matching if they lived in japan, I’m sure a lot will feel kinda screwed. Cause honestly, many people probably want all blue or all red, with only some wanting mixed. So now they will feel like they have to spend another $70 (or whatever the joy cons cost) to have matching controllers. And it’s a very stupid simple thing they could have fixed. I am getting the mixed one and I kinda like it, but I’m not sure if I would have gotten it if I had the option of all blue or all red. Maybe I would, not sure.
Favouritism at its finest…
I get it cause it’s their home region, but after wii u, they really need to get every sale they can and not take any chances upsetting people over minor things.
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