{"id":395703,"date":"2026-01-08T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395703\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:52:12","slug":"nintendo-reveals-its-first-switch-2-joy-con-color-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395703\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo reveals its first Switch 2 Joy-Con color variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Nintendo has <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/2009253320150425831?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:unveiled;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">unveiled<\/a> the first color variants for the Switch 2 Joy-Cons in light purple and light green, set to arrive on February 12 alongside <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/mario-tennis-fever-hits-the-court-on-february-12-134227490.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mario Tennis Fever;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Tennis Fever<\/a>. The new controllers are now on <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/nintendo-switch-2-joy-con-2-l-r-light-purple-light-green-127067\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pre-order for $100;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pre-order for $100<\/a> and include matching wrist-straps.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:affiliate_link;itc:0;sec:mini-product;aid:manual_07b20fba-8f48-40d4-ab6a-2ed3cf9746c4_1767881674494;cpos:1;itmId:$100;ll3:product-available;ll4:productoffer-manual;pid:manual_07b20fba-8f48-40d4-ab6a-2ed3cf9746c4_1767881674494;pdid:Joy-Con 2 for Switch 2 color variant;subsec:commlist;elmt:chooseForMe;itemcost:$100;sellerN:Nintendo;pkgt:horizontal-img;pos:1;slk:$100 at Nintendo;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.com\/rdlw?merchantId=21fc7c82-c5eb-49a9-b5d3-fc32a78290de&amp;siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=pnr-product-module&amp;contentUuid=07b20fba-8f48-40d4-ab6a-2ed3cf9746c4&amp;featureId=manual-entry&amp;itemName=Joy-Con+2+for+Switch+2+color+variant&amp;merchantName=Nintendo&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uaW50ZW5kby5jb20vdXMvc3RvcmUvcHJvZHVjdHMvbmludGVuZG8tc3dpdGNoLTItam95LWNvbi0yLWwtci1saWdodC1wdXJwbGUtbGlnaHQtZ3JlZW4tMTI3MDY3LyIsImNvbnRlbnRVdWlkIjoiMDdiMjBmYmEtOGY0OC00MGQ0LWFiNmEtMmVkM2NmOTc0NmM0Iiwib3JpZ2luYWxVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uaW50ZW5kby5jb20vdXMvc3RvcmUvcHJvZHVjdHMvbmludGVuZG8tc3dpdGNoLTItam95LWNvbi0yLWwtci1saWdodC1wdXJwbGUtbGlnaHQtZ3JlZW4tMTI3MDY3LyJ9&amp;signature=AQAAAXDEkDQtmIcC7dt44cZVzgY5-G5Drx8dpQiBRKV8OX5a&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nintendo.com%2Fus%2Fstore%2Fproducts%2Fnintendo-switch-2-joy-con-2-l-r-light-purple-light-green-127067%2F&amp;spaceId=1197802876\" class=\"rapid-with-clickid mr-4 h-[78px] w-[104px] shrink-0 overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-grey-hair @xl\/p:h-[90px] @xl\/p:w-[120px]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Image for the mini product module\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image for the mini product module\" class=\"h-full transition duration-300 ease-in-out object-contain focus:scale-105 group-[:hover:not(:has(.copyCouponCode:hover,.additionalMiniCTA:hover))]:scale-105\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/47b84f80-ec9c-11f0-bf6f-19636c016f2e.jpeg\" height=\"90\" width=\"120\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Other than the colorway, these are standard Joy-Con 2 controllers with motion controls and HD rumble, along with the C Button for GameChat and the mouse controls for compatible games. However, you may have noticed something weird about them \u2014 the colors are on the inner rails, so you&#8217;ll barely be able to see them when the Joy-Con 2s are connected to a Switch 2 console, except around the thumbsticks. By contrast, previous <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/nintendo-kicks-off-the-summer-with-pastel-hued-joy-con-controllers-141002133.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Joy-Con;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joy-Con <\/a><a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/nintendo-kicks-off-the-summer-with-pastel-hued-joy-con-controllers-141002133.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:color variants;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">color variants<\/a> covered the entire shell. The new Switch 2 Joy-Con colors also clash with the light blue and orange strips on the inner left and right of the console.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Along with the new Joy-Con 2 controllers, Nintendo released a lengthy game-play video for Mario Tennis Fever, also set to arrive on February 12th. It details some of the key gameplay features, like &#8220;fever shots,&#8221; the ice racket and moves like slides and dives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has unveiled the first color variants for the Switch 2 Joy-Cons in light purple and light green,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[48620,53376,1299,74],"class_list":["post-395703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-color-variants","tag-joy-con","tag-nintendo","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}