Professor Renegade
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You can always count on a shortage of Nintendo consoles.
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Shortage of Neon Switch Imminent?
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Inferno313
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I don't think they're being sold individually in those colors, are they? I've only seen renders of grey L and grey R in individual packaging.
Nah
I prefer having symmetrical blue or red, and that's why I'm getting the separate joycon bundle to make that happen. But if that wasn't an option I'd still pick neon over grey. Honestly though, every Switch configuration looks dope.
i HeaR MusiC
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0%.. Color >
PapaEmeritus
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Got my Neon ordered from Amazon. Kind of nice to have change of pace, everything I have is black/grey/white - Something different is cool by me
I'm more curious about the people that were stuck ordering Neon but wanted the Grey. That'll be my first inquiry when I'm in line to pick mine up on Thursday night hoping someone wants to trade.
That's why I got the grey. Hell even the white 3DS kind of annoys me sometimes even though I love the look of the device itself.
That is honestly impossible for me to imagine. Strikes me as a very strange concern.
You are correct, only grey is offered individually.
Japan might offer neons individually, I actually haven't checked. But NA certainly doesn't.
Edit: Nintendo's JP online store sells neons individually. So get to importing I guess lol.
TAS
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LoL..if I wasn't spending an obscene amount of money of the Switch launch already, I probably would. Oh well..not the end of the world I guess.
panama chief
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Exactly what I did and it didn't kill my pockets thanks to Best Buy Visa Checkout.
If you got the mixed set everyone is gonna know yours is just a knockoff neon since it'll have the opposite colors of a proper neon SKU!
frankie_baby
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Anecdotally every single person i know in real life that's getting a switch other than me wanted neon but ended up ordering grey because the preorders for grey went up first, i waited 15 mins and the neon went up and i got my order in (admittedly that is a sample size of 5) i have a feeling neon is gonna be the mega popular one and Nintendo done fooked up is they making more grey
PapaEmeritus
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I had a feeling that would happen the way they showed it at the initail conference
The12thGripper
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It's been mentioned before but do not purchase the neon joycon set unless you have the neon Switch console. The colors on the neon joycon set are swapped so people who have the neon Switch console can have a full set of red and blue Joycons.
why shouldn't they? it's not like they won't work or something...
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Y'all can have your Neons. I'm fine with Grey
Rodney McKay
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The 3DS XL only being available in red and blue put me off buying it for months as I waited for a new color, I eventually went with blue because it didn't seem like they were (right before they eventually had some new colors, of course, haha).
I actually do really like the Neon red and blue on the Switch, but I went grey just because that's what I could pre-order at the time (and I want to wait for new colors of joycons to come out).
NinjaCoachZ
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Ughh... Please let the Neon still be available by Xmas.
brickarts295
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Everything I own it's black (PS4, Wii U, Vita) or Grey (3DS XL). I think my grey switch will fit nicely with the environment, but I won't lie the neon looks great. I'll probably end up buying joy con colors once more MP games come out. I definitely think Nintendo will make more colors in the future.
I mean come on even the pro controller is black.
I mean come on even the pro controller is black.
Don't buy them so people with a neon console can? Or don't buy them because the colors are swapped and red absolutely cannot be the left controller?
I'm not sure I understand.
bumpkin
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It really does, it's the shade of blue I can't get behind. I don't mind the red, in fact I preordered a set of red Joy-Cons. I went with gray for the console's Joy-Con colors though.
I'd bet neon consoles were allocated more to online retailers than brick-and-mortar ones and will likely stay that way after launch. It'd be easier to sell through a less popular color configuration online.
Srsly, try harder.
Marty Chinn
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You know you can get color and still have it be symmetrical right? It's the reason I bought the Blue Joycon set in addition to my gray Switch.
I'm in the same boat.
It's true, but expensive options are always harder to bite off. Like a second $90 dock.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
The Neon doesn't look good imo. I don't like the asymmetry.
If there was an all red or all blue option, that would be ideal. Only other option is grey. *sigh*
If there was an all red or all blue option, that would be ideal. Only other option is grey. *sigh*
Wait..what? Noooooo!
Because it's reversed, It's nice if you actually have the Neon set you can get just pick up the combo color JoyCon set, and have a full set of blue JoyCons, and a full set of red JoyCons.
If you don't get the neon set and instead buy the combo set later, your colors will always be reversed.
You know what, I do like the red color more than I like that particular shade of blue.
Yeah at first I was kinda bummed I was only able to preorder a Grey switch but im definitely gonna get another pair of colored joy-cons down the road so it's not too bad
civilstrife
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The Neon option was the only kind available to me when I made my preorder. I didn't like it at the time, but since then Neon has really grown on me. In the past, I've preferred that each of my controllers be a different color for any given system, and the Neon Switch is in keeping with that.
Heh, so after talking about it at work some guys told me they had already preordered it. I never do I said, it's not going to be needed. They laughed at me stating I wouldn't be able to get one.
Then he showed me the damn thing is already sold out on bol.com (Dutch big online retailer).
FFS
I guess I'm going to preorder it, well fuck me.
Edit: Preordered a Neon Switch
Then he showed me the damn thing is already sold out on bol.com (Dutch big online retailer).
FFS
I guess I'm going to preorder it, well fuck me.
Edit: Preordered a Neon Switch
neurosyphilis
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Not surprising that they plan on selling more of the grey units, as its more practical and it's the one they use in ads.
I plan on getting all blue joy cons later down the line.
I plan on getting all blue joy cons later down the line.
A second dutch game retail site also sold out of Switches Nedgame. Even sold out of their "second shipment" which hits end March, if you want to grab a switch on that site, be prepared to wait until midapril for it.
Coolblue.nl is also sold out. Mediamarkt is sold out, Wehkamp is sold out. I didn't know the situation was so dire, damn I'm such a naive idiot.
There's one site which is still taking preorders in the Netherlands.
Coolblue.nl is also sold out. Mediamarkt is sold out, Wehkamp is sold out. I didn't know the situation was so dire, damn I'm such a naive idiot.
There's one site which is still taking preorders in the Netherlands.
shiftplusone
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thats the image that convinced me I was happy with grey
I'll buy a set of blue when they have a MP game out but until then, fuck that red and fuck the asymmetry
Chronospherics
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The preorder status from a single store is hardly news worthy.
I think the neons are probably rarer overall, I wouldn't even be surprised if they get discontinued with time, but at my local store I could only preorder a neon, and not a regular.
I think the neons are probably rarer overall, I wouldn't even be surprised if they get discontinued with time, but at my local store I could only preorder a neon, and not a regular.