{"id":1023804,"date":"2026-06-13T09:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1023804\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:55:19","slug":"switch-2-console-special-editions-what-would-you-like-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1023804\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Console Special Editions &#8211; What Would You Like To See?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Compared to all those, Switch 2&#8217;s black-grey (with a touch of sparkle, granted) is pretty dour. The recent announcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/06\/new-joy-con-colours-and-a-stand-alone-direct-are-inbound-for-splatoon-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blue and Light Yellow Joy-Con options<\/a> launching alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/splatoon-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a> is welcome, but they&#8217;re just the same old controllers with subtly different highlights. Joining the default colours and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/01\/nintendo-reveals-first-new-joy-con-2-colours-for-switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Light Purple and Light Green variants<\/a>, it&#8217;s hard to get too excited &#8211; especially at those prices.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2 with Light Purple and Light Green Joy-Con\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/07e59adedc28f\/switch-2-with-light-purple-and-light-green-joy-con.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/switch-2-with-light-purple-and-light-green-joy-con.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Switch 2 with Light Purple and Light Green Joy-Con\"\/><\/a>Groundbreaking \u2014  Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Animal Crossing<\/a> one gets announced.<\/p>\n<p>Not all the Switch 1 Special Editions transformed every inch of the system \u2014 some bore little more than a logo on the rear or the dock \u2014 but from now on you&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, everyone on Team NL has a launch Switch 2 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/talking-point-one-year-on-how-pristine-is-your-switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in good-to-great shape<\/a>) and is still happy with it, though a quick survey around the office garnered the following requests and responses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Baffled there isn&#8217;t a Pokopia one tbh, but we&#8217;ll get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winds &amp; Waves<\/a> one. I guess it&#8217;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&#8217;d never do it, but it would rule.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Alana<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Winds and Waves SE, with a beach scene along the front of the dock.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Jim<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;An elegant gold console to go with the Ocarina of Time remake.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Ollie<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Spice Orange GameCube\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b879ad8061aea\/spice-orange-gamecube.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spice-orange-gamecube.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"553\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Spice Orange GameCube\"\/><\/a>Now that&#8217;s a Spicy meat-a-ball! \u2014  Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life<\/p>\n<p>The possibilities are endless, but the real question is: Will we see new Switch 2 SKUs in the near future?<\/p>\n<p>Given the cost of RAM, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/nintendo-announces-sweeping-price-hikes-for-switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">price hikes<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/nintendo-may-win-its-case-against-the-us-government-but-tariffs-are-here-to-stay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;uncertainty&#8217; in the global economy<\/a>, the safe money might be on &#8216;no&#8217;. 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&#8217;t involve internal component changes, it&#8217;s still an avoidable expense at a bad time.<\/p>\n<p>And remember, there&#8217;s already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/06\/nintendo-confirms-switch-2-revision-for-europe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a revised version of the console<\/a> on the way to conform with EU regulations dictating that batteries must be user replaceable &#8211; that will have eaten R&amp;D budget for new designs and tooling.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, a new colourway is a fairly cost-effective way to reinvigorate interest when the hardware itself isn&#8217;t getting any upgrades &#8211; and Nintendo is no stranger to a natty new colourway. Surely we all recall that famous Miyamoto line: &#8220;If in doubt, bung a Triforce on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2 with Triforce\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84763c96da83e\/switch-2-with-triforce.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/switch-2-with-triforce.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"476\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Switch 2 with Triforce\"\/><\/a>The Power&#8217;s in the middle bit, geddit? \u2014  Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life<\/p>\n<p>Would you get excited about a new Switch 2 SKU? Would a cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/splatoon-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Splatoon<\/a> or Animal Crossing-themed one be enough for you to finally jump aboard? Let us know in the polls below.<\/p>\n<p>What type of Switch 2 livery would interest you most? (964 votes)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"poll-results many-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">A different colour! (comment below)<\/strong>22%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">A cool design tied to a specific game\/series (comment below)<\/strong>57%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">None &#8211; I&#8217;m 100% satisfied with the current version<\/strong>22%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Would a nice new Switch 2 variant convince you to buy the console if you haven&#8217;t already? (989 votes)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"poll-results many-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">YES, anything but the boring black-grey!<\/strong>11%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Possibly, depending on the colour\/design<\/strong>19%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">I highly doubt it<\/strong>3%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Nope, the colour isn&#8217;t the issue<\/strong>7%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">I&#8217;ve already got a Switch 2, so noooo<\/strong>43%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">I&#8217;ve already got a Switch 2, but I&#8217;m a sucker for a new SKU&#8230; \ud83d\udc40<\/strong>18%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344519_534_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gavin Lane\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 before joining the site full-time the following year, rising through the ranks to become Editor. He can currently be found squashed beneath a Switch backlog the size of Normandy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Compared to all those, Switch 2&#8217;s black-grey (with a touch of sparkle, granted) is pretty dour. 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