A look at the Mario Red + Blue Limited Edition Nintendo Switch
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The Mario Red + Blue Limited Edition Nintendo Switch dropped into stores today, and we picked one up and have some photos to show it off. It always helps to see the console “in real life” as stock photos sometimes don’t bring out the colours as they are.
The red is a lot stronger than we were expecting, and it’s very striking. The blue Joy-Con grip as well is a deeper blue then you might have expected.
If you fancy one, find the cheapest price in our bargain guide for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury which is also out today.
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Why oh why is that kickstand black? 🙁
IMO Screen part of the Switch should have had blue bevels … or red to disappear. Not the original black. And I feel they could have tastefully incorporated symbols like coins, Koopa shells or something, whether that was in colour or hollow.
Its strange when they went to so much detail to get other little things right like the Joy-Con straps, yellow accents on the case and straps, etc and then not have a red, blue or yellow stand. Oh Nintendo.
The red is an odd shade, almost salmon pink to me, I much prefer the deeper red for the Super Mario Odyssey Joy-Cons.
It is…
I own both & odyssey joy con red is Mario’s red……Obviously
Even if they didn’t come with LE odyssey console you’d still say its Marios Red.
I was already buying another switch the day I got this bundle & had no idea it existed so I dont really care as I expected a black one that day but if anything it kinda looks like a fake counterfeit lol
Also my “tablet” section has a slight curve in it which is super weird
I just really want those sexy Joy-Con straps and *maybe* the blue grip for good measure.
I was also wondering what was so “exclusive” about the Red Joy-Con, and it turns out that it’s a non-neon version (and not deep red like the one included in the Odyssey bundle), which is really nice; much nicer than the neon reds, in fact, but I don’t think that will be enough to get me to fork over the goods for the bundle. I have almost every other Joy-Con colour (except greys because I just don’t want them, and any patterned variants of existing colours, such as the Tsum Tsum purple/pink Joy-Con), but I think I will ultimately give this one a pass and see if I can grab the straps for a not-too-crazy amount elsewhere.
It’s always nice to see some themed bundles, even though this one is ironically a bit on a plain side. The Animal Crossing bundle is still the best one overall. I just wish that themed bundles included an appropriate grip as well (the Isabelle grip really should have been included in the bundle). And would it kill Nintendo to launch their hardware with themed variants? I would never buy a plain console if I could help it, but I guess they rely on schmucks like me to double-dip. 😛