Nintendo Debuts the Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 in Light Purple and Light Green
Pastel rails and stick halos mark the Switch 2’s first Joy-Con color refresh, landing with ‘Mario Tennis Fever’ in February 2026.
Summary
- Nintendo finally breaks the all‑black streak on Switch 2 hardware with new Light Purple/Light Green Joy-Con 2, dropping February 12 alongside Mario Tennis Fever
- The pastel pair stays mostly stealth; color only hits the thumbstick rings and inner rails, keeping the outer shell dark and sparking mixed reactions over the $99.99 USD price
- Functionally, these Joy-Con 2 are unchanged, still packing motion controls, HD Rumble 2, the C Button for GameChat, and mouse-style tracking that leans into Switch 2’s online, social future
Nintendo has debuted the Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 in two new colors. The design language stays intentionally subdued. The main body remains graphite, while the pastel accents live on the stick bases and magnetic rails that slide into the console or Joy-Con 2 grip. Attached in handheld or docked on the Joy-Con 2 charging grip, most players will only catch a halo of color around the sticks, turning this drop into more of a flex when you are playing split Joy-Con or passing controllers around for local multiplayer.
Underneath the new paint, nothing changes. The controllers still run HD Rumble 2, full motion control, and the new mouse sensor, plus the C Button shortcut that powers up Nintendo’s GameChat ecosystem for voice, video, and screen-share on Switch 2. Nintendo’s own product pages lock in a February 12, 2026 release for the Light Purple/Light Green set at $99.99 USD and position them as the next step in a wider accessory push that includes wheels, straps, and the Pro Controller on the same platform. Meanwhile, Nintendo of America’s social channels frame the drop as a way to “give your Nintendo Switch 2 a new look” right as Mario Tennis Fever hits, nudging fans toward a pastel upgrade that is more about subtle personalization than a loud hardware remix.
In a culture that turned Joy-Con collecting into a mini flex economy during the first Switch era, this first Switch 2 color refresh reads like Nintendo testing the waters: restrained, premium, and playing nice with the platform’s more uniform industrial design. It is not the wild, character-branded drip many were hoping for, but it signals that the door is finally open for more expressive hardware moments down the line.
