People Can’t Work Out What Colour The New Nintendo Switch Is
Was the dress blue and black or white and gold? You might remember back to the baffling colour craze of 2015, where people couldn't decide the colour of a generic bodycon dress. Now, the very same question is being pitched to us in 2021 - albeit with what colour the new Nintendo Switch Lite is. Is it blue, is it purple? Who knows? Who really cares? Apparently, a lot of us!
Nintendo decided to promote the upcoming release of the new Switch Lite on social media, but inadvertently caused a war that turning gaming brother against gaming brother. The latest colour palette will drop on May 21 in the USA - the same day as Miitopia - while us brits will have to wait until May 7. With all new Switch designs selling like hotcakes, we also expect the tempting price tag of just $199.99/£145 will also help lure people in.
What's the debate about the new Nintendo Switch colour?
Nintendo fandom was already rattled that the announcement wasn't related to the long-rumoured "Nintendo Switch Pro", which is effectively being tipped as a next-gen version of the console to try and compete with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. If that wasn't enough, a Tweet from Nintendo America specifically billed the upcoming Switch Lite as blue. Although those at the top have told us exactly what colour the new Nintendo Switch is, critics have said it's too different from the classic blue of the Joy-Con controller to be classed as "blue".
The argument spilt over into the comments section, with arguments from both sides reaching for their Dulux colour charts. One wrote, "That's....purple? Guys. It's purple, right? Sh*t. You're all going to tell me it's not Purple, aren't you. Please tell me you see purple, too". Venatio Esports added, "Is it just us, or is the new Blue Nintendo Switch Lite not really blue? Feels like the indigo GBAs from back in the day to us". Another gamer simply grumbled, "They got 2 shades of blue but no green???" with a sad emoji. Most agreed it looked closer in colour to the Game Boy Advance, which was definitely classed as purple. Then, one rogue maniac went and said the GameCube was blue. Whoah, hold up there, fella.
What colour do we think the new Nintendo Switch is?
Someone even conducted a poll to try and settle the debate. At the time of writing, over 2,000 votes have been cast and blue is in the lead with a majority of 71.6%. We have to agree. Apart from the fact Nintendo officially classed the new Nintendo Switch Lite colour as blue, we're leaning toward the blue side instead of purple. Just because it isn't the same colour as the Joy-Con doesn't mean it's not blue. Added to this, we'd even argue the Joy-Con is more of an aqua than standard blue. Then again, we're not colour experts (and neither are most of you).
Whether you're bothered or not, the blue/purple Nintendo Switch Lite is sure to fly off shelves when it goes on general sale. Demand for any Switch has been through the roof during lockdown, and while we've scrambled over PS5s and Xboxes, Nintendo has been chipping away at their warring empires to have its best October on record in the USA and also becoming the best-selling console of 2020. We doubt Nintendo is too worried about an argument over colour, and at the end of the day, maybe it was all part of Mario's master marketing plan to hype its release?
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