The new Joy-Cons come as a single paired set, featuring a Light Purple left controller and a Light Green right controller. Nintendo has confirmed that buyers will not be able to purchase a full matching pair in a single colour. The controllers are priced at $99.99 and will be available from February 12, 2026, with pre-orders now open.

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The GameSir x Hyperkin X5 Alteron looks too good to be true, but it has the hallmarks of a perfect pad for mobile and Switch players - especially GameCube and N64 fans.

When Nintendo announced the new alternative colour Joy-Con controllers for the Switch 2 this week, one thing became adamantly clear: it's quite possible that we'll never get any solid colour Joy-Con. Those little accents around the analogue sticks are likely all you'll see when the Joy-Con are attached to the console. And that's fine, y'know?

With the Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon and presumably launching sometime in the Summer, perhaps it’s a little too late for even one of the best Switch controllers and Joy-Con alternatives to hit the market. But I suppose it’s better late than never.