Shiny New Joy-Cons
If Nintendo is smart and wants to literally print money in 2018, new Joy-con variants seem a smart way to go. Last year saw the release of a few new colors in the Splatoon and Mario Joy-Con editions but this is just a small piece of the pie. Fans will obviously still go crazy for new controller colors, they always have, but Nintendo finds itself in a very new unique position in that it has a back-catalogue of beloved legacy controllers to pull designs from. Imagine GameCube Joy-Cons featuring that signature yellow C-stick, or even an N64-themed line donned with bespoke buttons. From purely cosmetic themes to more in depth configuration options, there’s a lot the company could do with the humble Joy-Con.
Nintendo can make subtle design changes to the Joy-Con and in turn do what they do best, turn nostalgia into cash. Being that each side of Joy-Con can be different, the possibilities for different combinations are endless. 2018 will absolutely see new designs in one form of another, most likely tied in with the launch of whatever flagship titles Nintendo has up their sleeves for this year.
