When the Switch 2 was first unveiled, it was pretty clear that Nintendo viewed it as a continuity of the first Switch, from every angle. The name made that obvious, but the design was also very familiar, albeit with a new, darker and arguably more mature colour scheme.
It's that colour scheme that has come into focus in the last week, because while I was away in the maelstrom of hands-on time and showcases that was CES 2026, Nintendo announced its first new Joy-Cons for the Switch 2, and they're basically a huge disappointment.
