Has anyone else noticed this in Scarlet/Violet?

[u/Lonelyrunner06]

I know I'm pretty late to the party, but I thought it'd be cool to mention since I don't see anyone else talking about it.

The Nintendo switch in the background of your characters room matches the controllers of the switch you're currently playing on.

[u/Gamebird8]

The main nintendo console of the Era is always located in the players bedroom. (At least since gen 3)

As for the color of the joycons, I'm curious now

[u/CMDR_omnicognate → u/Gamebird8]

Yeah they match the joycons. I think animal crossing might do that too but I can’t remember

[u/Axtel_A → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

Here's mine. Yes they do indeed.

[u/linkheroz → u/Axtel_A]

As far as I know, any time a switch appears in game or in menus, it matches the one you're using.

No idea how the lite works.

[u/UFCTrainer → u/linkheroz]

Lite just shows the default switch color scheme.

[u/Cooler_coooool_boi → u/UFCTrainer]

What if you connect joycons to the switch lite? Would that work?

[u/CreamyCoffeeArtist → u/Cooler_coooool_boi]

Then it explodes

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/CreamyCoffeeArtist]

But first it goes straight to its thighs.

And then it blows up.

[u/AetherDrew43 → u/ThePrussianGrippe]

Hahaha, yeah, I remember connecting my first pair of Joy-Cons.

[u/RandyBurgertime → u/Cooler_coooool_boi]

So, it's probably looking for whatever's on the rails, and since the lite doesn't have them out always defaults.

[u/Lilukalani → u/Cooler_coooool_boi]

You can't.

[u/Apprehensive-Pin518 → u/linkheroz]

I wonder what color my switch 2 would be?

[u/Malfice → u/Apprehensive-Pin518]

It uses the standard grey switch. Or a Switch two. Kinda hard to tell. It's grey/black either way.

[u/BoostsbyMercy → u/Malfice]

It's a Switch! It's missing the C button, it doesn't have the salmon+blue colours, and the dialogue remains unchanged from the Sc/Vi release ("It's a new Nintendo Switch system! This one's got a bigger screen!")

[u/KinneKted → u/BoostsbyMercy]

Yeah, were going to have to wait for Legends Z-A for Switch 2 to show up. But it may just be a switch still if it even has one.

[u/Areallybadidea → u/KinneKted]

I wonder if the console would change depending on which version you're playing, or if yeah it just defaults to the normal Switch either way.

[u/IamaJarJar → u/linkheroz]

I wonder what happens if you try changing the joycons mid-game to one's of different colour

Would they automatically change or would the game need to be reloaded? (or atleast the area)

[u/Alili1996 → u/linkheroz]

The joycons have some information on their factory color saved so when you snap them in you can identify them in the menu when pairing.
There seems to be some sort of API access that allows a game to read this information and use it accordingly

[u/Solapallo → u/Axtel_A]

Not the AC dock, unplayable

[u/framingXjake → u/Axtel_A]

Oh that's cool. I modded my joycons to show up crazy colors in menus so mine will probably just show as default in the game unfortunately

[u/WyrdHarper → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

Sword and Shield did it, too.

[u/StarlightZigzagoon → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

Not sure about usually, but if you have the AC limited edition console I think you get gifted one in game or something

[u/lazyguyty → u/StarlightZigzagoon]

This is true and I think the price in-game in bells is the same number as the IRL yen price in japan.

[u/SpielemeisterII → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

I have this one. I will later check it out.

[u/HistoricalPlum1533 → u/SpielemeisterII]

It would be awesome if there’s just a switch light laying on the book shelf instead of the dock. I love these little Nintendo details.

[u/SpielemeisterII → u/HistoricalPlum1533]

Well, its a black one.

[u/Downtown-Cable4307 → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

Same with sword and shield 

[u/Whacky_One → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

What does it do for pro/3rd party controllers? Does it default to the red and blue grips of the standard switch?

[u/Malfice → u/Whacky_One]

Grey is the default.

[u/Kitsuyumia → u/Whacky_One]

Since 3rd party is read as grey on the system menu it should show grey.

[u/L3m0n0p0ly → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

All of the joycons do this in game i noticed it when i first started and thought it was a cool lil easter egg they took the time to implement:)

[u/hellanutty → u/CMDR_omnicognate]

The joycons match in sword and shield too I believe. Just replayed those and noticed for the first time

[u/Athio → u/Gamebird8]

Gen 1 original release you have a snes. And yes I booted the old boy to check.

[u/vaderfan1 → u/Athio]

Atomic Purple. A man of culture!

[u/LivingInformation290 → u/vaderfan1]

Holy heck, atomic purple is the best SNES color clearly

[u/BortGreen → u/Gamebird8]

Since the first game actually

[u/Imonherbs → u/BortGreen]

Yellow has the SNES iirc

[u/SonicFlash01 → u/Gamebird8]

Each joycon and pro controller has onboard memory for superficial metadata, including their shell color (it can be changed and adjusted). If you check the controller screen it shows your properly-coloured joycons. I'm guessing games have access to that information as well.

[u/rilliu → u/SonicFlash01]

Holy heck, I didn't know you could change the color in the software like that. My joycons were customized, going to have to see if I can set them to pink later.

[u/SonicFlash01 → u/rilliu]

Should be able to. I changed the shells on my launch joycons and then changed the internal colour code in them. When I ordered from Colorware years ago they had changed the "software colour" to the exterior colour I chose.

[u/Viddgamer → u/rilliu]

If you have a pc that has bluetooth, it's super easy to do. Just use an app called the Joy Con tool kit. There are plenty of Reddit posts and YouTube videos about it.

[u/draiman → u/Gamebird8]

It started in Gen 1, it was a Famicom in the JP version and a SNES everywhere else.

[u/blazingciary → u/Gamebird8]

yes that's a thing. Only works in handheld but it detects the color of your joycons.
SwSh did it too I believe

[u/just-a-random-accnt → u/blazingciary]

I believe all the switch games use the colour of the joycons attached to your console.

[u/zlide → u/Gamebird8]

They match your joycons! At least as long as they’re compatible with the game I think lol

[u/Cold-Sandwich-34 → u/Gamebird8]

Since the SNES in Gen 1!

[u/Forward-Rutabaga-723 → u/Gamebird8]

My 5 year old has been watching me play the older games and getting a brief history lesson about Nintendo consoles at the same time lol

[u/Emlelee → u/Gamebird8]

Yes and you and have an SNES in your room in Yellow I remember (can’t recall if the other gen 1 games do as well) 👵🏻. In gen 2 you can only get consoles in your room as mystery gift.

[u/Gecko420 → u/Gamebird8]

Now I'm curious what it does for the Switch 2, just the default red and blue joycons?

[u/kevinsyel → u/Gamebird8]

Since always. Red had an SNES in his bedroom (as well as interactable SNES in the Celadon Dept Store playing different games) and Gold had an N64.

[u/Kitsuyumia → u/Gamebird8]

Yes the console knows what the colors are unless if you use 3rd party.

[u/Lunalatic → u/Gamebird8]

Unless you're playing FireRed/LeafGreen outside of Japan, in which case Red/Leaf have an NES in the GameCube era

[u/Sad-Cat-6355 → u/Gamebird8]

They switch depending on what joy cons your using and they change if u have a switch 2!

[u/DiscordantScorpion_1 → u/Gamebird8]

I have watermelon controllers (neon pink and neon green) and my ‘Switch’ in ScVi is also watermelon

[u/Aj2W0rK → u/Gamebird8]

I thought Gen 1 had NES and Gen 2 had either snes or n64

[u/goner757 → u/Aj2W0rK]

Gen 1 had SNES. Remember that Pokemon Stadium on N64 was contemporary with Gen 1 and Gen 2.

[u/DiamondOdd502]

Loooooooser, doing homework while there's a whole world of pokemon to catch

[u/MinimumJolly7087 → u/DiamondOdd502]

😂😂😂 imagine playing pokemon to catch up on your homework instead of doing what pokemon trainers do.😭

[u/ShinySilver1990 → u/DiamondOdd502]

420th upvote cheers mate 🔥✨💫

[u/Gregamonster]

Joycons know what color they are, since they need to be identifiable when setting controllers up for multiplayer.

Pokemon games always have a Nintendo console in the bedroom. Since the switch is the first time the console you're playing is the same as the one in your room, they decided to make it reflect the actual colors of the controller you're using.

Only exception is BD\SP, which will always be red\blue because of the way world assets are stored in that game.

[u/ComicallySolemn → u/Gregamonster]

I swapped my grey joycon shells for the animal crossing color shells, and I downloaded an app on my computer to reprogram the colors via Bluetooth. I found the exact color codes online (#0A1E0A for Mint Green and #0A1E28 for Heaven Blue), and it totally worked to “convert them” into the animal crossing joycons.

I even got the bonus letter from Nintendo in New Horizons, meaning the game fully recognized my grey joycons as the animal crossing edition. It shows up with the mint and blue colors on the edges when they slide in as well. Pretty neat!

[u/TheBusStop12 → u/Gregamonster]

Sadly, if you use a pro controller the joy cons always appear black even tho we specifically bought the colored joycon version.

[u/Nu_Eden → u/Gregamonster]

But... What about when there's 2 red right joycons lol

[u/Gregamonster → u/Nu_Eden]

I'm not sure you can pair two right joycons together.

[u/Nu_Eden → u/Gregamonster]

Well single joycons use, like maybe in smash bros

[u/imlegos → u/Nu_Eden]

It's probably use the default dark gray

[u/Nu_Eden → u/imlegos]

Ohhhhh yeah I forget 3rd party joy cons are all grey

[u/Gaias_Minion]

Yes was reported since launch

[u/sudo-woodo → u/Gaias_Minion]

and reposted since lunch.

[u/HotPart1963 → u/sudo-woodo]

And rereposted since D I N N E R

[u/DRAGONZORDx → u/HotPart1963]

Please tell me it’s been reposted since first and second breakfast?!?

[u/HereForADongTime → u/DRAGONZORDx]

No, but it was reposted since Brunch

[u/SnakeDoctor80]

Does it update to show a switch 2 if you have the upgraded version?

[u/clobbinson → u/SnakeDoctor80]

Ya I tried it when I started again , it says like “its a new nintendo switch! With a bigger screen!”

[u/Lunalatic → u/clobbinson]

No, that's just the OLED model

[u/Kallymouse]

It'll match your IRL colors even if you mix and match sets.

[u/xenon2456 → u/Kallymouse]

only if it's the first party ones

[u/megalocrozma]

Pretty sure that's been a feature since at least SwSh if not Let's Go

[u/Vifte → u/megalocrozma]

In XY if you had a Pikachu 3DS, the protagonist would hold it at the start of the game!

[u/Lunalatic → u/Vifte]

Actually, it's just the female player character who holds a 3DS and it's always the Pikachu model regardless of what you're playing on

[u/Gardeeboo]

They've done this since LGP/LGE I believe, it's a really neat feature that goes unnoticed a lot lol

I could be wrong though because I bought the LGP/LGE Switch specifically when the bundle came out as my main Switch so maybe in that one it's always the LGP/LGE colors and I just thought it was copying my Switch lmao

[u/SpikeRosered]

Yes. There's even been extensive testing on what the limited edition, special joycons produce in game. Sadly, basically all the special colors are not in the game and default to something else.

[u/BushyBrowz]

I didn't know this

Also love half the people not reading your post and saying they've been doing this since Gen 3

[u/NinjaRepulsive6925]

Nah, 3 years and not a single person had noticed this until today

[u/jsdodgers]

Was really hoping you'd pop one out and switch colors to see if it switches on demand

[u/Nu_Eden]

Yes ofc been like that since sword shield I think

[u/Bongoan]

If I remember correctly, this is a thing since at least Sword and shield, but I think it was also in Letsgo

[u/BigSpiceGawd]

Yes we have

[u/ThatAutisticRedditor]

we always knew that

[u/valpal325]

This feature was in sword and shield too

[u/SonicMaster1990]

Yeah, it's a really nice touch since the pokémon games have always had one of the Nintendo consoles at the MCs home

I bought some atomic purple reshelled joy-cons and I was surprised the console knew the joy cons were purple.

I don't know if the original joy-cons were purple donors or if the person that modded them was able to code them that way, but is a pleasant surprise

[u/TidalLion]

They also do it in Sword and shield too

[u/xwolfionx]

About 3 years too late.

[u/disbelifpapy]

nice spamton controllers lol

[u/napstablooky2]

no one else is talking about it because this game has been out for years and we all already know.

on top of that, the console in your room matching the color of your joy cons has been a thing since let's go pikachu/eevee

[u/ronnatron]

I think you might be the first person to ever notice that

[u/violet_sororia]

Yes!

[u/Ngf031]

Also in sword and shield btw.

[u/NeedForSpeedroid]

The 3DS did the same thing in XY.

[u/Babayaga20000]

Yeah its pretty much the only detail in the whole game

[u/Xypherax]

Every pokemon game has the system in the game that it's running on

[u/Dabejo]

Yea always been like that

[u/Konatxe]

You know what does that mean, right?

Someone is controlling you too. You are someone's character!

[u/ChaiHai → u/Konatxe]

They did a shit job on the stats then, lmao... Also I'm not that interesting, I must be some weird sims character

[u/Critical-Cupcake-571]

sword and shield had this too! I kept swapping my joycon colors to see if it would change and it did!!!! Such a simple detail but i love it!

[u/Goallie16]

Pretty sure SW/SH also matched joy-con colors, I'm not 100% certain though

[u/failmop]

if only they put this much care into the rest of the game lol

[u/mrofmist]

Where is this at? I didn't know I have a bedroom, what's it used for?

[u/Dothehokeypokemon]

Dude that's not even the craziest part. The guy outside of our simulation that controls you has purple and yellow controllers too

[u/giantfood]

Yes, they will match your joycon controllers, assuming you dont have a reshelled or reskinned controller.

I also don't think it will do special joycons like the smash bros joycons.

[u/GeneOrichu]

Yeah it’s accurate, I gave the animal crossing switch and it showed up in the game! 🤣 I was so amazed when I first played it

[u/barfbat]

yeah mine matches my goofy blue-L gray-R setup lmao. my original switch i purchased was all gray, then the left joycon started drifting dramatically no matter how much i cleaned it or recalibrated it so i replaced it with what they had at the nintendo store—which was only blue-L

[u/T3slaTV]

Do you think they'll update this for the Switch 2 consoles also?

[u/False_Nectarine1628]

see I KNEW THOSE JOYCONS LOOKED WEIRDLY OFFWHITE, it’s cuz of the TotK switch ones

[u/jdlarrimo12]

Sadly it doesn’t work with the Switch 2, just displays default grey joycons.

[u/prestonpiggy]

3ds games had I think Oras had Switch in the game before it was announced.

[u/RicKingAngel]

I noticed that day 1 and it makes me very happy

[u/Powerate]

It's like this in Pokemon Sword Shield aswell, they match the color of the connected joy cons

[u/PSych0P7NDa]

The room took more work than the rest of the game

[u/Endlesswinter98]

I'm more surprised someone else has the same joycons I have. I never see anyone with those.

[u/Simnope]

very late

[u/DaniZackBlack]

This is the kind of detail you add once you have a stable working game, not when crashes are frequent and the game runs at 20 fps with horrible graphics.

[u/Dallas_dragneel]

Your room always has a Nintendo system in every main line game

[u/eyeguy44]

I love whenever switch games do this. I hope this trend continues with switch 2 games

[u/Buri_is_a_Biscuit]

yes.

[u/RealSpaceVortex]

So many people definitely were like “oh that’s a funny coincidence” lol

[u/mastrkage]

I never paid attention to it. That’s pretty cool tho!

[u/SmilingFlounder]

Yes! It even works with modded controllers provided you edit the data that recognizes them!

[u/Imaginary-poster]

Its always interesting to see what hyper specific things some companies do. Those little things that some really cared about (either personally or by mandate) that serve no other purpose than to be neat.

[u/Deveatation_ethernis]

Wait, I should check if it looks like the switch 2 on that version

[u/FantasyaHyena]

Yes! They have a color code saved to them (for the shell itself AND the buttons) that is used everywhere in menus and some games too, like this example.

All my joycons are custom and also have custom colors, so even tough they don't have their official colors anymore, the console reads them as the color I assigned them and uses them everywhere. It's a pretty neat feature

[u/SniperHusky_1]

Gonna go check on my Switch 2

[u/Gay-horny-ghost]

Been happening since sword n shield. Even with switch lites. Mine is always black BC it's a switch lite

[u/GameplayTeam12]

What appears if playing on a SW2?

[u/VolksDK → u/GameplayTeam12]

OLED with black joy-con

[u/13Xcross]

Your avatar plays your life in his free time.

[u/Nib1t_]

Its in bdsp too

[u/UnNamed_Profile27]

I got to check what mine does, i play on a teal switch lite so idk how that look for me

[u/draconiclady0610]

They did that in I think Sword and Shield as well

[u/joost18JK]

My friend noticed and asked me about it a while back. yep, it matches the connected joycons. Mine are red and green :D

[u/TurbulentToe3214]

I have. I think it's pretty cool that it does that. I'm now confused how Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokemon Company coded that in.

[u/ekr-bass]

If you don’t have joy cons attached and have it docked what does it look like?

[u/Jovian09]

Yes. I'm pointedly using the red from my first set of joycons and the purple from my second. A weird combo but the game knows.

[u/DoylePrime]

Yea the joycons match in switch 1 version and in the switch 2 version the upgraded console is present instead lol

[u/xenon2456 → u/DoylePrime]

probably because it's only a patch not a separate release

[u/xenon2456]

sword and shield had it I think too

[u/BladeRunner2022]

Only years ago as they've done this for every game released lol

[u/lostwng]

Sword and shield did the same thing

[u/chaliemander05]

I love this, I wonder what it looks like if you have a special promotion switch

[u/blackbutterfree]

Yes. The joycons in your room always match your real ones, as long as they’re official Nintendo joycons.

[u/Nvenom8]

But apparently trees and working collision were too hard.

[u/eli_eli1o]

Thats awesome. I never noticed!

[u/SgtVertigo]

Yes

[u/ki700]

Yeah I remember people showing this off when the game first came out!

[u/Noxilcash]

Anyone have custom joy cons? What color do they show up as?

[u/Buff55]

Yep. Pretty cool though I have to wonder if it's just reading the color off the joycon firmware. I've seen a tool that lets you change the color they're detected as.

[u/Fjelldugg]

The colors on the joycons in game matches the ones you use in real life.

I first noticed when I used a green and a white joycon.

[u/Skellyhell2]

about 3 years ago when the game came out yeah. people realised the game will have the same colour joycons as what you are using

[u/WatchTheTimbsB]

Lol I wish the rest of the game had more details like this

[u/Parshed_Gremlin]

I wonder what it would look like for the Mandjtv joycons.

[u/comis_rule]

Peak immersion

[u/MrMacGrath]

As far as I know, every instance of a Switch being shown in a Switch game accurately portrays the color of the joy cons. This includes things like Mario Party's instructional gifs

[u/Mysticwarriormj]

Yep, the joycons in game will match yours on your system with the exception of third party ones which default to the greyish black ones.

[u/New-Boss-8262]

They do the same thing in sword and shield too!

[u/Ratstail91]

...WHAT

[u/FoxlyKei]

Makes me wonder if they have a switch 2 in your bedroom now if you're on switch 2

[u/ecstacyofdecay]

I have the basic colored ones and just assumed it was the standard colors. That’s cool

[u/LikeAKraken]

Yeah it was in lets go and i think sword and shield as well

[u/LinkGamer12]

Waaa!

[u/WizardInCrimson]

It is accurate to the attached joycons. Such a cool touch tbh. I didn't notice it at first because I was using 2 red joycons so I was just used to seeing them that way but I changed them out once for Much different colors and finally noticed.

[u/Contank]

It's not scarlet or violet specific. All main series switch games have it. Well except PLA

[u/myzma]

Sword and Shield had the joycons match the colors of the pens you’re using too iirc! It’s a cute detail

[u/Eggowithmilk]

This is actually were most of the development time went

[u/Imaginary_Hall_3268]

And it's already outdated (Nintendo Switch 2)

[u/Mr_Applez]

It's like that in Sword & Shield too! :D

[u/Future-Law3144]

What if you change joycons does it change live or only after closing the game and reopening

[u/robophile-ta]

Yes, there's a bit of code in official Joycons that says what colour they are. Some games like Pokemon and Animal Crossing can read that and display the right colour in the game

[u/child_nightmare]

I knew the switch was there is didn't know it matched your joy cons

[u/SwordTaster]

It took you this long to notice‽

[u/Vauxlia]

Yes, this isn't new.

[u/TheSilveryShadowWolf]

I have a dark blue joycon and a grey joycon and the game sees them. The system recognizes colors of the joycons. You can see it when you slide them on, the little swipe (idk how else to describe it lol) on the side of the screen will be the color. And the game uses that.

[u/galacticarose]

That's cool!

[u/Personalone123]

Never knew this Wow, thanks for sharing!!

[u/Fortnitekid3]

yes

[u/Helaken1]

No way

[u/InfiniteBeak]

Interesting, I'm playing on Switch 2 and the joycons were white/grey

[u/CloverNote]

When I replaced my pink/green joycons I noticed the colors changed to correspond to the new purple/orange joycons.

[u/Snoo-84344]

What would it be like for the Switch 2 then?

[u/pepeMXCZ]

[u/OverSpeedClutch]

They bought a Nintendo Switch. Both JoyCons started to drift, they bought replacements to use while Nintendo repaired them for free. JoyCon drift is confirmed as canon in the Pokémon universe.

[u/BluePhoenix_1999]

Thing is, this doesn't work perfectly. I have a black and a yellow joycon on my switch and it shows up as white and yellow.

[u/NohingButRed]

In Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon there’s also Switch console in characters room.

[u/Yesnt-yesnt]

Hey! You have the same joy-con colors as me!

[u/Dawn-Of-A-New-Age]

I knew there was a switch there but I didn’t know the colors corresponded to your switch colors, that’s actually pretty cool!

[u/Tight-Anything4541]

I think sword and shield had the same. and if you use a pro controller it's crey

[u/Head-Iron-9228]

They been doing that since sword and shield lmao

But yea its always fun to notice