The holidays are a difficult time for thus many people, which is why the final three years having so many Pokémon releases has morphed right into a welcome consolation for me, slightly than seeming like a blatant money seize. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet shall be right here on Nov. 18, and Nintendo has launched a matching console in celebration.

The new themed Nintendo Switch is an OLED variant priced at $360—about $10 greater than the common OLED Switch, although you’re getting Pokémon branding throughout the board with it. The legendary Pokemon you may seize within the new video games, Koraidon and Miraidon, are featured on the OLED Switch dock. There are matching scarlet and violet-colored controllers, every emblazoned with the crest of every sport variant’s respective sect. The purple-ish Joy-Con options Uva Academy, whereas the red-but-almost-orange Joy-Con resembles Naranja Academy.

But the again of the Switch is the perfect half, because it additionally has emblazoned graphics. Fuecoco, Quaxly, and Sprigatito, the three starter Pokémon obtainable within the sport, are part of the console’s bodily design. It seems critically cool when the Joy-Cons are docked on both facet. All the brand new Pokémon represented within the designs are part of the Paldea area, the place the brand new Scarlet and Violet video games happen.

This type of particular version console launch is par for the course for Nintendo, which has launched different Pokémon-themed variations of the Switch. During the Let’s Go period, you can discover a first-generation Nitnendo Switch with Pikachu and Eevee. And when Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl had been launched, Nintendo made a darkish grey Dialga and Palkia version of the Switch Lite.

The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet-themed OLED Switch is accessible now. Nintendo is presently taking orders on its web site, although you should buy it via a number of different collaborating retailers. I’m nonetheless making an attempt to justify the acquisition to myself, as I’ve the Super Mario-themed model of the unique Nintendo Switch plus a Nintendo Switch Lite mendacity dormant in my bed room upstairs. Do I want the OLED variant to be blissful? Probably not. But I’m a sucker for something Pokémon.