Nintendo Switch: stand-alone blue-and-yellow Fortnite Joy-Cons on the way

Nintendo Switch: stand-alone blue-and-yellow Fortnite Joy-Cons on the way

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Nintendo has unveiled a new Joy-Con set with a Fortnite theme and it will be available later this summer. The Joy-Con set features a new blue Joy-Con with a distinctive Fortnite “F” on the back and a new yellow Joy-Con with the face of Peely, the banana on it. The Joy-Con controllers contain 500 V-Bucks and the Fleet Force bundle and it will go on sale on June 4th.

Fortnite Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Fleet Force Bundle

At the time of this writing, pre-orders are not yet available. As for cosmetics in the game and what the Fleet Force bundle actually includes, a new glider is unlocked and a set of special pickaxes. A price has not yet been announced for the new Joy-Con, but a similar limited edition Joy-Con has sold for the usual $ 79.99.

The company unveiled a special version of the Switch console with similar Joy-Con last year, based on Fortnite, and although this newly announced pair of Joy-Con looks similar, it is slightly different. This time, the left-hand Joy-Con is blue while the right-hand side is yellow, and unlike the Fortnite Switch edition Joy-Con, the blue controller of this set does not contain the battle bus. The yellow Joy-Con of this set does contain the face of Peely the Banana, which was not found on last year’s yellow Fortnite Joy-Con.

Read more about Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch this story about the Fortnite Switch bundle from last year’s limited edition and then read how Fortnite was downloaded on almost half of all Switch consoles worldwide. If you’re not yet playing the game on Switch, check out our guide on how to download Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch and check out IGN’s current list of all special edition Joy-Con.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide for IGN. You can follow him Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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