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  • - I've got something really cool

  • and special to show off today.

  • This just came in recently.

  • Now, if you saw yesterday's video

  • or you notice all the stuff behind me,

  • you'll know I've done a Zelda themed Nintendo Switch setup.

  • It's The Legend of Zelda and it's really rad

  • Those creatures from Ganon are pretty bad

  • - And to complete it, I wanted a very special Switch

  • to go with it so I talked to ColorWare

  • and got a custom designed one to match the theme.

  • Now, obviously I know what this looks like

  • 'cause I set up the order

  • but I haven't actually opened it yet

  • so I haven't seen the real thing physically

  • so let's go ahead and check it out right now.

  • Just open it up.

  • Oh, this is pretty.

  • Okay, so let's get.

  • So I wanted to do something

  • that was based more on Breath of the Wild specifically

  • 'cause that is the one for Switch

  • so for the main body,

  • I actually got it designed to match with Link's main tunic.

  • It's the one that you see on all

  • the different ads and stuff.

  • So this is the closet blue I could find.

  • I think they called it Paradise Blue.

  • I went for a matte finish

  • 'cause metallic just didn't look good to me

  • and then of course white trim for the Switch logo

  • which this looks a thousand times better

  • than the regular Switch, I'm sorry.

  • Black is always cool but this is so pretty.

  • Now, to match with that,

  • to go with a little more traditional Zelda to highlight it,

  • I got gold joy-cons.

  • Yeah, now this has metallic finish.

  • I mean, it kinda has to to get that gold look.

  • Let's see what it looks like all together.

  • That Switch sound is still so satisfying every time.

  • Yeah, that looks awesome.

  • I am so happy with how this actually turned out.

  • I mean, the picture looked cool but this, this is awesome.

  • One other thing that I got customized with this set,

  • cables and stuff don't really matter this time.

  • You guys have seen a Switch probably before.

  • You can also get the dock.

  • So I got the dock to match

  • with the same thing I did on the back.

  • Ooh.

  • So I mean, it's black on the back

  • but the front side is that same blue.

  • That's pretty.

  • I think this is gonna fit with this setup really nicely.

  • Now, as cool as this is,

  • this actually wasn't the first design I had.

  • I went through a whole lot of other ideas first

  • mainly 'cause while we knew we wanted to do

  • an ultimate Switch setup,

  • we didn't decide on the theme just yet

  • though Zelda was a very likely one.

  • So to begin with, one of the first designs

  • I actually went for was something

  • a little more generically Nintendo

  • and did one based on the original NES

  • where the main body was this gray

  • that was very close to white, the logo was red

  • which actually looked really cool

  • and I even used a black bar for the kickstand

  • to emulate that black bar on the original NES.

  • Another design idea I had was to actually go

  • with the Japanese Famicom where instead of that gray color,

  • it's more of an off-white cream

  • and you have a dark red cranberry mixed in

  • which actually might be my personal favorite design

  • out of all of those we've done but while that was cool,

  • we thought it might be better

  • to go for a more specific franchise

  • and before you get to Zelda,

  • the first one you have to do is Mario.

  • So for that one, I went for a red based body.

  • I did white on the logo to kinda match with Mario's hat

  • and I did blue joy-cons

  • to match the overalls that he wears and pants

  • but that one didn't really work

  • because when you looked at the Switch from the front,

  • you just had blue joy-cons and none of the red came through.

  • Doesn't really make you think of Mario.

  • Also at the same time, I did a Luigi design alternative

  • 'cause Luigi is the better brother.

  • So I worked through a couple other ideas.

  • I did a Metroid one that was red and orange.

  • I thought about maybe doing a Donkey Kong one

  • with brown and maybe a little yellow or red for the tie

  • but ultimately, we landed on Zelda being the best idea

  • since after all Breath of the Wild was the big launch title.

  • So I actually had two design ideas first

  • before hitting this on.

  • One was to go with a more traditional design

  • that I thought Nintendo would do

  • where it's a black Switch with gold highlights

  • which did look pretty cool but I didn't like really going

  • with a black back for the Switch

  • 'cause you already have black Switches.

  • It just didn't feel like anything unique or different

  • so instead I went for an idea

  • that was based specifically on Breath of the Wild

  • where I took ideas from Link's tunics.

  • So we have that blue design like this here

  • and then for the joy-cons,

  • I actually went for an asymmetric design

  • like the neon where it was light blue on one side,

  • white on the other which looked good

  • but I still missed having that gold

  • so I ended up deciding to collapse the two ideas

  • which led to this.

  • Now, I know I already kinda said this at the start

  • but I really wanna drive home

  • how insanely good the quality on this thing is.

  • I mean, I'm sure just seeing it you think it looks cool

  • but even feeling it in comparison

  • to an actual Nintendo Switch,

  • it doesn't really feel all that different.

  • I mean, it is paint so the texture is a slightly bit rougher

  • but not in any way that's actually uncomfortable.

  • I mean, you barely notice after using it for a little while

  • and if you showed this to someone

  • and didn't tell them it was a custom job,

  • people could easily believe

  • that this was some kind of special edition

  • that Nintendo released.

  • I mean, it's just awesome.

  • There is one other thing about it

  • that I almost forgot to mention

  • and that's I'm giving this one away.

  • So if you want a chance to own this thing,

  • check out the link down below in description

  • for all the details.

  • Also, if you haven't seen the Switch setup video,

  • all this crazy stuff happening behind me,

  • make sure you check that out as well

  • and I will see you guys later.

  • Cut to Link commercial.

  • (speaking foreign language)

- I've got something really cool

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