If there’s one character inDragon Ballthat could be considered to have the most iconic design out of everyone in the series, it would be theEternal Dragon, Shenron. Even beyond theDragon Ballfranchise, Shenron easily stands out as one of the most iconic dragons in fiction just based on his design alone.
From tattoos to other showcases, if fans want to display their love for theDragon Ballseries, Shenron often ends up being the guy they go to. Keeping along with the trend of using Shenron to show support for the franchise then, a fan has placed the dragon’s likeness on his Nintendo Switch in both a creative and simple way.
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The fan, Reddit user Van_Inhale, then posted his creation on Reddit for everyone to see. By taking two green Joy-Con’s and replacing their joystick grips with one’s designed after the One-starDragon Ball, Van_Inhale created a handheld Nintendo Switch theme that looks strongly reminiscent ofShenron.
The scheme of the theme works through strong hints. It doesn’t feature Shenron anywhere on the console but still manages to invoke thoughts of the dragon through just its green color and theDragon Balljoysticks. Shenron’s iconic design andassociation with theDragon Ballsallow the theme to work as well as it does.
Obviously, this isn’t an officially licensedDragon Ball Zdesign for the Nintendo Switch. Van_Inhale created this using green-based Joy-Cons andDragon Balljoystick grips he purchased from a site called “grooves land” (they have the Four-star Dragon Ball design as well). It’s likely possible to find a Nintendo Switch hardcover skin featuringDragon Ball Z, though.Fans have a way of showing support for the properties they love through artwork, andDragon Ballis famous enough that not having a design for it on the Nintendo Switch would be surprising.
Dragon Ballalso happens to be prominent enough throughout Nintendo’s consoles that it would probably be possible to find an officially licensed design somewhere, too. On the other hand, however, Nintendo can be pretty stiff when it comes to focusing on properties not concerning its originals, so the opposite of the previous statement could be just as likely.
Sadly, Van_Inhale’s trick wouldn’t work on the Nintendo Switch Lite do to it only coming in three colors: yellow, gray, and turquoise. Maybe in the future, Nintendo will release more colors for the Lite, with green being one of them.
