{"id":100791,"date":"2019-09-25T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/switch_is_getting_an_officially-licensed_mario_kart_racing_wheel"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:30:00","slug":"switch-is-getting-an-officially-licensed-mario-kart-racing-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/25\/switch-is-getting-an-officially-licensed-mario-kart-racing-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Is Getting An Officially-Licensed Mario Kart Racing Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad59b687ae02d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad59b687ae02d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mario Kart Racing Wheel\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad59b687ae02d\/mario-kart-racing-wheel.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad59b687ae02d\/mario-kart-racing-wheel.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart Racing Wheel\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Pre-orders for the Mario kart Racing Wheel are now available from Play-Asia (details can be found below in our original article):<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Article:<\/strong> Gaming accessory maker Hori is set to release a Mario Kart Racing Wheel for Nintendo Switch, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Two different versions of the wheel will be available, one being described as a &#8220;standard&#8221; model and the other being a more expensive deluxe model. The accessory will reportedly be compatible with both Nintendo Switch and PC, with functions from Switch&#8217;s Joy-Con and Pro Controllers being available as standard. It also comes with a foot pedal, as you can see in the images below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mkwheel2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b568ce2d9c877\/mkwheel2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b568ce2d9c877\/mkwheel2.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mkwheel2\"><\/a><a title=\"Mkwheel1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a19875a488ebb\/mkwheel1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a19875a488ebb\/mkwheel1.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mkwheel1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mkwheel3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84432e15a5291\/mkwheel3.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84432e15a5291\/mkwheel3.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mkwheel3\"><\/a><a title=\"Mkwheel4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/336043140e675\/mkwheel4.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/336043140e675\/mkwheel4.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mkwheel4\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Buttons on the racing wheel are remappable and there are also \u201cdeadzone adjustment\u201d and \u201creality adjustment\u201d options to alter the wheel&#8217;s turning radius. It only works in docked mode &#8211; although an extra USB accessory will reportedly enable the wheel to be used with Switch Lite &#8211; and the deluxe edition comes with some welcome extras like suction cups.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no news on a western release at the time of writing, although the racing wheel is planned to release in Japan this November. The standard option will be priced at 6,980 yen (approx. \u00a352 \/ $65), while the deluxe version will cost 13,980 yen (approx. \u00a3104 \/ $130).<\/p>\n<p>The wheel&#8217;s announcement conveniently comes on the release day of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/mario_kart_tour\"><strong>Mario Kart Tour<\/strong><\/a>, which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/mario_kart_tour_is_now_live_on_smartphones_but_good_luck_getting_to_play_it\">now available on smartphone devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fancy jumping into a spot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> with one of these bad boys? We promise to never say &#8216;bad boys&#8217; ever again.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Pre-orders for the Mario kart Racing Wheel are now available from Play-Asia (details can be found below in our original article): Original Article: Gaming accessory maker Hori is set to release a Mario Kart Racing Wheel for Nintendo Switch, it has been revealed. Two different versions of the wheel will be available, one being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}