{"id":105432,"date":"2019-12-12T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/convert_your_switch_into_a_portable_arcade_unit_with_gametechs_mini_arcade_stick"},"modified":"2019-12-12T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:15:00","slug":"convert-your-switch-into-a-portable-arcade-unit-with-gametechs-mini-arcade-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/convert-your-switch-into-a-portable-arcade-unit-with-gametechs-mini-arcade-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert Your Switch Into A Portable Arcade Unit With Gametech&#8217;s Mini Arcade Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b9af00edf3f1\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b9af00edf3f1\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">Supports standard and Lite models<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"authors last\">by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a> <span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <time class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2019-12-12T23:15:00+00:00\"><span>4 hours ago<\/span><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mini Arcade Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b9af00edf3f1\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b9af00edf3f1\/mini-arcade-stick.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Arcade Stick\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Switch has a lot to offer in terms of arcade experiences. There&#8217;s a growing list of fighting and shmup games being released on the system on a regular basis. On top of this, Hamster continues to add more titles to its Arcade Archives collection.<\/p>\n<p>Realising arcade gaming is alive and well on the Switch, accessory manufacturer Gametech has decided to release a Switch mini arcade stick. It&#8217;s compatible with both the standard Switch and Switch Lite system and maps all of the buttons to its own pad. There&#8217;s even a big analog stick to help recreate the magic of arcades and there&#8217;s no need for a power supply, as it runs directly off the Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list of features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plug and play<\/li>\n<li>Each button can set to turbo function<\/li>\n<li>Turbo function &#8211; Continuous fire function (15 fire\/secs)<\/li>\n<li>Non-slip rubber bottom<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mini Arcade Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ec038b9ca8da3\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ec038b9ca8da3\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Arcade Stick\"><\/a><a title=\"Mini Arcade Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f5d5622dca73c\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f5d5622dca73c\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Arcade Stick\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mini Arcade Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/323c2d2699db3\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/323c2d2699db3\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Arcade Stick\"><\/a><a title=\"Mini Arcade Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2218b91b9d99b\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2218b91b9d99b\/mini-arcade-stick.original.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Arcade Stick\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This accessory goes on sale in Japan next week, on 19th December and can be <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.play-asia.com\/mini-arcade-stick-for-nintendo-switch\/13\/70d681?affiliate_id=956097\" rel=\"nofollow\">pre-ordered now<\/a> from Play Asia.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.gamer.ne.jp\/news\/201912120090\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamer.ne.jp\/news\/201912120090\/\">gamer.ne.jp<\/a>, <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.perfectly-nintendo.com\/daily-news-december-12-round-2-fairy-tail-samurai-shodown\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectly-nintendo.com\/daily-news-december-12-round-2-fairy-tail-samurai-shodown\/\">perfectly-nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com\/nintendo-switch\/related-info\/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e @ 2019-12-13T03:23:10+00:00 --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supports standard and Lite models by Liam Doolan 4 hours ago The Switch has a lot to offer in terms of arcade experiences. There&#8217;s a growing list of fighting and shmup games being released on the system on a regular basis. On top of this, Hamster continues to add more titles to its Arcade Archives [&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-105432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105432","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=105432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}