{"id":116089,"date":"2020-07-31T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/alt_labs_smash_stick_kickstarter_campaign_is_now_live"},"modified":"2020-07-31T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T05:30:00","slug":"alt-labs-smash-stick-kickstarter-campaign-is-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/31\/alt-labs-smash-stick-kickstarter-campaign-is-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt Lab&#8217;s Smash Stick Kickstarter Campaign Is Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/770449456803a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/770449456803a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Smash Stick\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/770449456803a\/smash-stick.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/770449456803a\/smash-stick.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"505\" alt=\"Smash Stick\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Are you in need of a new arcade stick that supports all sorts of games including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/super_smash_bros\"><strong>Super Smash Bros<\/strong><\/a>? Then why not show your support for the Smash Stick. It&#8217;s an analog arcade stick that reads subtle inputs that are not possible on digital sticks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/introducing_the_smash_stick_a_fight_stick_specially_designed_for_super_smash_bros\">We covered it here on Nintendo Life earlier this year<\/a>, and now the official Kickstarter page has gone live. It&#8217;s not even been 24 hours yet, and it&#8217;s already on track to reach its $70,000 funding goal. If this goal is achieved in less than 48 hours, Smash Stick backers will receive a free clear acrylic panel and Kickstarter exclusive artwork. More stretch goals will be revealed soon.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The standard retail bundle is priced at $249 USD and includes the following items: 1 Retail Smash Stick, 1 Detachable Nintendo 64 Cable, 1 Detachable GameCube Cable, 1 Detachable USB Cable, Smash Stick Stretch Goals (Earned During Campaign). This is expected to ship in May next year. Or, for $495 USD, there&#8217;s the Beta Bundle. It includes a limited edition beta build Smash Stick 6 months before release and ships in November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This new product from Alt Lab Controllers has been in development for six years and is compatible with the following systems: Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, Switch, PC, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. It also features remappable controls and there&#8217;s remap software that keeps the controller up-to-date, too.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be backing this? <em>Leave a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you in need of a new arcade stick that supports all sorts of games including Super Smash Bros? Then why not show your support for the Smash Stick. It&#8217;s an analog arcade stick that reads subtle inputs that are not possible on digital sticks. We covered it here on Nintendo Life earlier this year, [&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-116089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116089","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=116089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}