{"id":116571,"date":"2020-08-11T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/hori_reveals_three_new_colours_for_its_split_pad_pro_switch_controller"},"modified":"2020-08-11T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:05:00","slug":"hori-reveals-three-new-colours-for-its-split-pad-pro-switch-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/11\/hori-reveals-three-new-colours-for-its-split-pad-pro-switch-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Hori Reveals Three New Colours For Its Split Pad Pro Switch Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c5a1ef67dae1e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c5a1ef67dae1e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Nintendo Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c5a1ef67dae1e\/nintendo-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c5a1ef67dae1e\/nintendo-switch.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As fantastic as it is to play the Switch in handheld mode, the Joy-Con setup can become a little cramped from time to time. If you&#8217;re seeking a more ergonomic gaming experience while you play Animal Crossing, Mario Kart or Zelda for hours on end, you can&#8217;t go past the Split Pad Pro by peripheral maker Hori.<\/p>\n<p>It was originally made available in one colour last October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/horis_pac-man_split_pad_pro_for_switch_is_so_gorgeous_we_want_to_gobble_it_up\">got a special PAC-MAN design last month<\/a>, and on 7th September will receive three more colours: Transparent Black, Midnight Blue and Volcanic Red (priced at $49.99 USD each). Take a look:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beef up your handheld experience with one of our NEW colors of the Split Pad Pro for Nintendo Switch. <br \/>\u30fbTransparent Black<br \/>\u30fbMidnight Blue<br \/>\u30fbVolcanic Red<br \/>Pre-orders coming soon! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HORI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HORI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Switch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Switch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SplitPadPro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SplitPadPro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M6KQQaIyRu\">pic.twitter.com\/M6KQQaIyRu<\/a><\/span>\u2014 HORI USA (@horiusainc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/horiusainc\/status\/1292966753539174400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As noted by Hori, preorders are coming soon &#8211; keep in mind this controller only works in handheld mode. Here&#8217;s what else we had to say about the Split Pad Pro in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/hardware_review_big_hands_meet_the_hori_split_pad_pro_for_switch\">our hardware review<\/a> last year:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Hori has come back with a new controller, catering once again to the Switch\u2019s Handheld player market: the Split Pad Pro. A larger, more ergonomic Joy-Con style controller that intends to give you the feeling of playing with a Pro Controller, but in <em>handheld<\/em> mode.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/ftc-disclosure\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-products article-products-list\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"image\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendolife.com\/p\/12801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/products\/12801\/100x100.jpg?v=76a53044bb5ad3e63648e6a618fa4fed\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-products article-products-list\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"image\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendolife.com\/p\/12802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/products\/12802\/100x100.jpg?v=49a4cbac7b088b9a760134d976760c72\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-products article-products-list\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"image\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendolife.com\/p\/12803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/products\/12803\/100x100.jpg?v=5681417d5e74f94249bfd744f6fb2033\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you think of this controller and the three new colours? <em>Leave a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As fantastic as it is to play the Switch in handheld mode, the Joy-Con setup can become a little cramped from time to time. If you&#8217;re seeking a more ergonomic gaming experience while you play Animal Crossing, Mario Kart or Zelda for hours on end, you can&#8217;t go past the Split Pad Pro by peripheral [&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-116571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116571","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=116571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}