{"id":23391,"date":"2018-06-05T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_are_on_the_way_for_switch"},"modified":"2018-06-05T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T08:45:00","slug":"officially-licensed-gamecube-controllers-are-on-the-way-for-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/05\/officially-licensed-gamecube-controllers-are-on-the-way-for-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Officially-Licensed GameCube Controllers Are On The Way For Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_are_on_the_way_for_switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_are_on_the_way_for_switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"gamecubepowera.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_for_switch_are_on_the_way\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_for_switch_are_on_the_way\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"gamecubepowera.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Accessory maker PowerA has been particularly kind to fans of Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid platform, bringing a whole <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/these_officially-licensed_switch_controllers_look_absolutely_stunning\">collection of attractive, officially-licensed controllers<\/a> to the system featuring everyone&#8217;s favourite Nintendo characters. Now it seems to be targeting a slightly different audience and we can already hear the distant cheering and whooping.<\/p>\n<p>It would appear that these new, also officially-licensed GameCube controller designs will be headed to stores in the near future, bringing purple cube-shaped nostalgia along for the ride. The image above comes from\u00a0<a class=\"author may-blank id-t2_ahz4o\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Mew_The_Creator\">Mew_The_Creator<\/a> who explains that the boxes are mock-ups used at the facility where he works.\u00a0Sent by manufacturers, these mock-ups are used to plan product layouts in public stores, and therefore provide the facility with an understanding of how store shelves will look.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like PowerA will be releasing a new line of Mario-themed controllers, too. Another photograph from the facility shows the following designs, all of which feature slightly more subtle designs than those released in the recent wave mentioned above.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_for_switch_are_on_the_way\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/officially-licensed_gamecube_controllers_for_switch_are_on_the_way\/attachment\/1\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"mario-powera.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know about you, but those GameCube designs certainly look like they could be a great way to have some fun on the upcoming <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros\">Super Smash Bros. for Switch<\/a><\/strong>. Will you be grabbing any of these designs if they do indeed reach stores?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessory maker PowerA has been particularly kind to fans of Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid platform, bringing a whole collection of attractive, officially-licensed controllers to the system featuring everyone&#8217;s favourite Nintendo characters. Now it seems to be targeting a slightly different audience and we can already hear the distant cheering and whooping. It would appear that these new, [&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-23391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23391","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=23391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}