{"id":36159,"date":"2018-07-27T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_mario_and_zelda_themed_d-pad_joy-con_limited_to_handheld_mode_arrives_locally_this_september"},"modified":"2018-07-27T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T22:50:00","slug":"horis-mario-and-zelda-themed-d-pad-joy-con-limited-to-handheld-mode-arrives-locally-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/27\/horis-mario-and-zelda-themed-d-pad-joy-con-limited-to-handheld-mode-arrives-locally-this-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Hori&#8217;s Mario And Zelda Themed D-Pad Joy-Con Limited To Handheld Mode Arrives Locally This September"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_mario_and_zelda_themed_d-pad_joy-con_limited_to_handheld_mode_arrives_locally_this_september\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_mario_and_zelda_themed_d-pad_joy-con_limited_to_handheld_mode_arrives_locally_this_september\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Hori Handheld Controller.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_mario_and_zelda_themed_d-pad_joy-con_controllers_limited_to_handheld_mode_arrive_locally_this_september\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_mario_and_zelda_themed_d-pad_joy-con_controllers_limited_to_handheld_mode_arrive_locally_this_september\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Hori Handheld Controller.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Japanese peripheral maker Hori was only in the headlines recently, <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_d-pad_joy-con_controllers_are_eating_up_that_precious_switch_battery_life\">warning<\/a> customers about a Switch battery-draining issue currently linked to its left-hand Joy-Con featuring a full D-Pad arrangement. While we got the <em>official<\/em> word from the manufacturer this would be fixed prior to the controller&#8217;s release in Western markets, the latest news is it will be arriving locally in September for $25.00.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes via IGN, with the other part of the reveal being the controller will be available in Zelda and Mario-themed designs. Obviously, this isn&#8217;t the first themed controller Hori has worked on, with the accessory manufacturer also recently <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/hori_announces_three_new_gamecube-inspired_controllers_for_nintendo_switch\">revealing<\/a> Mario, Zelda and Pikachu design for GameCube-inspired Pro Controllers.<\/p>\n<p>Some vital information that appears to have been <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/your_prayers_have_been_answered_hori_is_making_a_joy-con_with_a_proper_d-pad\">forgotten<\/a>\u00a0is the fact the controller is for handheld use only, as can be seen on the packaging above. According to the source, the low price point of the Hori left-hand Joy-Con has been achieved by excluding a number of features including Bluetooth, Gyrosensor, HD rumble, a battery and the SL\/SR buttons. As a result, this makes traditional couch play with the controller impossible as it is unable to be used with a grip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you tempted by either of these left-hand Joy-Con controllers? Are you still concerned about the battery-draining issue or are you surprised the controller is limited to the Switch&#8217;s portable mode? Tell us below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese peripheral maker Hori was only in the headlines recently, warning customers about a Switch battery-draining issue currently linked to its left-hand Joy-Con featuring a full D-Pad arrangement. While we got the official word from the manufacturer this would be fixed prior to the controller&#8217;s release in Western markets, the latest news is it [&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-36159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36159","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=36159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}