{"id":53359,"date":"2018-10-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/hori_releasing_pikachu_themed_d-pad_joy-con_on_16th_november"},"modified":"2018-10-08T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T03:00:00","slug":"hori-releasing-pikachu-themed-d-pad-joy-con-on-16th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/08\/hori-releasing-pikachu-themed-d-pad-joy-con-on-16th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Hori Releasing Pikachu Themed D-Pad Joy-Con On 16th November"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/293c762909f44\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/293c762909f44\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Pika DPAD\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1de0c2483b8e5\/pika-dpad.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1de0c2483b8e5\/pika-dpad.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pika DPAD\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Japanese peripheral maker Hori is releasing a special Pikachu inspired D-Pad Joy-Con. Like the Mario and Zelda themed ones that <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/horis_mario_and_zelda_themed_d-pad_joy-con_limited_to_handheld_mode_arrives_locally_this_september\">arrived<\/a> earlier in the year, this left-hand Joy-Con is limited to handheld use &#8211; as noted on the game&#8217;s packaging. The price point is achieved by removing a number of features including Bluetooth, Gyrosensor, HD rumble a battery and the SL\/SR buttons. For anyone interested, the Joy-Con is now available to pre-order for $24.99 from <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HORI-Nintendo-Switch-D-Pad-Controller-Pikachu\/dp\/B07HMN7TVB?tag=nlife-20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon<\/a> and will be available alongside <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee\">Pok\u00e9mon: Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go, Eevee!<\/a><\/strong> on 16th November.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Pika Dpad Box\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/359770edb4d75\/pika-dpad-box.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/359770edb4d75\/pika-dpad-box.450x495.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Pika Dpad Box\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Pika Img 2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/edd6ce48bc5f7\/pika-img-2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/edd6ce48bc5f7\/pika-img-2.450x495.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Pika Img 2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last week, Hori <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/hori_releasing_new_range_of_pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee_switch_accessories\">revealed<\/a> a brand new line of Switch accessories also releasing on the same day as the latest Pok\u00e9mon games. There&#8217;s a nice selection of items including protective covers, carry cases, game card holders and even a funky looking Pok\u00e9 Ball Plus charging station. Here&#8217;s the full list of accessories available to order from Amazon Japan:<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like the look of Hori&#8217;s Pikachu themed Joy-Con? Do any of the other Hori accessories interest you? Are you a fan of the D-Pad Joy-Con? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese peripheral maker Hori is releasing a special Pikachu inspired D-Pad Joy-Con. Like the Mario and Zelda themed ones that arrived earlier in the year, this left-hand Joy-Con is limited to handheld use &#8211; as noted on the game&#8217;s packaging. The price point is achieved by removing a number of features including Bluetooth, Gyrosensor, HD [&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-53359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53359","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=53359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}