{"id":95856,"date":"2019-06-28T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/06\/a_sonic_gamecube_controller_for_nintendo_switch_is_on_the_way_this_summer"},"modified":"2019-06-28T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:35:00","slug":"a-sonic-gamecube-controller-for-nintendo-switch-is-on-the-way-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/28\/a-sonic-gamecube-controller-for-nintendo-switch-is-on-the-way-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sonic GameCube Controller For Nintendo Switch Is On The Way This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24488baf3252b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24488baf3252b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Soniccontroller\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24488baf3252b\/soniccontroller.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24488baf3252b\/soniccontroller.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Soniccontroller\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A retailer listing has revealed that the next GameCube-inspired Switch controller from gaming accessory maker PDP will feature a design based on none other than <strong>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The controller looks set to join PDP&#8217;s Wired Fight Pad Pro Controller collection, which already has designs featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/pre-orders_are_now_open_for_these_customisable_gamecube_controllers_for_switch\">Mario, Zelda, and Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/pdp_launches_luigi_and_peach_gamecube_controllers_for_nintendo_switch\">Luigi and Peach<\/a>. Just like the previous designs, this Sonic controller comes with a 10-foot USB cable and a detachable C-stick, which can be swapped out for a more traditional style stick (which you can see in the images below) if you prefer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Sonic1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a3728b6adf9e2\/sonic1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a3728b6adf9e2\/sonic1.original.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic1\"><\/a><a title=\"Sonic2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/db2edffdca778\/sonic2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/db2edffdca778\/sonic2.original.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Sonic3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d516e0d80ed7e\/sonic3.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d516e0d80ed7e\/sonic3.original.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic3\"><\/a><a title=\"Sonic4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1b31812310a0f\/sonic4.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1b31812310a0f\/sonic4.original.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic4\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The product has appeared on Australian retailer <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebgames.com.au\/product\/nintendo-switch\/253587-nintendo-switch-pdp-sonic-wired-fight-pad-pro-controller\">EB Games&#8217; website<\/a>, which says that the controller will be launching on 17th July for AUS $49.95. Details on a release for other regions have not been shared.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you happen to main Sonic in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> and love to play with the classic GameCube controller, this must be your lucky day!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retailer listing has revealed that the next GameCube-inspired Switch controller from gaming accessory maker PDP will feature a design based on none other than Sonic the Hedgehog. The controller looks set to join PDP&#8217;s Wired Fight Pad Pro Controller collection, which already has designs featuring Mario, Zelda, and Pok\u00e9mon, and Luigi and Peach. Just [&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-95856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95856","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=95856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}