Japanese peripheral company Hori is making a Switch Joy-Con with a D-pad

Japanese peripheral maker Hori is poised to answer the prayers of Switch owners across the globe when it launches a special left-hand Joy-Con this July, featuring an old-school D-pad.

Hori says its D-pad Joy-Con is "ideal for retro games and fighting games", although it does come with some pretty major caveats.

The Joy-Con replacement doesn't, for instance, feature an accelerometer or gyro sensor, nor does it include a wireless connection - meaning it can only be used while attached to the Switch in portable mode, and not in tabletop or docked mode.

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