Sure, We’re Getting A Model New Guitar Hero Controller For Wii In 2025

No, you are not misreading the headline — online game peripheral maker Hyperkin has launched a model new Guitar Hero controller. In 2025. For the Nintendo Wii.

Asserting the information on New 12 months’s Day (noticed through GameSpot), the Hyper Strummer is a retro controller that is based mostly on the corporate’s earlier mannequin and appropriate with all Wii entries within the Guitar Hero — from Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock to Warriors of Rock — and Rock Band 2 and three. We’re not forgetting the primary Rock Band, don’t be concerned, the controller won’t work with the primary sport within the collection.

Pre-orders for the controller are open now on Amazon for USD $76.99.

The announcement has precipitated some controversy, nonetheless, with many accusing Hyperkin of repurposing and repackaging previous inventory, and even questioning why the corporate is releasing such a selected controller for the Wii in 2025.

The following day, Hyperkin launched an announcement on X (previously Twitter), explaining its resolution whereas refuting claims that it is a recycled controller.

“Whereas it’s appropriate that this is identical shell mildew of a earlier Hyperkin launch from 2009, that’s all it’s. We used the mildew to make model new shells, fitted with new 2024 inside elements. This isn’t previous inventory, neither is it previous guitars which were sitting within the warehouse.” The producer writes.

With Hyperkin claiming that many related controllers price upwards of USD $100, it states that “The brand new Hyper Strummer was developed to fulfill the demand for an accessible and budget-friendly answer.”

As you’d count on, the response to this assertion continues to be combined — it’s a little odd to launch this in 2025, notably on condition that Fortnite Competition, which was made by former Guitar Hero devs Harmonix, is a factor. And whereas the PlayStation and Xbox controllers are appropriate with PC and consoles (and the official Wii ones solely with PC), you’ll be able to’t at present use the guitar controllers on Swap.

Hyperkin has beforehand created Swap-compatible controllers based mostly on well-known American food and drinks followers, similar to Oscar Mayer sizzling canine, and has additionally launched a “drift-free” N64 management stick.

Nonetheless, the Hyper Strummer caught our consideration for the sheer bizarreness, and hey, in the event you’re on the lookout for a brand new Guitar Hero controller on your Wii, then that is the product for you.

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