Nintendo’s new gashapon toys can be utilized as additional elements for actual controllers

A brand new line of Nintendo gashapon toys out there in Japan can seemingly be used as additional elements for the actual controllers that they’re based mostly on.

The brand new gashapon toys launched this week throughout a number of of Nintendo’s official shops in Japan. VGC’s Chris Scullion reported that the Tokyo retailer noticed lengthy queues “out the door” on Tuesday.

It’s unclear if there have been any limits imposed on the brand new toys.

Surprisingly, based on social media customers, a number of of the elements within the gashapon toys can be utilized as alternative elements for official controllers.

To date, it seems that the face buttons and the  C stick for the GameCube are equivalent to the unique {hardware}, as is the analog stick for the Nintendo 64.

X person Mizure3213 additionally claims that the SNES buttons are suitable, permitting gamers to alter the color of the face buttons of their controller.

The purple, blue, inexperienced and yellow configuration was the usual color palette of the Tremendous Famicom, nonetheless when it was launched because the Tremendous Nintendo Leisure System within the US, the buttons have been modified to purple and blue.

It’s presently unknown if Nintendo will provide this stuff exterior of Japan.

At present, the one Nintendo retailer that operates within the west is in New York. Smaller Nintendo shops exist in Florida and California Tremendous Nintendo World theme parks.

The corporate plans to open a new retailer in San Francisco in 2025.