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Accessories EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag North America gets some sweet new Mega Man merch 33 Capcom has been working with FAB Starpoint on some new Mega Man merchandise so those of us in North America don't have to be so jealous of all the cool stuff they always get in Japan. Kramez over... A look at Mad Catz' PS3 MW2-themed wireless headset 15 Mad Catz’ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2-themed PS3 communicator doesn’t harness the power of the throat like its Xbox 360 counterpart does. This one is just a light, wireless Bluetoo... Monster Hunter pillow: buy 1, get 1000 nightmares free 19 Uh ... yeah, I don't know about that. Look, I like Monster Hunter and everything, and I'm all for merchandising the hell out of it. Some of that stuff is pretty dope. This pillow based on the gam... Mad Catz: Microsoft won't block our Wireless N adapter 18 While Mad Catz' wireless N adapter may not be as sleek as the official Microsoft device, it has a few good things going for it. Namely, its price -- $79.99 compared to Microsoft's $100 asking pri... Finally! A Darth Vader Wii Sensor bar holder 15 There's finally a Darth Vader Wii Sensor Bar holder. Finally. And it's Vader himself doing the holding work. Like, when I woke up this morning, I had no idea that the day would end with such a fe... A look at Mad Catz' MW2 Xbox 360 Combat Controller 30 If you’re seeking a clear Modern Warfare 2 advantage, the Mad Catz game-themed Xbox 360 controller won’t give you one. Customizable button configurations are no substitute for a turbo... A look at Mad Catz' MW2 Throat Communicator 25 I’ve yet to test a third-party console communicator that I’ve liked. The audio and voice quality never measures up to the two products Microsofts makes available for its platform at a... Those Xbox 360 wireless N adapters are out this week 36 Yes, yes -- wireless functionality on the Xbox 360 does came at a fairly substantial price. What else is new? With that out of the way, let's talk about the newfangled wireless N adapters that be... Best PR photo ever, also DSi zoom lens case 20 I suppose we should talk about this zoom lens attachment for the DSi, but I want to talk about the above image first. First, check out the full image in our gallery. What's going on here? Star ho... Peripherally Speaking: NERF N-Strike Switch Shot EX-3 18 I love NERF guns. In my household, NERF guns are kept within easy reach at all times because you never know when an all-out war is about to occur. This probably happens more frequently than it sh... Wii accessories get creative:Nunchuk controls a tail 18 We know there's a lot of ideas out there for custom creations using the Wiimote and nunchuk, but this one might be one of the weirdest of all. How about a Nunchuk controller furry tail that you c... New Nyko Wand controllers: Black? Psssh, we got color 9 Nyko isn't going to let Nintendo have all the fun. Sure, that Black Wii and matching Wii Remote and Nunchuck are coming, but Nyko does their best to one-up them with other new colors for their Wa... Darth Vader Wii sensor bar holder protects your virginity 24 A few years back, in my younger years, a friend of mine had shelves of action figures in his apartment. A big Star Wars fan, this included plenty of George Lucas-themed toys and the like. Far fro... Mad Catz to unleash more Street Fighter IV controllers 20 Mad Catz isn’t done with Street Fighter IV. Following up on the success of the first batch of themed peripherals, the accessory provider is releasing a second “round” of Fight S... Microsoft to release a two-tone controller in October 34 Taking a cue from Vicarious Visions and their recent release Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Microsoft is fusing two things together that should never be: the colors red and black (on the flipside, t... Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 stuff revealed 37 Mad Catz makes some sexy controllers, and it was announced last month that they'd be bringing that sexy to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with some sort of controller or peripheral designed for t... Logitech launches 'premium' Wii music game controllers 15 Both the Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller for Wii and the Wireless Drum Controller for Wii look like pretty solid offerings. Fancy-pants, if you will. They're both Activision approved, ... Mad Catz to unveil 'Femme Fatale' TE Fight Sticks at PAX 12 All Units, confused nerds: Cammy’s round buttocks are set to grace the next run of Mad Catz Tournament Edition Fight Sticks. Starting September 4th, Mad Catz and Capcom plan to sell a very ... Awesome wireless game gun won't make you better at games 19 Badass community member and all around swell fellow unstoppablejuggernaut spotted a nifty gadget on YouTube. It's called the GameGun and it's a gun for games. Nothing new there, right? Wrong. It'... Mad Catz secures license for Nintendo accessories 14  Walk down your nearest Best Buy's Wii section and try not to be attacked by useless pieces of plastic and random things you'll never need for your Wii. It's not possible, those things are v... Pro skaters talk fake skating for Tony Hawk: Ride 26 Tony Hawk: Ride is a game you play with your feet on a plastic skateboard. My mother always told me if I have nothing nice to say about something I shouldn't say anything at all, so that is wher... Here's a ridiculously expensive Master Chief ring 18 Ask yourself the following question: Do I love Master Chief? Have an answer yet? Good. Now, if you answered yes, I want you to think really hard about exactly how much you love Master Chief. Is i... Grenade controller could make you look like a total badass 13 I love all the old retro appeal of my original Atari controllers, but I tell you what, you tell me I can play with a grenade controller instead and those old things would get retired for a while.... Confirmed: Silver DualShock 3 is like a black DualShock but in silver 22 Sony was nice enough to send along one of its new, fancy Satin Silver Dual Shock 3 controllers to the Destructoid Baltimore offices to check out. It arrived today, and after prying the peripheral... Wii charging stations recalled due to overheating issues 11 If you scorch your house or burn your hand while using the Psyclone Essentials and React Wii charging stations, rest assured it wasn’t user error. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and... Peripherally Speaking: FPS Freek 47 I don’t possess the FPS skills of a Mountain Dew-amped 12-year-old. The things he can do are beyond my understanding. It’s like he’s jacked in to the game’s Matrix. Lines ... Wii Vitality Sensor coming 'not too late' in 2010 28 Hey guys, remember that hot new Wii Vitality Sensor accessory that was announced back at E3? The one where you can invite all your friends over to rock out and stick their finger in to ...measure... Protect your 360 the manly way: wrap a metal cable around it 32 I'll tell you something. Whenever I leave the house I wrap a bike lock around as many objects as I possibly can so that they are anchored down and no one can take them. Sure it consumes most of m... SDCC: Mad Catz showing off TvC: UA Fight Sticks 12 Mad Catz brought more than a batch of uber-Limited Edition Fight Sticks and Fight Pads to Comic-Con. A recent posting on Capcom’s community blog has shown us that Mad Catz is serious about ... Peripherally Speaking: Able Planet PS500MM Headset 10 I recently got a headset to review! I don't know exactly how much there is to say about a headset in an intro, but I'll try anyway. So, it's got a microphone, and it's got some cushy ear cushions... WTF is a 'gaming surface'? 18 We got an interesting press release today announcing a series of licensed "gaming surfaces" featuring Starcraft II. Now, when I hear the phrase, "gaming surface," I instinctiv... Modern Warfare 2 controller might happen, IW pitching in 16 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is shipping with an Echidna and a courtesy harness. Just kidding. But it’s easy to confuse fact or fiction when it comes to hardware revolving around the next... Mad Catz to sell exclusive SFIV stuff at Comic-Con (Update) 18 Mad Catz will reveal a new round of Street Fighter IV limited edition Fight Sticks and Fight Pads at Capcom’s booth during San Diego Comic-Con. The crew will have a total of 500 Fight Stick... Ride skateboard is more than a plastic videogame peripheral 20 The Tony Hawk: Ride skateboard is more than just another plastic videogame peripheral. According to Robobmodo’s John Tsui, it’s a benchmark. The Ride peripheral will inspire developer... Peripherally Speaking: Aviator 13 It’s been a long time since I’ve used a good flight stick. Even more time has passed since I’ve put a good one between my mighty thighs. When Mad Catz sent Destructoid Saitek&rs... Peripherally Speaking: Nyko's Perfect Shot 48 Three things you should know about me before reading this: I hate doing stuff I don't feel like doing (some call it laziness, I call it "strong willed"), I'm a sucker for free stuff, an... 38-in-1 Wii accessory kit is dum... ahhh, what's the point 20 Crappy peripheral maker Areus Tech had already blown the world away when they revealed they were going to release a whopping 21-piece Wii Remote attachment collection, but they weren't content wi... Breaking! Bayer announces glucose meter for the DS 11 You heard me. This is big. Whip out your Twitter-enabled phones and start typing, folks. The next high-tech peripheral to come to your Nintendo DS is a GLUCOSE METER.Seriously though, it's coming... PlayStation accessories to be blessed with official seal 8 If you want to make sure your PlayStation peripherals and accessories are like, totally officially official, Sony is making it a lot easier for you now. Today, the Sony announced the Sony Enterta... Show off your saber with new Star Wars Wii accessories 10 You know, sometimes you just need a reason to swing a lightsaber around in the privacy of your own home. You could get the light-up kind from your local toy store, of course, but why do that when... Play PlayStation 2 ports on the Wii with a PS2 controller 12 Dongle action! I can't really quantify why I want this Japanese PS2-to-Wii controller dongle converter from Gametech, but I do. I mean, I could have just bought the PlayStation 2 version of said ... SKYNET ALERT: Xbox 360 controlling a MULE 15 The United States Armed Forces love videogames. Between the training simulators created for actual training purposes to the America's Army series of games intended for recruitment, we see the mil... Tony Hawk Ride board to support more games in the future 22 The Back to the Future airboard-ish Tony Hawk Ride peripheral may only support one game now, but more games are planned for the device. Robomodo president Joshua Tsui (who we interviewed earlier ... The real reason we can't have nice things 21 I thought we had left all these plastic add-ons for Wii Sports in the past. Consumers had smartened up and we weren't supposed to see them as much anymore. But it seems the opposite is true; cons... Show me how you rock and win a limited edition guitar! 46 Pepsi and Harmonix are joining forces for a new promotion called Drink Up, Rock Out that allows you to submit your own music video for a chance to win an MTV Moonman award for “Best Perform... Bank-breaker: Atari cartridge-cum-wallets by Niles 23 Need to carry your money in something a little more retro-chic and a little less skin-from-dead-bovines? Then NilesZ's Atari wallets might be for you.If you can't tell from the picture above, Nil... The Gametrak Freedom and Squeeballs impressions 13 A little while ago, we brought you an image of PDP’s motion controller for the Xbox 360. Dubbed the Gametrak Freedom, the peripheral is everything that an avid Wii player loves and enjoys: ... Project Natal not hitting this year 20 Microsoft’s Project Natal -- a wireless gaming device that tracks a person’s full-body motion through a variety of sensors -- isn’t hitting retail anytime soon. In fact, you won... Mad Catz makes peripherals, announces a lot of them 5 Days after Mad Catz announced their new wireless peripheral license agreement with Microsoft, the manufacturer and distributor announced a wide range of products sure to clutter store shelves in ... E3 09: Wii Vitality Sensor announced, no one knows why 46 Nintendo has already announced several really promising titles in this morning's press conference (the liveblog is still going on here), and in the excitement of the announcement for Metroid: Oth... Mad Catz to continue creating Xbox 360 wireless controllers 13 It’s all rainbows and sunshine over at Mad Catz HQ. Yesterday, the third-party peripheral and hardware manufacturer announced that another deal with Microsoft is in the books. The two compa... Microsoft's patent for 'magic wand' doesn't sound very manly 17 I think of two things when I hear 'magic wand.' One is something you'd give to a little girl to make her a happy little princess. The other is something you'd hand to an older girl to make her a ... Plug your old stuff into your new stuff 19 Playing games on the Classic Controller for the N64 on your Wii is fantastically wrong. If you've ever tried to play through Sin & Punishment with that thing you know there are some games tha... Use Micro SD in an Xbox 360 memory card? 15 I'm mostly a solo gamer. I don't really like to play with anyone, so I don't use my Xbox 360 memory cards that much. Plus, even the larger ones feel like they're too small to transport any conten... Scratch this: DJ Hero turntable controller revealed 38 While we've known about DJ Hero since late last year, but beyond the title and the fact that the game was in development, details were somewhat scant (unless of course, you want to go to that off... Mad Catz' Street Fighter IV FightSticks are still coming 33 Back in February, Mad Catz’ global PR and communications manager Alex Verrey assured us that stock of the company’s Street Fighter IV FightSticks would be “replenished” th... What does my Nintendo DS really need? Oh yeah, tits 19 Photobucket user astroberry was sitting around one day, and had an idea. "Hey", thought Astroberry, "you know what would look really, really good on my DS? Some boobs."The cro... Salvation for the lost: GPS on your DS Lite? 11 When it comes to getting lost just about anywhere other than the city I grew up in, well, you could say I'm a bit of a professional. The purchase price of the iPhone was more than worth it to me ... Silver Dual Shock 3 coming to North America this summer 24 For those of you looking for something a little different for your PlayStation 3, this one's for you. A listing for a Silver Dual Shock 3 controller has appeared on EBGames.com. The retailer... Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort confirmed for June/July 28 It's been a long time since Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort were announced, with the belief being that we'd see both these items last year. 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