A recent Gamestop advertisement has confirmed the price for what will soon be the best selling plastic lump of 2008. Releasing alongside Mario Kart Wii, the Wii Wheel will retail at $14.99. Early tests with the shell has deemed it feeling useless and cheap, though I doubt that will stop millions of these from flying off the shelves when the game releases on April 27th.

I really can’t see myself picking this up anytime soon. If anything I will use one of the Wavebird controllers I bought for Super Smash Bros Brawl. $14.99 for this seems a little steep, too. That price puts it just $5 less then the nunchuck attachment, which has motion sensing capabilities, two buttons, and a joystick. This, on the other hand, is a piece of plastic that doesn’t do anything but hold a $39.99 controller sideways for you. You are likely better suited buying a used Gamecube controller or – more controversially – just turning the remote sideways like you have been forced to do in countless minigames on the system.

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