HORI has opened Amazon preorders for the Electric Ocarina of Time, an officially licensed Nintendo Switch 2 accessory due November 5, after preorders were limited to its own store. The company also has Switch 2 accessories and a racing wheel due in November, and an arcade controller scheduled for early spring 2027.
HORI's recent hardware falls into three groups: Nintendo Switch 2 accessories tied to specific games, its own branded peripherals for PC and console, and a professional training product. The Electric Ocarina of Time is the clearest example of the first. It is an officially licensed Nintendo Switch 2 accessory that has the console pick up its sound for performance scenes in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, and it releases November 5 at 7,980 yen. Preorders began at the Hori Store and then moved to Amazon, which the company opened after the store sellout demand.
The Umbreon & Espeon Starlight Night line, three Switch 2 items priced between 4,980 and 5,480 yen, is also set for November 2026, and the HSR-DD03 Direct Drive Wheel is a 59,980 yen PC wheel with 3.2Nm of peak torque and a November release. The HORI Arcade Classic Pro, a 39,980 yen arcade controller, supports Switch 2, Switch, and Windows 11 over XInput, includes four swappable units, and is scheduled for early spring 2027. HORI showed the ocarina at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Away from peripherals, HORI and Hino Motors are commercializing two driving school simulators, JAPAN DRIVER TRAINING SIMULATOR and JAPAN TRUCK DRIVING SIMULATOR, and showed both at Tokyo Game Show 2026. HORI says it planned the product in response to the expansion of the specified skilled foreign worker program into the automobile transportation field. Pricing has not been announced.
HORI's existing guitar lesson software also carries a game. The bundled guitar controller from GUITAR LIFE -LESSON1- is the required input for the indie Switch title Iseki Hori, where the controller is held by the neck and pushed into soil as a shovel. HORI Store offered the software at 7,980 yen through October 13, down from 12,980 yen.
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HORI is taking pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for an electronic ocarina tied to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch 2, priced at 7,981 yen as of October 30. The licensed unit pairs with the game's voice recognition feature and holds all 12 songs, with a free-play mode and an auto-play mode. Nintendo releases the game on November 5, 2026.
Hori has opened Amazon preorders for the Electric Ocarina of Time, an officially licensed Nintendo accessory for Nintendo Switch 2, after preorders had been limited to the company's own Hori Store. The electronic ocarina is scheduled for release on November 5 at 7,980 yen, the same day as the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time it is built to work with. Amazon orders currently list delivery for November 6, one day after launch. The device is not a real ocarina and is not played by blowing into it. The Switch 2 console picks up its sound, letting players play along with performance scenes in the game. It has two modes: Free Play, where finger holes are covered as on a real ocarina, and Auto Play, where songs from the game play automatically and can be triggered with buttons. Inside counts 12 songs in Auto Play. A volume dial and earphone jack are included.
Indie developer Takahiro Miyazawa released "Iseki Hori" on the Nintendo Store on October 1, 2026 for 700 yen (tax included). The Switch game is an excavation title in which the player holds a guitar controller by the neck and pushes it into soil like a shovel. The required controller is the one bundled with HORI's guitar lesson software "GUITAR LIFE -LESSON1-" and a Joy-Con (R) is also needed. Across eight stages set in an ordinary house's yard, players clear each stage by removing soil around a relic until the excavation rate reaches 100 percent. A grip strength gauge tied to pressure sensors on the guitar's neck means soil cannot be dug in Adult Mode unless the neck is squeezed firmly. A Child Mode allows digging with light force. A 2D mini-game, "Mini Iseki Hori," can be played without the guitar controller. HORI Store is offering "GUITAR LIFE -LESSON1-" at 7,980 yen (tax included) through October 13, down from 12,980 yen.
HORI announced the HSR-DD03 Direct Drive Wheel on September 16, a PC racing wheel priced at 59,980 yen and set for November release. At Tokyo Game Show the unit drew a 90-minute business-day wait. The wheel is 280mm, the base unit measures 140 x 190 x 115mm and weighs 2kg, and two motors inside the wheel produce force feedback alongside 3.2Nm of peak torque.
Hori will release the Umbreon & Espeon Starlight Night line of Nintendo Switch 2 peripherals and accessories in November 2026. The lineup has three items: a Quilted Medium Pouch and a Shoulder Pouch, both 4,980 yen including tax, and a Wired Hori Pad TURBO at 5,480 yen including tax. The controller also supports Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch (OLED Model), in TV mode only.
HORI is displaying the Electric Ocarina of Time, an electronic instrument modeled on the ocarina Link uses, at its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth. The product is set for a November release at 7,980 yen and works with the voice recognition feature of the Nintendo Switch 2 software The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, pairing its sound with in-game effects.
HORI announced the HORI Arcade Classic Pro for Nintendo Switch 2 on September 14, 2026. The arcade controller is built for Hamster's Arcade Archives series and similar titles, and it supports Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 11 PCs over XInput. The price is 39,980 yen including tax. Pre-orders opened September 14 and run through October 2 at the HORI Store. The chassis measures about 50 by 29 by 11 centimeters and weighs roughly 2.0 kilograms without units. Eight buttons sit in the center of the top surface, and units mount on the left and right sides. The box includes four units: an 8-direction stick, a trackball, a paddle, and a loop lever, and they can be combined freely. HORI cites Qix for 4-direction stick input, Cybattler for the trackball, Arkanoid for the paddle, and Front Line for the loop lever. Rapid-fire and assignment functions are included. Release is scheduled for early spring 2027.
HORI announced on September 10 that it will commercialize a full-scale driving school simulator developed with Hino Motors, and will exhibit it at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs from September 17 to 21. Two versions are planned: JAPAN DRIVER TRAINING SIMULATOR for ordinary automobiles and JAPAN TRUCK DRIVING SIMULATOR for large vehicles. The vehicles covered run from standard cars to medium 4-ton trucks, 10-ton trucks, towing vehicles, and buses. Hino Motors supplied vehicle data and engine sound sampling for the 3DCG reproduction of training vehicles. The simulator reproduces left-side driving practice based on Japanese traffic rules, and the course of the practical skills contest for truck drivers. HORI says it planned the product in response to the expansion of the specified skilled foreign worker program into the automobile transportation field. Pricing has not been announced.
HORI announced on July 28 that it will release the Racing Wheel Apex Formula for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC in winter 2026. The steering controller is a variation of the existing Racing Wheel Apex, with a formula-style steering unit designed for racing cars. The button layout allows operation while gripping the wheel, and the steering unit can adjust fine vehicle settings like a real race car. The controller includes an assign function for remapping buttons, four saveable profiles, and analog-sensing foot pedals for precise accelerator and braking input. A dedicated app enables customization of steering and pedal settings, including button mapping, maximum steering angle, dead zone, and linearity. The price is 21,980 yen including tax. The steering unit measures about 29 cm in diameter, has a rotation angle of about 270 degrees, and weighs about 1.4 kg. The product supports XInput games on Windows 11 and connects via USB Type-A. It lacks adaptive triggers, motion sensors, vibration, touchpad, microphone, speaker, light bar, and headphone jack, so games relying on those features may not play comfortably.
HORI opened product pages for a flight stick compatible with Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve on June 17. The peripheral launches in October 2026 for 21,980 yen on PS5, PS4, and Windows PC. It uses a Hall sensor, a High-G button for instant turns, and supports twin-stick mode with two units.