Ever since Fortnite Pageant impressed the PDP Riffmaster in 2024, extra plastic guitar controllers have been popping out of the woodwork. And the Hyperkin Drakong InfinaKore Telecaster Version Guitar Controller is the most recent.
Identical to the Riffmaster or the CRKD Gibson Les Paul, the Drakong InfinaKore is a 5-fret plastic guitar. However whereas Fortnite Pageant is the first motive this guitar controller is popping out, Hyperkin has claimed this guitar controller could have huge compatibility throughout a number of platforms, stretching again to the Xbox 360, and even together with platforms like iOS and Android.
The first motive this guitar exists is clearly Fortnite Pageant, which in keeping with Hyperkin, has grown to a mean 2.2 million day by day gamers. However this new guitar controller can even help different 5-fret guitar video games, which after all consists of Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games, but additionally neighborhood favorites like Clone Hero.
Identical to the previous Rock Band guitars, the Drakong InfinaKore has slimmer fret buttons close to the bottom of the neck to higher permit for fret tapping. That is a fairly frequent characteristic in guitar controllers, however what units this one aside is that on the frets above them are 4 directional keys. For the uninitiated, Fortnite Pageant has the strum bar mapped to the up and down keys, and having these arrow keys on the neck lets you shortly ‘strum’ with out making an attempt to hit the strum bar along with your elbow if you miss a notice.
The controller can even have a “star energy” button close to the strum bar, so you possibly can extra reliably enter the particular mode when the lean is not working for no matter motive. All of the buttons are additionally scorching swappable, which ought to assist the controller final for years.
Hyperkin has not shared a launch date or a value for the Drakong InfinaKore, however hopefully it is not too far out.
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