Dragon Quest Battle Road Victory Gets a Special Controller

For anyone who thought the Dragon Quest VIII Slime controller was the ultimate in absurd controller designs, take a look at what Hori has in the works for Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road Victory:

Different from the Slime controller, this one's form actually has some function. As detailed at Vjump staff blog, the controller mirrors the layout of the arcade Dragon Quest Battle Road control panel, right down to the sizes of the buttons and sword. Similar to the arcade version, you push down on the sword for your special finishing sword attack.

The controller attaches to your Wiimote as an expansion and operates under Victory's Classic Controller control scheme (this also confirms that the game will have a Classic Controller option).

As you might expect given the intricacy of the device, you're going to have to pay quite a bit to play Victory this way. Hori has set the price for the Dragon Battle Battle Road Controller at ¥12,800.