Mario Kart 7 on 3DS is getting a steering wheel peripheral. No, really

The Wii Wheel that came with Mario Kart Wii was weird. A plastic peripheral with your Wii-mote embedded into it, which you wrestled about in mid-air to steer your kart. But that sounds positively ordinary when compared to the news that Mario Kart 7 on 3DS is going to be getting a wheel peripheral too. Made by Hori and officially licensed. Currently, it's only appeared as a listing on Amazon Japan,