Cheeky Xbox Controller Is Shaped Like Deadpool’s Extremely Rounded Butt [CNET]

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It’s bootyfull — but wait, you can’t buy one, you have to win it.

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Deadpool is not your father’s superhero. The Marvel hero, played in the movies by Ryan Reynolds, is foul-mouthed and cocky, and he has a pretty shapely caboose. Now, Microsoft has made an Xbox controller that’s shaped like said butt, dubbing it the Cheeky Controller.

“Modeled after Deadpool’s much-discussed, perfectly rounded tush, the Deadpool-designed controller is available for one lucky fan to enter for a chance to win via a global sweepstakes alongside other custom Xbox hardware,” the company said in a statement on Xbox Wire.

it kinda looks like two basketballs, to be honest, but if that’s your thing (and if you’re 18 or up) you can enter to win starting Wednesday by following Xbox on X and reposting the official Xbox sweepstakes post.

It’s part of a promotion for the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine movie, which comes to theaters July 26 and stars Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.