In case you can't get your palms on the most recent Nintendo Swap 2, you may be capable to maintain the FOMO at bay within the meantime with a intelligent mod to your Swap Lite. Retro Remake's co-founder, Taki Udon, posted a video displaying off a working model of the SUPER5 OLED Contact HDMI mod. Because the prolonged title suggests, this third-party mod provides an OLED show, a glass touchscreen and HDMI output to the Swap Lite.
The Nintendo Swap 2 is barely a month previous so it's too early to anticipate any information on a Swap Lite successor. Nevertheless, the Retro Remake's mod provides some essential upgrades to Nintendo's handheld that was launched in 2019 and provides us some thought of what a next-gen model might appear like. Notably, it's a no-solder mod that principally solely requires connecting cables and might output 1080p HDMI video to a bigger display than the Swap Lite's 5.5-inch LCD touchscreen.
Retro Remake beforehand supplied a SUPER5 OLED Contact mod, which lacked the HDMI characteristic. Including the additional characteristic proved to be a critical problem, in line with the corporate's co-founder, who stated the undertaking took "18 months of R&D, simply as many failed revisions, and greater than $200K in prices."
"I can't describe how soul-crushing it was to undergo so many failed revisions," Taki Udon wrote on X. "After the third failure, I used to be hopeful each subsequent model would achieve success, however they weren't."
Testing continues to be underway for the SUPER5 OLED Contact HDMI improve package, however the newest submit exhibits that the Swap Lite mod taking part in Mario Kart on a bigger show. Retro Remake's HDMI improve kits begin at $90, however are presently offered out on its web site. In response to an e-mail despatched out to preorder prospects, the corporate is not sure of when it’ll ship these kits out.
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