If you cannot get your arms on the most recent Nintendo Switch 2, you would possibly be capable of preserve the FOMO at bay within the meantime with a intelligent mod on your Change Lite. Retro Remake’s co-founder, Taki Udon, posted a video exhibiting 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 Change Lite.
The Nintendo Change 2 is barely a month outdated so it is too early to count on any information on a Change Lite successor.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 concept of what a next-gen model may appear to be. Notably, it is a no-solder mod that largely solely requires connecting cables and may output 1080p HDMI video to a bigger display screen than the Change Lite’s 5.5-inch LCD touchscreen.
Retro Remake beforehand supplied a SUPER5 OLED Touch mod, which lacked the HDMI function. Including the additional function proved to be a critical problem, based on the corporate’s co-founder, who stated the venture took “18 months of R&D, simply as many failed revisions, and greater than $200K in prices.”
“I am unable to 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 latest post reveals that the Change Lite mod enjoying Mario Kart on a bigger show. Retro Remake’s HDMI improve kits begin at $90, however are at the moment offered out on its website. In accordance with an electronic mail despatched out to preorder clients, the corporate is not sure of when it’ll ship these kits out.
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