Welcome to the latest edition of Retro Handhelds Weekly. This week, we saw a bunch of news in the world of hardware and software. Our writing team continues to be on an absolute tear, and there’s even a surprise or two sprinkled in! So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and catch up on what’s happened this week in the world of Retro Handhelds.
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Hardware & Industry News
- RAMpocalypse Claims More Victims With KONKR Pocket FIT and Other AYANEO Handhelds: RAMpocalypse claims another casualty. AYANEO posted a few updates this morning, as it announced that “all remaining crowdfunding orders” for the Flip 1S have been shipped, while KONKR Pocket FIT 8 Elite shipping has commenced. However, towards the end of the latter update post, AYANEO confirmed that its first 8 Elite handheld will soon be gone forever.
- [UPDATED] Nintendo is Raising The Price of Physical Switch 2 Games: In a public newsletter, Nintendo announced that it will be raising the prices of its first-party physical games, already mirroring the decisions made in its EU counterpart when it released Mario Kart World for €90 physical and €80 digital. This price change is going to take effect in May of 2026, with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book rising to a full $70 for the physical copy as opposed to $60 for digital.
- The PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal are Getting a Global Price Hike: Starting Thursday, April 2nd, the PS5 will encounter a price increase to all consoles on a global level, so you will have until then to buy a new console at an already too-high price. The PS5 will start at $649.99, with the PS5 Digital Edition priced at $599.99, the PS5 Pro coming in at $899.99, and the PlayStation Portal also seeing a bump up to $249.99.
More Hardware News
- CRKD Announces Atom Plus and Ult Pro Controllers
- KT-R2 Delays
- AYN Thor April Shipping Update
- ModRetro + Hyperkin “The Captain” Controller
- JOY Genesis “Web3” Handheld Pre-orders
Apps and Software
- Cocoon Shell Beta 2.1 Brings Big Upgrades to Dual-Screen Handhelds: With its latest release, Cocoon now features the “Silk Pod,” which is described as “Cocoon’s community theme and asset store.” However, there are actually quite a few additions and changes with this update, such as Now Playing for the bottom screen, Game Jingles, and much more.
- Steam Developers just got an Android Toggle: On the surface, this might not seem like a big deal, but it’s just the latest step that Valve is taking to support Android ahead of the Steam Frame release. It also has us wondering about the potential of SteamOS being able to run on Android handhelds in the future.
- Retro Multi Tools v4.0: Managing and maintaining your ROM library has always been a hassle, especially if you just stick all of your files in a folder without changing the names or worrying about patches. Retro Multi Tools has been around for about two weeks, but is already up to version 4 and is constantly being updated with new and useful features.
More Software News
Emulation Corner
Custom Core
Game of the Month
From the Writers
While there’s always a lot of news to cover and talk about, we also try to take a step back and give everyone something a bit different to enjoy. These are the more editorial-styled articles and reviews that you might have missed over the course of this week.
- Five More PSP Games on the Mangmi Air X
- Testing The Switch 2 Handheld Boost Mode
- Epomaker RT98 Review: All Business
- Geekom GeekBook X16 Pro Review: Is Bigger Better?
- We Found Every PortMaster Game Currently on Sale
- Game Over: Playdia
On the YouTubes
RH Partners
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