{"id":1025,"date":"2022-04-01T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/01\/review-retroid-pocket-2-a-vast-improvement-over-its-forerunner\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:15:09","slug":"review-retroid-pocket-2-a-vast-improvement-over-its-forerunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/01\/review-retroid-pocket-2-a-vast-improvement-over-its-forerunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Retroid Pocket 2+ – A Vast Improvement Over Its Forerunner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even more power in your pocket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may well look at images of the shiny new Retroid Pocket 2+<\/a> and think you’ve seen it somewhere else before \u2013 that’s because this is an iteration on the original Retroid Pocket 2<\/a>, which we covered last year. As before, it’s an Android-powered device with a focus on gaming and emulation, but the team at GoRetroid has been hard at work fixing some of the issues we had with the original \u2013 as well as boosting its internal specifications.<\/p>\n

However, as we alluded to in that opening paragraph, you’d be forgiven for assuming this is the same system as the standard Retroid Pocket 2 at first glance. The body remains identical, as does the 3.5-inch 640 x 480-pixel display \u2013 however, the latter now has a touch interface, which solves one of the biggest complaints we had with the original Pocket 2. The handheld is available in a range of colours, and the Nintendo influence is clear \u2013 three of those options are based on the SNES, Game Boy and GameCube<\/a>, the latter being the one we’re reviewing here.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Review: Retroid Pocket 2+ – A Vast Improvement Over Its Forerunner<\/p>\n

Even more power in your pocket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may well look at images of the shiny new Retroid Pocket 2+<\/a> and think you’ve seen it somewhere else before \u2013 that’s because this is an iteration on the original Retroid Pocket 2<\/a>, which we covered last year. As before, it’s an Android-powered device with a focus on gaming and emulation, but the team at GoRetroid has been hard at work fixing some of the issues we had with the original \u2013 as well as boosting its internal specifications.<\/p>\n

However, as we alluded to in that opening paragraph, you’d be forgiven for assuming this is the same system as the standard Retroid Pocket 2 at first glance. The body remains identical, as does the 3.5-inch 640 x 480-pixel display \u2013 however, the latter now has a touch interface, which solves one of the biggest complaints we had with the original Pocket 2. The handheld is available in a range of colours, and the Nintendo influence is clear \u2013 three of those options are based on the SNES, Game Boy and GameCube<\/a>, the latter being the one we’re reviewing here.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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