This HDMI mod enables you to play Nintendo Change Lite on an enormous display

If you cannot get your arms on the newest Nintendo Switch 2, you may be capable of maintain the FOMO at bay within the meantime with a intelligent mod in your Change 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 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The Nintendo Change 2 is barely a month outdated so it is too early to count on any information on a Change Lite successor.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 than the Change Lite’s 5.5-inch LCD touchscreen.

Retro Remake beforehand supplied a SUPER5 OLED Touch mod, which lacked the HDMI characteristic. Including the additional characteristic proved to be a critical problem, in accordance with the corporate’s co-founder, who mentioned the challenge took “18 months of R&D, simply as many failed revisions, and greater than $200K in prices.”

“I can not 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 equipment, however the latest post exhibits that the Change Lite mod enjoying Mario Kart on a bigger show. Retro Remake’s HDMI improve kits begin at $90, however are at present bought out on its website. In accordance with an e-mail despatched out to preorder prospects, the corporate is not sure of when it can ship these kits out.