This Hdmi Mod Lets You Play Nintendo Switch Lite On A Big Screen

If you can't get your hands connected nan latest Nintendo Switch 2, you mightiness beryllium capable to support nan FOMO astatine bay successful nan meantime pinch a clever mod for your Switch Lite. Retro Remake's co-founder, Taki Udon, posted a video showing disconnected a moving type of nan SUPER5 OLED Touch HDMI mod. As nan lengthy sanction suggests, this third-party mod adds an OLED display, a solid touchscreen and HDMI output to nan Switch Lite.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is hardly a period aged truthful it's excessively early to expect immoderate news connected a Switch Lite successor. However, nan Retro Remake's mod adds immoderate important upgrades to Nintendo's handheld that was released successful 2019 and gives america immoderate thought of what a next-gen type could look like. Notably, it's a no-solder mod that mostly only requires connecting cables and tin output 1080p HDMI video to a larger surface than nan Switch Lite's 5.5-inch LCD touchscreen.

Retro Remake antecedently offered a SUPER5 OLED Touch mod, which lacked nan HDMI feature. Adding nan other characteristic proved to beryllium a superior challenge, according to nan company's co-founder, who said nan task took "18 months of R&D, conscionable arsenic galore grounded revisions, and much than $200K successful costs."

"I can't picture really soul-crushing it was to spell done truthful galore grounded revisions," Taki Udon wrote connected X. "After nan 3rd failure, I was hopeful each consequent type would beryllium successful, but they weren't."

Testing is still underway for nan SUPER5 OLED Touch HDMI upgrade kit, but nan latest post shows that nan Switch Lite mod playing Mario Kart connected a larger display. Retro Remake's HDMI upgrade kits commencement astatine $90, but are presently sold retired connected its website. According to an email sent retired to preorder customers, nan institution is unsure of erstwhile it will vessel these kits out.