Image: Analogue
The Analogue Pocket is getting yet another iteration — but this time, it’s a little more than a refreshed color scheme. An aluminum edition is coming out this month, and the company says that the new handhelds “are precision CNC’d entirely in aluminum.” They come in four colors — natural, noir, black, and indigo — and will be available to preorder on July 15th at 8AM PT / 11AM ET, with units expected to ship on July 17th.
That metal body doesn’t come cheap, though. The aluminum Pocket will cost $499, a big boost over the $219 of the standard version. Analogue says that the new version will be “available in highly limited quantities and will never be sold again.”
Here’s a look at all the aluminum parts of the device:
Image: Analogue
Since its launch in 2021, Analogue has released a handful of other special editions of the Pocket, including some bright colors, a glow-in-the-dark version, and the always-popular transparent shell. The device allows gamers to play old Game Boy cartridges (as well as other carts, with the right adapters) on a handheld with modern touches like a crisp LCD screen.
The Pocket was the company’s first handheld device after previously releasing high-quality recreations of consoles like the NES (which also came in aluminum), SNES, and Sega Genesis. Up next is the Nintendo 64 with the Analogue 3D, which was originally planned for a 2024 release.
