The possibilities are endless, and our wish list of features has only just begun.
Perhaps we’ll be hooking our TV’s up to something more the size of an iPhone 7 Plus (no surprises as to which phone I’m still rocking and using for inspiration here).
If you strapped a bit of rope to it, I’d even try having a bash at playing Final Fantasy while out walking the dog! Maybe we could see the PS2 mini become even thinner than the PS2 Slim too. While we’re at it, why not add a GameCube style flip-up screen and a USB C charging option into the equation? I could totally see myself cracking that bundle out alongside one of the best power banks on the market while travelling on a long train journey or even in the garden on a sunny day. So, what are we thinking, readers? Well, the PS2 was quite a long console, and in a world where the latest and greatest Nintendo Switch Lite Accessories are all promoting compact gameplay, I think that Sony should consider halving the size of the console and producing something more along the lines of an Apple Mac Mini.
Not only could it do all of the stuff that it’s bloated brother could do, but it didn’t catch as much dust and managed to slide into my dad’s TV cabinet. The first thing that springs to mind with the PS2 Mini is the size how can this thing get any smaller! I always thought that the PS2 was a slimline console, but when the PS2 Slim came out and threated to beat Death’s scythe-blade as the winner of the ‘worlds thinnest thing ever’ award, Sure, it’s great to play all of your favourite titles in one place (and we’ll be getting onto possible game choices in a minute), but console revivals are a chance to implement new and exciting features into the machines of yesteryear. Over 3’800 games later, the PS2 is still a sought after console and spent a whopping 12 years hurtling off production lines!Īs with all of the other players in the classic console series, the main question that you need to ask when anticipating a new release is ‘how can this console be improved’? This was the first console I had seen that could be housed either horizontally or vertically, and if you didn’t get excited by the fact that you could move the little PlayStation logo to match your consoles position, then you might want to double-check that you’re actually human. Then imagine my surprise when I discovered that the old grey box had gone and a new sleek black console was literally standing in its place. Imagine you’re me, walking into your Italian cousin’s house to play some PlayStation.
I remember the very first time I saw and played on the PS2 Boxing day, 2000. Which is why we at Retro Dodo are more than ready for the release of the PS2 Mini, undoubtedly one of the most hotly anticipated consoles of the new decade.
Unlike the SEGA Mega Drive Mini that recreates classic ‘blast-from-the-past’ titles flawlessly, the PS1 classic had software issues that should have been dealt with way before release, especially considering the higher retail price. This might be a little hard for Solid Snake and Spyro fans to swallow, but the truth is that the PS1 Classic was what I would refer to as ‘below par’. We’ve already had our first little taster of nostalgic Sony gaming with the release of the PS1 classic, but unfortunately (and it pains me to say this), it didn’t quite live up to the same hype surrounding the N64 Mini and the GameCube Mini. Retro gaming excitement levels over the PS2 Mini are hitting fever-pitch, and with the recent success of other classic mini consoles from Nintendo and SEGA, it won’t be long until we finally see them on shop shelves.