Here’s a 12,000mAh power bank cosplaying as a Super Famicom

Ayaneo’s Retro Power Bank isn’t the astir almighty portable charger, but it is the archetypal to wrapper a 12,000mAh lithium artillery successful a miniature homage to the Japanese mentation of the Super Nintendo. And it’s present yet listed successful the company’s online store for $39.99.

The institution is champion known for its handheld gaming PCs designed to compete with Valve’s Steam Deck, but precocious past twelvemonth Ayaneo teased a postulation of retro-themed devices that included this portable charger. At a speedy glimpse it looks similar the Super Famicom, but upon person introspection there’s nary cartridge slot, and what look to beryllium controller ports connected the beforehand are really USB-C ports.

Ayaneo’s Retro Power Bank is overmuch smaller than Nintendo’s SNES Classic Edition console, and adjacent smaller than astir smartphones. It tin complaint a azygous connected instrumentality astatine speeds up to 45W, but with some USB-C ports used, charging speeds driblet to a maximum of 15W connected each. It’s champion paired with a smartphone, tablet, oregon handheld gaming device. If you privation to support a laptop powered portion distant from an outlet, you’ll beryllium amended disconnected with thing larger.

A tiny 0.91-inch monochromatic OLED show is included which shows real-time accusation connected the charging speeds of connected devices, the powerfulness bank’s ain complaint level, and its temperature. A brace of buttons (which would person primitively been the Super Famicom’s powerfulness and reset buttons) tin beryllium utilized to navigate menus and configure what’s displayed connected the screen.

It’s decidedly not the astir capacious powerfulness slope you tin walk $39.99 on. You tin find Anker alternatives featuring larger 20,000mAh batteries and a basal surface for less. But to Ayaneo’s credit, with 45W charging speeds, this compact charger is worthy considering arsenic much than conscionable a tiny Super Famicom successful your pocket.