Watch This Before You Buy - Anbernic RG Cube - RetroGamer Reviews 

I own the 556 and I passed on the Cube. I think the screen is the selling point and its small factor. For good old retro classic gaming, I think the cube is overpriced. Don’t get me wrong. I see that games looks great but for classic stuff, there are other cheaper alternatives. Ps2 and Game Cube are are a hit or miss like you said. The 556 is also a great handheld and the screen looks fantastic and it offers more real estate screen to move things around a like for 3DS. However, some titles require a lot of tinkering. For all these same reasons, I ordered a Retroid 4 Pro. It’s compact, more powerful, and if lucky can score one at the price of the Cube or less. I like the Cube though but not at that price tag. We’ll see during the holidays how much it costs.

it does have analogue trigger but you need to select it.

I recommend uninstalling all emulators and then reinstalling the latest versions. Anbernic devices usually ship with old and unoptimized versions. Per game settings might also be necessary sometimes.

I like ambernic I have the RG xxH and would like to play some ps2 and GameCube games, I Think I’ll wait for the price to drop and the bugs to be worked out.

You should change the emulation settings on GameCube Games, there is a lot you can optimise so idividual Games run fine. Yes, out of the box this is not fine, but if you put in the work, this is also a nice unit for GameCube Emulation

Thanks for making this video. I think I might buy the RG556 instead.

I got my RG Cube specifically to play NDS and 3DS games. Imo there is no better way to play those platforms than on the Cube in handheld format. For me I don't like playing Dual Screen games on a horizontal screen or having to switch between them. Especially with the pre-installed bezels the games look awesome on the Cube. Of course running 3DS can also be hit or miss depending on the title, but overall I prefer to play NDS and 3DS games on the Cube rather than on the original handhelds, because you have much better controls. I never liked the right stick on the New 3DS and the in line shoulder buttons. Games like Dr. Kawashima and Hotel Dusk are awkward to play on the Cube, but the NDS and 3DS have plenty of cool RPG games that I'd like to play.

I agree on your D-pad thoughts, I would much rather have a traditional nintendo style D-pad, perhaps on top as well instead of underneath the left joystick. The handheld looks beautiful to me, the black one, love the RGB lighting, just looks so clean. Performance is strong for my use case, mainline Mario games, Mario Karts, Paper Marios and Zelda games for GC and Wii. I'm on the fence on whether I will get it, but appreciate your take on it. 🍻

For the analogue triggers to work you need to enable them in settings. Swipe down when on home screen and select ns mode (nintendo switch) or xbox mode, this also swaps the a & b buttons and x & y buttons. Xbox mode for analogue

I saw in another video you can stream with these. Would you trust putting details in this thing?

You have to tweak the emulator for each game for GC / Wii to run fine , the version of Dolphin that comes with it is not optimized either. After some settings i got a bunch of games running well... the gyro issue was fixed with an update today as well . It's a good unit but these devices are not ready to play out of the box.

I got it because I wanted to play 3DS. and it plays very nicely, only issue is the gyro doesn't seem to work. Kind of soft locks me in Kirby Triple Deluxe, I had to rely on RNG of the confused gyro to beat level 2. I'm hoping they patch that, because honestly, I think this device is great, and I think I got lucky without much issues, hopefully it stays that way.

Every handheld after the Odin 2 is RU-vidr fodder.

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Does yours have the Light bleed?

I’m stuck should I get this or the Odin 2?

Do GC games run poor even on 1x resolution?

This device fully outputs 16x9 widescreen content via it's USB-C port. There are connected device options in the settings. Every RU-vid review of this device is abysmal at best.

I was quite psyched for it but this has kinda put me off.

If I was you, I'd return it. This is not for you, clearly.