Android gaming hardware has become somewhat of a lost art of late, so it’s understandable that when a new gaming hardware concept comes up, it gets some serious attention. The Nintendo Smart Boy concept has been doing the rounds on the Internet today, designed by artist Pierre Cerveau who says this would be an Android smartphone made by Nintendo. This isn’t an entirely foreign idea given some of the rumours that have been floated, but this is the first time we’ve seen someone attempt to conceptualize what this would look like in real life – and we have to say, we like it.
Featuring a controller add-on and a cartridge module that can be anything from an extended battery, extra storage memory, or even a 3D camera, it’s relatively well thought out, even as a concept. Our only complaint would be that the controller isn’t part of the phone itself as that controller add-on would be a pain to carry around. Apart from that, I just need a direction to throw my money it.
Of course, it’s unlikely that this will ever get made – Nintendo is a hard beast to predict at the best of times – but there is always the Hyperkin Smart Boy which we’re hoping becomes an actual thing instead of staying a particularly well-realized April Fool’s joke.
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Source: Pierre Cerveau via BGR
