One of many essential issues that’s distinguished Nintendo 64 clone the M64 from rival machine the Analogue 3D, past being offered by an international arms dealer, was its playful form and colourful, translucent shell. However now Analogue has revealed its personal translucent variants. There’s competitors to see not simply which machine can run Nintendo 64 video games the very best but additionally which one appears the good. And never everybody’s comfortable about it.
There are another necessary variations between the M64 and Analogue 3D, nonetheless. Absolutely revealed over Black Friday weekend, ModRetro’s M64 is $200 in comparison with the $250 for the bottom Analogue 3D (matte black or white) and it options appropriate controllers which are truly formed just like the previous N64 ones (Analogue’s appear to be their current 8Bitdo line-up). The opposite necessary distinction, after all, is that the M64 isn’t delivery but (there’s a waitlist you can sign-up for). The Analogue 3D is already out.
The physique is prepared! We are able to lastly present the ultimate design of the M64. Three translucent colours are in manufacturing proper now, greater than a dozen on the way in which – goes on sale on-line and retail quickly, we’re releasing upcoming colours as simply swappable low-cost physique kits! https://t.co/CnbTSKf7yd
— Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) November 29, 2025
However immediately, Analogue revealed the “Funtastic” variant of the 3D in “highly limited quantities.” This translucent model is available in eight totally different colours starting from “Watermelon” magenta to see-through gold. Pre-orders go up on December 10 at 11:00 a.m. ET, and the Funtastic variations will price $50 further, rounding out the overall value to $300. And that’s earlier than including on the brand new translucent controller variants which match the fabric and coloration of the consoles. These come individually at $45 every.
Understandably, some individuals who’d already pre-ordered one of many current Analogue 3D consoles in black or white are pissed off. “I just got mine, and now you drop these awesome colors?” wrote one proprietor. “Seriously? It feels like a slap in the face to early supporters. And yes, I’m reposting because your previous post disappeared.”
One other wrote, “Why on earth didn’t you launch with this? instead, you announce it a few weeks after the 7 day return window for those who pre-ordered. what a convenient cash grab.” At the least a couple of current Analogue 3D purchasers say they’re going to attempt to get a refund anyway.
Nah that is bs straight up. Delay console for almost 2 years and pull a rug underneath us early adopters who waited patiently solely to see you launched funtastic colours almost 2 weeks after everyone seems to be getting their white and black models..
— Kodaxx (@Kodaxx88) December 8, 2025
It’s an odd transfer for a boutique retro gaming firm that always skirts the road between fan hype and hyperbolic advertising and marketing. Analogue has a report of releasing various coloration schemes for its {hardware}. The corporate’s earlier Pockets finally got here out with all types of variations that channeled totally different aesthetic eras of the Sport Boy and Sport Boy Advance. These didn’t get introduced instantly after the preliminary launch, nonetheless.
A part of the difficulty is perhaps the Analogue 3D’s repeated delays this 12 months. It was imagined to launch a lot sooner than it did, with mysterious manufacturing and delivery challenges, together with seemingly hiccups across the president’s commerce battle with China, gumming up the unique timeline. In that case, nonetheless, it’s nonetheless unclear why the announcement of the “Funtastic” variants wasn’t pushed again to compensate.
