With PlayStation 2 emulation chops: New leak reveals TrimUI Brick Pro emulation capabilities

TrimUI's next gaming handheld release appears to be a bigger upgrade than initial reports indicated. To recap, TrimUI began teasing the Brick Pro earlier this week. In a press release, the company referred to the device as the 'ultimate vertical handheld', adding that the Brick Pro would swap the Brick's 3.2-inch display for a larger 4-inch panel.

However, the same press release and a leaked image, now given official sign off, only mentioned up to Nintendo 64 and PlayStation emulation. Thus, it appeared that the Brick Pro would focus on improving support for these systems with joysticks rather than an outright performance uplift over existing Brick handhelds (curr. $74.99 on Amazon).

However, a video shared on Bilibili by Neon Rabbit and reposted to Rabbit suggests otherwise. Embedded below, the video showcases the Brick Pro emulating PlayStation 2 era games, with Final Fantasy X, God of War 2 and Gran Turismo 4. Consequently, we would expect the TrimUI Brick Pro to be powerful enough for Nintendo GameCube emulation, too.

As a result, it seems that the Brick Pro will get closer to the performance of Anbernic's RG477V than the RG40XX V. To that end, the Brick Pro can be seen running Android rather than a lighter Linux distribution. Pricing and availability remain unknown at this stage, though.