Genki Launches Manta Controller with Integrated Screen and Extensive Customization

Genki Manta Controller Unveiled

Genki has introduced its first self-designed controller, the Manta, launching it through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. This follows a previous collaboration with 8BitDo. The Manta features an unorthodox design with thumbsticks and buttons positioned above a 2.9-inch LCD screen.

Deep Customization Features

The Manta emphasizes customizability, allowing users to adjust numerous settings via its integrated screen. A dedicated Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller powers the settings interface, enabling players to configure and switch between multiple console, game, and user profiles. Users can also adjust thumbstick response and dead zones, increase haptic feedback intensity, remap buttons, and create custom macros by recording, editing, and combining button presses.

Advanced Trigger and Button Technology

The controller incorporates "tristage triggers," offering a third in-between option for fast repeated presses, in addition to the two modes found in other high-end controllers. The Manta's face buttons are analog, allowing users to precisely set the travel distance required for a press to be detected, thereby adjusting sensitivity. Other features include linear magnetic ram motors for haptic feedback, drift-resistant tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks with adjustable tension, a 2,600mAh user-replaceable battery, and six additional remappable buttons.

Kickstarter Campaign Details

The Manta is available for preorder on Kickstarter, with early backers able to purchase it at a discounted price of $189. The full retail price is expected to be $279. Genki has a track record of delivering products through crowdfunding, with the Manta being its ninth crowdfunded device.