Hardware Inputs

The complete and unabridged list of physical buttons, joysticks, and d-pads on the Retroid Pocket 2 is:


 * One fully analog thumbstick with a raised stick (similar to the Nintendo Switch Joycon) on the upper left of the front face.
 * One cross-shaped digital d-pad on the lower left of the front face.
 * Four digital face buttons (labelled A, B, X, and Y) on the upper right of the front face.
 * One "nub" type thumbstick on the lower right of the front face, which feels like an analog stick, but actually works as a digital (i.e. 8-way) stick. It reports to the operating system as an analog stick, so the result is a joystick that will work with any emulator that expects an analog stick, but it actually only allows you to input movements in the 8 cardinal directions. It is not possible to modify this in software to become a full analog stick. Early investigations indicate that it is NOT possible to remove the original joystick and replace it in order to add full analog functionality.
 * Four digital shoulder buttons, two each on the upper left and upper right edges of the console, in a "stacked" arrangement; that is, the L2(ZL) button is placed below the L1(L) button, not beside it as with many handhelds, and similarly for the R2(ZR) and R1(R) buttons.
 * Three digital system buttons on the lower left of the front face, just below the screen. From left to right they are labelled "Home", "Select", and "Start".
 * A two-way digital rocker switch on the upper right edge of the console currently used to control volume, and also screen brightness (when holding "Start" at the same time). There is talk of adding the ability to use these buttons as L3 and R3 inputs in the future, but that is not currently a feature of the RP2.

There are no other physical controls on the RP2. Neither of the joysticks has pushbutton functionality (L3/R3). There are no other hardware buttons that replace this functionality. It is not currently possible (aside from remapping keys within an emulator) to use any other buttons as L3/R3 buttons. The manufacturer has said that they are considering making it possible to use the volume rocker as L3 and R3 buttons, but this is not currently available, and there is no timeline for when it will be added to the console, if ever.