Genki has launched the Manta, its first fully in-house designed game controller, via a Kickstarter campaign that emphasises deep customisation over conventional design. The pad places its thumbsticks and buttons above a large 2.9-inch LCD screen, giving it a chunkier profile than rival controllers, and lets players adjust settings, remap buttons and create macros directly through the built-in display. This matters because it pushes further than existing screen-equipped controllers, such as those from Anbernic, by pairing the display with granular hardware tuning aimed at competitive and casual players alike.

The Manta is powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller and supports multiple console, game and user profiles, adjustable haptic feedback, and drift-resistant TMR thumbsticks with tunable tension. It features "tristage" triggers offering three travel-distance modes, analogue face buttons with adjustable sensitivity, a replaceable 2,600mAh battery, and six extra remappable buttons on the back and shoulders, plus a dedicated keyboard-and-mouse mode. It connects via Bluetooth, a 2.4GHz dongle, or USB-C, and early Kickstarter backers can preorder it for $189, ahead of a planned $279 retail price; it is Genki's ninth crowdfunded product.