Kintaro Super Kuma 9000 - SNES Inspired Raspberry Pi Case with Functional Power & Reset Buttons, LED and Custom Aluminum Heatsink (Raspberry Pi Model 3B+)

The Kintaro Super Kuma 9000 is just the perfect case for a retropie setup. I tinkered around with a NesPi case only to have heat issues, power issues, issues setting up the power button script and so on. None of this with the Kintaro. It practically snaps together, so nice and tight. The heatsink is huge and feels super custom. Everything fits perfect and the quality is great. The power supply plugs directly in to the board unlike the NesPi and by doing so avoid those pesky power drains. The instructions are very clear and helps you start up from scratch. I had to do a little research online on how to setup the script for the power/reset buttons without a clean install since I had an existing image, but once I found that it was a quick two lines of code and now it's fully functional. Only downside is that it doesn't come with a fan yet has room to add one...so far I haven't had any heat issues with the heatsink alone but I don't really push my setup. Adding a fan looks easy so I may do one at some point. Love this case!

Retropie has been around since 2012, but with the release of Nintendo's Classic consoles, many gamers turned to the Raspberry Pi at a time when the former was extremely hard to come by, and that, in turn, inspired a number of Pi cases based off of the original NES and SNES. While this is all well and good, many of these cases had varying degrees of quality and accuracy, and a quick search can yield rough 3D print jobs, or injection mold jobs with flimsy parts and faulty power buttons.Amidst its competitors, this one stands out with an unmatched level of quality. The injection-molded plastic shell has a professional-grade sturdiness and texture that feels very similar to that of an original SNES, and the attention to detail is stellar; the lettering in "Eject" and "On/Off" are all part of the molding, there are raised dots near the faux controller ports to indicate players 1 and 2, and there is even a faux extension port on the bottom, which is a testament to the care that went into its design.The included heat sink is also just as good as its plastic housing; previously, to keep my Pi within safe temperatures, I needed a cooling fan to go with the minuscule heat sinks that would stick to the CPU and GPU, but this beastly heat sink, along with some thermal paste, keeps my system cool without the need for a fan, even though the case can accommodate one. The weight that it adds to the system is a nice bonus as well, as it gives my Pi the feel of a solid gaming system.What especially stands out about this case is the red LED and working power and reset buttons, which are all connected to pin connectors that conveniently slot directly onto the Pi when it's screwed into the case. Instead of directly cutting the power, the switches are tied to a script that safely shuts down the system when a user slides the Power switch to the off position, and restarts the system when the Reset switch is pressed. This is a much safer way of powering down the system, and it prevents the potential SD card corruption that comes with pulling the plug on the Pi. I'm also grateful that the additional hardware hasn't caused any of the power warnings that gamers have experienced with other cases that have working buttons.Overall, I'm very happy with this case; it's highly detailed, feels smooth and sturdy, has working buttons and an LED light, and the beastly heat sink keeps my Pi cool without the need for an additional fan. It's of a level of quality that I haven't seen in most other cases of its kind, and I can say that this is the best SNES-esque case on the market.

This case is great. It is well built, attractive, small, and easy to assemble. However, a heads up. When I tried to install the image of recallbox that Kintaro has on it's site with the 3b+, that I bought from Amazon, I received the golden lightening bolt. This indicates low power, but it can also be triggered by an operating system problem.Some research indicated that this was probably caused by the later, as it appears the retro gaming systems on their site are out of date. For instance, I have read that Raspberry Pi 3b+ requires RetroPie 4.4 or 4.5, it seems that they have retropie 4.2 on their site.This isnt a big problem. I was able to install Retropie 4.4, and then update to 4.5 (this avoids the composite out problems that are in the current image of 4.5), and still install the kintaro script. The LED light works and the reset and power button work. The only thing that is missing is the Kintaro splash screen, and I am sure there is a fix for that if you care.This is the best solution anyway as the more recent editions of Retropie will work better with games (N64, especially) than the 4.2 version.So overall a good product, just dont use the images on their website.

I love this product. Awesome looking case. Easy to follow instructions made setting it up a breeze. It took ten minutes to have it all together and running. Setting up the power and reset button as well as the LED light was also straight forward. I appreciate that Kintaro put care into their total product. The packaging was very cool and included everything you need. I keep the unit in the box when not in use.

-Description says it has functional buttons and led light. The buttons are definitely not functional, it’s just solid plastic. There’s a hole for an led light, but no light was included.-The heatsink doesn’t fit at all. Other pictures show a hole for the 4 pins, the one I got has no hole. The description says it includes thermal paste, which it did not. So even if it fit I’d have no way to attach it.-Barely fit together right. Lots of extra plastic from when it was printed. I had to poke holes in the screw holes myself, several of them had a thin bits of plastic blocking them.

Worked perfectly for my 3B+ build. Because I was using a preconfigured image, I was a bit concerned that the necessary scripts to enable the power LED and power/reset buttons might interfere with something in the image, but these concerns were unfounded. The assembly of the case with the board was very simple, and the documentation was quite clear on how to install the necessary code. The new 3B+ heat sink fits perfectly, and I couldn’t be happier with the completed system. I also installed a 25x25x10mm fan that so far has only come on briefly at boot, as the heat sink has kept the temps below the fan threshold.