Last week, accessory manufacturer GameSir took to Kickstarter to gage interest in their coming vertical mobile controller—now dubbed the “Pocket Taco Vertical Mobile Controller”. The Kickstarter, one of the company’s many, has since funded the project twice over with the Kickstarter nearing 30,000 USD funded as of this writing.
As we described the unit back in December of 2025, the Pocket Taco blends nostalgic design with modern connectivity and smart features, bringing retro-style vertical gaming to mobile platforms in a highly portable form factor built for on-the-go use. The retro inspired new phone controller comes in a classic grey and Atom Purple (with said Atomic purple being exclusive to the Kickstarter campaign). The GameSir Pocket Taco Vertical Mobile Controller is available to back now on Kickstarter and on the GameSir website with early bird pricing from $34.99/£27.99. The product is expected to ship to backers in April with the campaign running until 14 March, going past a few months from its intended launch back in December.
The Pocket Taco, for what its worth, actually has quite a bit of thought put into it. Per the Kickstarter page, silicon pads protect your phone from getting all scratched up while using this thing + there’s even a “Keyboard mode”, whatever good that will do I’ve no idea but it’s certainly piqued my curiosity. This device appears to work only with iOS and Android deices, so keep that in mind should you choose to back the Pocket Taco. The backers project is scheduled to end in March.
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