The pinnacle of handhelds from design to library. Nothing has come close
PSP.>t. DS kid
>>743343014Gba mogs that goyslop
>>743343014>LibraryI agree>DesignMaybe its because I don't use handhelds that much but I like that the 3DS has a small joystick
>>743343014GBA mogs
what it has that isn't jrpg shit
$250 chinkheld that emulates everything up to and including ps2 gen
Why do clamshell handhelds seem more childish?
>>743343014Should I buy an AYN Thor bros? The form factor really turns me on.
>>743343089Real game platforms have their own games, not just leech the best games from other platforms.
>>743343117Perhaps because its more of a cube shape, kind of like the Gamecube?
>>743343014>hinge loses HP everytime you open the console
>>743343052>>743343073GBA doesn't have games.
>>743343148don't care about your jewish collector's cabal stipulationsgames are games kikelord
>>743343014But does it come with nubs?
>>743343014Wrong. The "New Nintendo 3DS XL" with double IPs panel is the pinnacle for design and library. The PSP gets an honourable mention for its UI though, which was the peak of handheld user interface.
>>743343014Touchscreens are soulless
>>743343014>Mogs every nintendo handheld >Most of ps1 library>never seen before handheld power (at the time)>PS2 ports or spin offs that can at times beat the originals, boasting some releases only available on the handheld >Niche deep library with every possible taste well covered>Vita is abandoned>No further elaboration Our response DSisters?
>>743343052It plays gba games you quintuple nigger
>>743343570Nice reading comprehension, dumbfuck.
>>743343472>no games>expensive>later models had no oled>absolute garbage bubbles uiNone of its benefits and potential were used
>>743343472>Mogs every nintendo handheld Wrong>Most of ps1 library Needs different system's library because its own sucks ass >never seen before handheld power (at the time) Doesn't matter when the games suck>PS2 ports or spin offs that can at times beat the originals, boasting some releases only available on the handheld Needs different system's library because its own sucks ass>Niche deep library with every possible taste well coveredApplies to DS
>>743343014Whenever I played Chinatown for over an hour, my fingers started to get numb. It’s designed to look good, not feel good, I’m afraid
>>743344079>Doctor, give me my Nintendo DS>I must play my niche deep gamer game like>Nintendogs>Littlest PetShop 3
>>743344698Your ignorance is not an argument.
>>743345608gain taste
>>743345754If you don't like any of those then you're cattle.
>>743345608Can't you just play all of these on the 3DS too though?t. zoomer
The SP was the best design
>>743345608Oh really?
>>743343052no backlight
>>743346538You can play DS games on 3DS but it's inferior to playing them on a DS. The 3DS aspect ratio/screen resolution is different from the DS so you either have to play with the screen stretched out which looks terrible or you need to play it with large borders taking up a bunch of the screen. Also no dual slot for games that take advantage of that feature.
>>743345608>No infinite spaceThis is why they are making fun of you.
>>743347982>The 3rd Birthday>Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier>Silent Hill: Origins>Coded Arms: Contagion>Secret Agent ClankCould you not include embarrassingly bad games?
>>743343014>ds and moreStep aside unc
>>743348245it's a step down in terms of form
give me another DSI. god it felt so good to hold it in my hands
>>743343014Horrible to use.
>>743348064>or you need to play it with large borders taking up a bunch of the screenThat doesn't seem like an issue.>no dual slot for games that take advantage of that featureLike what? Can't it be emulated?
>>743347982are you serious lmao
I loved my black DS lite. Until hinge broke.
>>743343014I grew up mostly playing GBA SP because the original DS model felt too big and my parents never bought us a DS Lite. I always thought the SP was more comfortable. As I've gotten older, yeah, the DS is obviously the pinnacle of the handheld and it isn't close. I bought a DSi xl on ebay and modded it like a little faggot, lots of comfy gaming to be had.
>>743343117they were designed like that literally because they wanted to protect the screens from stupid kids, so that's probably why. doesn't make the design any less clever and almost objectively superior to exposed screens
>>743343117everyone here just had a clamshell handheld as a kid, they aren't inherently childish. If you show a clamshell handheld to like a guy born in the 70s, he will think nothing of it outside of that it was probably sold around the time clamshell phones were common
>>743348245>goating over a console with no online and having no friends to play withlol, lmao
The SRPG renaissance was niceThe Turn based Rpg dark age was miserable Still, games like Contact were cool and i wish we had more strange rpgs to play
>>743343472The Vita is an objectively failed handheld that everyone correctly mocked at the time and consequently has probably the most pathetic library out of any handheld in the 21st century. It's only become remotely attractive retroactively due to how good it is for emulating much better games on much better systems. Sadly, chink handhelds do it better and for not that much more money considering people are flipping used Vitas for north of 200 bucks these days.
>>743348515>That doesn't seem like an issue.This is an image taken from google search, it's preetty fucking distracting to have nearly half of the screens be taken up by a black border>Like what? Can't it be emulated?Pokemon is the big one, transferring games from Gen 3 to 4 onwards requires an OG DS/DS Lite. Beyond that looking it up there's over 30 other games that support it. There's also a couple of games that use accessories that plug into the GBA slot. Last I checked there is no way to emulate dual slot mode on DSi or 3DS even with twilightmenu but PC emulators like melonDS support it.
>>743348245>pictureof3dshomescreen.jpgLARPheld
>>743343014My precious DS Lite's hinge cracked the other day, now it doesn't solidly stay in the proper open position.I have my 3DSs, but everything is blurrier with DS games since the resolutions are not 1:1.Wish it was an easy fix, but seems like a pain in the ass to swap the shell with the hinge out or you hack it with some dumb superglue fix
>>743349072>transferring gamesMeant transferring pokemon
>>743343267My deepest gaming regret was never being able to buy a standard size n3DS.I hate how Nintendo made them so rare state side. There was maybe one good window to buy them and everything else was the XLs
>>743349164I swallowed my pride really hard and bought one on eBay, just barely before 3DS units started getting turbo expensive.
>>743348979May as well get a Retroid Pocket 5 or 6 if you were looking at a Vita and then you can just emulate the original system instead of putting up with the Vita's dogshit ports of PS2 and PS3 games
>Let a bro borrow my DS>Suddenly stop talking and never get it backi miss it
>>743349081Shell swap is the most annoying method (just because shell swaps are inherently annoying) but has the best results, helps that Extremerate offers some shells that look good enough to be worth pursuing
>>743349378Pretty much my exact thinking. There was a nice window where Vita's homebrew scene was breathing new life into the console but affordable emulation boxes like the retroid hadn't taken off yet, and that would have been a good time to grab one. Now it's just something you'd get for the love of the game.
>>743349713I own a Vita mainly to tinker with it and my main takeaway from the device is it's genuinely not better than any chinky handheld you can buy from the Retroid Pocket 2S onwards, and in many respects it's worse, especially on the hardware side if you own a Vita 1000. (Did you know the 1000 has hall effect sticks? They're such garbage quality the magnetic sensing basically doesn't matter and they'll drift anyways.)
>>743349164NTA, but I've heard the standard sized N3DS units were uncomfortable to hold for longer periods of time. I guess it depends how big your hands are.
>>743343148but enough about the 3ds, wii u, switch and switch 2
>>743349976There's a lot of cool homebrew shit happening on the vita, so yeah the hobbyist appeal is still there. But yeah I was on the fence about buying one used for years and years, by the time I revisited the decision the 2000 model jumped up to like 180, 190 bucks used on ebay shipped from japan and I was like, meh, I'd sooner just buy an emulation device. At least it's still cheaper than going the 3DS route?
>>743350293I guess so but you're still getting a worse device than the 3DS since the Vita doesn't really have any library to speak of. Very debateably the Vita doesn't even have N64 going for it between the 3DS ports of N64 games and some recomp/source-port stuff like Super Mario 64, plus it's easy to throw in a DS flashcart for an additional $8 and get the full DS library on top of it, or set up TWL DS game loading if you're a cheapskate.
>>743343014yo the ds fucking rocks my cock off. it's literally just fun. most of that library was basically toys and games you could play with for hours. absolutely amazing.>>743343117gba sp is the fuckin bomb. backlight and the WHOLE gameboy library? good shit>>743343472psp was so fucking based. i didn't have one but i played a shit ton on my sis' psp.god i fucking love video games
>>743350357This, not to mention the NN3DSXL with at least the upper IPS is the only good way to emulate Virtual Boy games and imho as someone who has tried both, even better than the uncomfortable tripod.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egn9B37GwpM
>>743343014The switch is a handheld so no the DS is #2
>>743343014fax, every game was uniquely designed because of its unique controls. even if it was garbage and it is still fun to learn and play.
>>743350729Musician for this game later went on to be in charge of Final Fantasy 14's score btw
>>743343472it had a great psx emulator and a lot of the early exclusives were great. They were console games/ports on lower end hardware. LCS, Metal Gear Solid Portable OPs, Tony Hawk Underground remix, Street Fighter 3 Alpha Max, Birth By Sleep, and VCS were PS2-quality games brought to PSP.the downside is that they ended up releasing shovelware tier games halfway in its lifespan.
>>743347982>Monster Hunter and God Eater not under action games>despite being the best in the genre this list is 100% bait and it works here's my reply
never owned the hardware. what are some ds games to emulate?
>>743350423game on, video game lover
>>743343014twice the battery consumption and no actual benefit lmao
>>743351739Emulate on phone or computer? If the former, probably ones that can mostly be played with touch controls like the Trauma Center, the Ace Attorney trilogy, WarioWare, Elite Beat Agents. If the latter, literally the opposite, aim for games with as little touch screen usage as possible like the Castlevania trilogy (Dawn of Sorrow has some but not too much) or maybe some jrpgs if you're into those (there's a bunch of solid SNES ports of the best jrpgs of all time but also some good original games like Radiant Historia).
I remember being in a car jam once and sending swastikas to people in Picto chat
>>743343117Why do you write like a nigerian engagement farmer?
I did not like the cheap-sounding, crunchy compressed audio that alot of DS games had. Even graphically alot of games looked cheap and bland, like somebody whipped them up in photoshop in an afternoon, big games like Mario Kart, Mario 64 and Pokemon all had this problem too, not in a retro sense that is endearing like the GBA. Like it was a middle step between pixel art and chip tunes and higher fidelity audio/graphics that the 3DS would usher in. IMHOfamalam. Still enjoyed it for what it was though.
