What's the best way to handheld game in 2025? - /v/ (#713537073) [Archived: 760 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:01:11 PM No.713537073
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To many dead hours at work and I hate sitting here on my phone. I have a 2ds XL and a switch but they are too heavy to carry like a phone. Any advice.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:06:34 PM No.713537447
>>713537073 (OP)
>I have a 2ds XL and a switch but they are too heavy to carry like a phone.
What are you, a woman? Ever heard of backpacks?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:09:37 PM No.713537648
>>713537447
I don't use a backpack. Real talk no joke should I start using a backpack?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:09:48 PM No.713537668
hack a psp/vita and you should be good to go
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:13:53 PM No.713538021
>>713537648
Don't even think about it. Putting a switch inside a backpack produces mustard gas.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:15:18 PM No.713538146
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>>713537668
I actually have a hacked Vita but it's only slightly more portable.
>>713538021
Kek
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:23:24 PM No.713538767
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>>713537073 (OP)
retroid pocket 5. it genuinely has a good price/quality for a handheld and runs unfathomably any emulator. also has android support if you want to play gachaslop
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:26:03 PM No.713538974
>>713538767
Aren't those taxed like hell in the usa because their a Chinese brand.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:29:34 PM No.713539263
your phone with some cheap controller attached to it
hell you can probably easily emulate ds and 3ds
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:34:44 PM No.713539630
>>713539263
But then I'll have to drag a controller around.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:35:53 PM No.713539706
>>713537073 (OP)
A 2ds xl can fit in a jean pocket, the fuck do you mean?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:37:16 PM No.713539807
>>713539706
Not with my phone and wallet.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:39:28 PM No.713539964
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>>713539630
i meant one of these
it folds down to the bottom pic
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:39:34 PM No.713539969
>>713537073 (OP)
i kind of want to get a vita for the next time i fly overseas
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:39:57 PM No.713540002
>>713539807
Get a fannypack
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:39:58 PM No.713540003
>>713539807
What's your wallet like, a typical one or something like the Ridge?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:40:53 PM No.713540072
>>713539969
They're nice but there is fuck all to play even if you hack it.
>>713540003
A typical rubber one.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:41:56 PM No.713540153
>>713540072
>rubber wallet
I have never heard of this
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:42:45 PM No.713540216
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>>713539969
It's pretty good. I bought one from Japan but the battery was dead. Tried to change it myself but turns out Japan's Vita needs it's own kind of battery so im saving it til I visit Japan again and fix it.
I ain't mad. It was a really good deal and I visit Japan all the time.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:43:43 PM No.713540282
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>>713540153
I pretty sure most wallets are exactly like mine.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:44:44 PM No.713540358
>>713540153
retard probably means leather
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:44:57 PM No.713540373
>>713539807
Wallet always goes next to your ass cheek. That's the luck. A 3DS is portable enough, the DS/3DS and PSP Go are the only handhelds that actually feel portable.
I still carry them in my backpack next to my laptop though.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:47:18 PM No.713540539
>>713540373
>lose your wallet because you put it in the easy mode pickpocket spot
brilliant
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:48:53 PM No.713540659
>>713540539
>he lives surrounded by niggers
Why even bother carrying a wallet in that case?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:49:39 PM No.713540712
>>713540539
third worlder hands typed this
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:51:07 PM No.713540830
>>713540659
it's a retarded thing to do in any remotely populated urban population center
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:53:19 PM No.713540986
>>713540659
I think he more means it slipping out.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:57:10 PM No.713541261
>>713537648
You would be less wierd if you had a sleek, business looking backpack that you keep a switch or whatever inside instead of walking around poorly concealing a 3ds in your pocket.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:05:41 PM No.713541825
>>713541261
Why?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:07:26 PM No.713541961
>>713537073 (OP)
>2ds XL
>too heavy to carry
nigger what?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:09:37 PM No.713542124
>>713541825
You look like you have important things to do when you have a proper backpack. It's like how every business man had a suitcase in the 50s
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:14:59 PM No.713542460
>>713541961
With everything else on me.
>>713542124
Fair enough but why is my pocket a bad thing?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:17:21 PM No.713542643
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>>713537073 (OP)
stick to games on your phone, unc. travel lightly.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:18:43 PM No.713542740
>>713539263
>pay just as much as cheap-mid priced chinkheld
>carry something most of the size of a smaller handheld
>get a shitty awkward controller that's invariably loose and has terrible ergonomics
Phone controllers are the most thirdie fucking solution imaginable. Can you seriously imagine anyone white using those things?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:19:20 PM No.713542779
>>713537073 (OP)
>I hate sitting here on my phone

buy a dumb phone
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:20:12 PM No.713542850
>>713540373
>Wallet always goes next to your ass cheek. That's the luck.
Only allowed if you have Velcro flaps, otherwise this is retarded.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:22:58 PM No.713543035
>>713537073 (OP)
Kinda on topic, what are the top 5 Switch games? Two of them that I'm actually going to buy is:
>Pokemon Legends Arceus
>Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
I already have:
>Animal Crossing: New Horizons
>Pokemon Scarlet
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:31:06 PM No.713543570
>>713537073 (OP)
If size is a concern like that, I'd say either a non-XL N3DS or a small chinkheld off aliexpress. Probably one of the RG35XX models or the TrimUI Brick or something. They'll only emulate up to PS1 games, but most games past that aren't terribly great on small 4x3 screens anyway. Don't be afraid of the vertical/gameboy layout devices, they're more comfortable than you'd think and do a lot for portability. Something about them also just gives off less autism vibes if you're at all in public.
Possibly you could go for a Retroid Pocket style device (idc too much about those so I don't know if there's better options than the Retroid Pocket 5 itself), which are a few hundred and can be about the size of a large phone. I feel that class of device has largely replaced the PSP/Vita.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:32:06 PM No.713543629
>>713540373
>Wallet always goes next to your ass cheek.
Ruraloid opinions are not relevant.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:00:07 PM No.713545571
>>713543570
Are those tariffed and taxed in the usa?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:04:13 PM No.713545853
>>713545571
None of the tariffs on Japan have been applied yet, but if they are sourcing components from China or they are going to be made in China then yes, they will be tarrifed.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:07:48 PM No.713546101
>>713545853
>but if they are sourcing components from China
So nearly all of them will be tariffed lol
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:09:58 PM No.713546258
>>713542460
I guess it's not that bad if it fits, though normies will still think you're wierd if they see you pull that out of your pocket.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:10:04 PM No.713546264
>>713545571
>American
>Wants to buy consumer electronics
lol
lmao even
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:10:05 PM No.713546267
>>713546101
yeah, and if you buy from temu there is an additional tariff, there are proxy websites and sneaky ways china can sell their wares to avoid the vendor tariff but you have a highly likelihood of getting what you ordered seized and you may or may not be questioned about it.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:11:39 PM No.713546374
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I prefer to read at work and game at home
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:13:09 PM No.713546485
>>713546374
What lame fiction about witches is this?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:14:23 PM No.713546574
>>713546258
Idc what normies think.
>>713546264
Go to bed putin
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:15:00 PM No.713546623
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>>713546485
>fiction
Dumb nigger this got John strangled and killed

Actual period documents about witches
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:15:06 PM No.713546627
>>713537073 (OP)
Dsi is perfect for gba/ds games
3ds has 3ds games but gba and ds games look worse on it due to the screen ratio being different
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:16:24 PM No.713546709
>>713542740
it's fifty bucks and is smaller than your phone, see >>713539964
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:16:50 PM No.713546739
>>713537073 (OP)
>too heavy
psp 3004
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:17:03 PM No.713546756
>>713546623
Historical Fiction, so even less cool, got it.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:20:05 PM No.713546949
>>713546574
>anyone laughing at your own policies actively preventing you from buying something is le evil russians
lol
You're looking to buy consumer electronics. Your country has a tariff on China. Even asking whether a game console is subject to tariffs is an absurdity.
There are no good solutions for you that don't involve massively overpaying, finding a way around the tariffs, or getting some old second hand handheld.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:22:31 PM No.713547137
>>713546949
Go to bed Xi
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:23:16 PM No.713547181
>>713547137
Cycling through more bad guys to blame won't fix your problem, my friend.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:25:08 PM No.713547323
>>713537073 (OP)
An entire PC, but within a custom, wooden, handheld enclosure. Thing is really heavy and I couldn't figure out how to make a battery pack, but at least I'm not racist. Not actually handheld, though. I wish.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:25:54 PM No.713547380
>>713547181
Go to bed Kamala
>>713547323
Wait what is it you're trying to do?
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:31:29 PM No.713547805
>>713537648
If your age starts with a 3, no. Teenagers make fun of old with backpacks.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:34:16 PM No.713547996
>>713537648
My mother used to beat me up emotionally for carrying one. Dumb fucks at Saint Martin thought I was trying to steal.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:40:12 PM No.713548418
>>713546949
>He doesn't know
The difference between Chinese and non-Chinese electronics is that Chinese electronics are almost all recreational slop that most Americans aren't interested in that break copyright law, everyone else buys from Japan or Korea anyway, not to mention a growing electronics market in America because of 3d printing opening up manufacturing to people at a lower cost.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 9:51:00 PM No.713549089
>>713537073 (OP)
Hacked PSP or Vita.
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:31:40 PM No.713551671
>>713537073 (OP)


anything other than phone gaming makes you look like a nerd
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:32:15 PM No.713551715
I took a look at android controllers and they all look like shit in their own way. even the rog one that's $100 doesn't even have hall-effect analog
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:56:10 PM No.713553438
>>713547996
Damn bro I'm sorry
>>713549089
Too limited of a library even with piracy.