Gaming What is your best Nintendo handheld console?

Harsky · Aug 21, 2016

DS Lite. Combine with R4 card and the Ez Flash 3 in 1 and it becomes one small machine with hundreds of games on one small micro SD card.

GBA SP 101 is a close second for playing GBA and GBC games in beautiful backlit goodness.

8BitWonder · Aug 21, 2016

3DS because I can play nearly every title from all the previous handhelds on it.
Of course I will always have a soft spot for the gba in my heart. :wub:

Tempos · May 5, 2019

I play the original Nintendo DS but after the console was broken by my brother I now playing Nintendo DS games on my PC with Emulators.

Tarmfot · May 16, 2019

The GBA micro is the best. A true handheld. With flashcart you get gb/gbc with superb goomba emulator. I prefer its screen over the gba sp 101 one.
The problem: easy to lose.

I like DS library because of all kind of games but I still prefer gba library because of simplicity.

DS lite is second best handeld design after GBA micro(and with gba support). But cringe breaks.

DSI is all about DSI Flipnote, but no GBA slot. Nintendo could do a DSI with a GBA slot. I am very dissapointed with this. Beautiful design too.

I like the old 3ds/new 3ds. The XL are not handhelds. Too big.

I don't like that DS and 3DS library has very few FPS. The Wrist Strap of original DS was great and nobody used it.

I think GBA library had more FPS!

kumikochan · May 16, 2019

Gba def ! Had the best games out of them all and one of the largest libraries

Alexander1970 · May 16, 2019

Hello.

Nintendo DS Lite for great compatibility with older Systems.

- plays original GameBoy Advance games (Slot 2)
- plays original DS games
- plays DS games from Slot 1 Flashcart
- plays GameBoy/GameBoy Color/GameBoy Advance games emulated from Slot 1 Flashcart
- plays GameBoy Advance games from Slot 1 Flashcart (if you have a Slot 2 Device)
- plays GameBoy Advance games 1:1 from Slot 2 Flashcart
- a little bit handier than the Nintendo DS

FAST6191 · May 16, 2019

DS does not do GB/GBC original games. You can emulate them well enough with a GBA or DS flash cart but it does not do the original carts.

Alexander1970 · May 16, 2019

FAST6191 said:
DS does not do GB/GBC original games. You can emulate them well enough with a GBA or DS flash cart but it does not do the original carts.

Ok.

I confound it with the Gameboy Advance.

Sorry.

wownmnpare · May 16, 2019

GBC! I still remember playing pokemon red on my friends gbc when we're in school, and then our home room teacher conficate it. Goodtimes!

FAST6191 · May 16, 2019

alexander1970 said:
???????

You said it plays original GB and GBC titles in your earlier post. The DS does not do this. The GBA SP or GB player was the last device to do this -- even the GBM lacks backwards compatibility for GB/GBC carts.

Pipistrele · May 24, 2019

DS Lite and GBA Micro in terms of design, 3DS in terms of library

FAST6191 · May 24, 2019

Pipistrele said:
DS Lite and GBA Micro in terms of design, 3DS in terms of library

Are you doing some kind of "well it plays 3ds, ds and with emulation [all these]" sort of thing for the 3ds? Because there is no way I can get to the 3ds library being a fraction of what the DS or GBA had by themselves.

larrypretty · May 24, 2019

I love my New 2ds xl and Switch

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Pipistrele · May 24, 2019

FAST6191 said:
Are you doing some kind of "well it plays 3ds, ds and with emulation [all these]" sort of thing for the 3ds? Because there is no way I can get to the 3ds library being a fraction of what the DS or GBA had by themselves.

I just like library better. It has more games in the genres I care about, better iterations of my favorite Nintendo IPs (Mario, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Fire Emblem - all have better games on 3DS than DS), and it was also bigger on cool indies. I loved my NDS, but generally, 3DS wins for me.

Though in all honesty, Switch murders them all with cold blood - best Nintendo portable ever <3

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