GameDadGrant Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 #1 handheld of all time! Topped the list of 19 other competitors. Check it out: CLICK! The greatest handheld games consoles – ranked! | Games | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM During lockdowns, handhelds have come into their own: here’s our Top 20, from Gizmondo to Nintendo PSP and Vita also ranked high on the list. Have y’all played all or any of these systems before? Which is your favorite? Agree or disagree with the placement of Switch? I probably would have ranked Game Boy higher, but that’s likely my nostalgia talking, haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 The Gameboy Advance is for my money the best one I think. I really like my switch, but I’m actually bummed about the Nintendo support on the thing. Zelda and Mario were such a great start and it’s just been meh since. I very much enjoy having many great third party games and indies in handheld, but it feels lacking in the killer Nintendo titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Gameboy Advance had a really short life before the ds too which is crazy considering it’s library. But I agree with the ranking of switch as number one, it’s what I’ve wanted for a long time in a portable, and while the library suffers a bit if you had a wiiu in regards to first party (quantity wise), there’s still tons of great stuff, and if you didn’t have a wiiu it’s a tremendous library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Paperclyp said: I really like my switch, but I’m actually bummed about the Nintendo support on the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 The most obscure thing I owned that made the list was the Tapwave Zodiac. I wonder if I still have Tony Hawk for that thing somewhere in my basement. I mostly bought it for emulation which it handled pretty well for a portable back in the early '00s. I was a huge PalmOS nerd, so I bought the Zodiac 2 with its whole 10MB of RAM the second it came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 40 minutes ago, Biggie said: Yeah I just don’t think they’ve been pumping out their A game for a lot of their stuff. Others seem to enjoy it and that’s fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just now, Paperclyp said: Yeah I just don’t think they’ve been pumping out their A game for a lot of their stuff. Others seem to enjoy it and that’s fine. I don’t know about this take, man. Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Smash Bros Ultimate Splatoon 2 Link’s Awakening Mario Maker 2 Animal Crossing New Horizons And that’s without counting stuff like the Xenoblade games and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, which I seem to remember being extremely well liked, but I didn’t pay enough attention for that impression to fully register. That’s a hell of a run for one console, I don’t think even Sony rivals it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 The lack of a Metroid does make it feel incomplete, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Chris- said: I don’t know about this take, man. Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Smash Bros Ultimate Splatoon 2 Link’s Awakening Mario Maker 2 Animal Crossing New Horizons And that’s without counting stuff like the Xenoblade games and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, which I seem to remember being extremely well liked, but I didn’t pay enough attention for that impression to fully register. That’s a hell of a run for one console, I don’t think even Sony rivals it. Fire Emblem: Three Houses can't forget that one. Plus y'know, Pokémon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Chris- said: I don’t know about this take, man. Breath of the Wild - Wiiu Super Mario Odyssey - dog shit game lizard people play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Wiiu Smash Bros Ultimate - Wiiu with new dlc Splatoon 2 - Wiiu with new dlc Link’s Awakening - Gameboy Mario Maker 2 - Wiiu with new dlc Animal Crossing New Horizons - fad And that’s without counting stuff like the Xenoblade - 1/2 is Wiiu games and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze - Wiiu, which I seem to remember being extremely well liked, but I didn’t pay enough attention for that impression to fully register. That’s a hell of a run for one console, I don’t think even Sony rivals it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, GameDadGrant said: Fire Emblem: Three Houses can't forget that one. Plus y'know, Pokémon. Been currently playing thru this. Sooooooo gooooooood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, stepee said: I make sensible choices and have good taste, so I never owned the Wii U. Based on sales, I’m far from alone lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Chris- said: I make sensible choices and have good taste, so I never owned the Wii U. Based on sales, I’m far from alone lol I feel ya. I’m a Nintendo fan boy and the only console I’ve never owned was the Wii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Chris- said: I don’t know about this take, man. Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Smash Bros Ultimate Splatoon 2 Link’s Awakening Mario Maker 2 Animal Crossing New Horizons And that’s without counting stuff like the Xenoblade games and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, which I seem to remember being extremely well liked, but I didn’t pay enough attention for that impression to fully register. That’s a hell of a run for one console, I don’t think even Sony rivals it. Yeah I mean I know the games, I think they’re good games...mostly. They haven’t held my attention long term though or in some cases I’ve been supremely disappointed with games that have historically been some of my favorite games ever (Paper Mario is like the epitome of this, I hate they way they’ve turned it away from a more classical RPG). I’ve played a lot of animal crossing but I feel like its design is stuck in 2005 overall. They tease me with potential and squander it, and it makes what isn’t a bad game into a really frustrating experience for me. Same with how they’ve neutered finding good content in Mario Maker 2. I kind of wish they’d stop trying to do multiplayer stuff to be honest. They so bad at the little stuff it really ruins a lot of the fun. Give me single player Zeldas, Mario’s, Metroids all day long. So yeah it was like bam they hit me with the good shit right away and everything since has just disappointed me in some significant way, with the exception of Smash which depresses me in a different way in that I no longer have a bunch of friends close by who come and play it with me every few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, Chris- said: I make sensible choices and have good taste, so I never owned the Wii U. Based on sales, I’m far from alone lol I was obv joking ok, I do not think Mario is a dog shit game lizard people play. For reals tho Wiiu is the first console that I regret owning retrospectively. The really good games Nintendo released were fun enough that I didn’t regret the purchase exactly at the time, because I’d rather play them than not. But if I had known everything would get ported to a system I didn’t fucking hate a few years later I would have been happy to wait and then the switch would be my favorite system ever +. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Why would it be on a list of handhelds? I can fit handhelds in my pocket. It's a tablet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I liked 3DS and GBA more. Sure Switch has games but they are console games and indie games rather than unique experiences tailored to the platform. I have a lot more 3DS and GBA games than I do Switch games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: Why would it be on a list of handhelds? I can fit handhelds in my pocket. It's a tablet. Cause you hold it in your hands while you play? If it were called a pocket-held you might have an argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Just now, Biggie said: Cause you hold it in your hands while you play? If it were called a pocket-held you might have an argument. I hold my PS5 in my hand while I play. Whole damn console. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Joycons prevent it from ever being the 🐐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Chris- said: I don’t know about this take, man. Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Smash Bros Ultimate Splatoon 2 Link’s Awakening Mario Maker 2 Animal Crossing New Horizons And that’s without counting stuff like the Xenoblade games and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, which I seem to remember being extremely well liked, but I didn’t pay enough attention for that impression to fully register. That’s a hell of a run for one console, I don’t think even Sony rivals it. The most exciting of those games were stacked in the first 12 months, and Smash’s input lag was a killjoy for me. There has been some decent stuff since. But too many remakes or Wii U remasters for my liking. Other than the first year, their output has felt almost like a continuation of the Wii U. Not bad, but not quite what I’d expect from their divisions folded together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I was all about my Switch for like the first 6 months I owned it, but I think the only game I've played in the last 2 years on it is Jackbox Party Pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I love the Switch but I think my personal favorite handheld would be DS or 3DS, based on the games alone. But I really can’t disagree too hard with Switch being the pick for this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Yeah, its hard to look at the DS library and call the Switch better, blut I definitely can't hate their choice. I'm still sour Sony didn't support the Vita, because design wise, that was the best handheld ever made, but no games puts it very low on the list. Also, I might personally put the PSP equal with the switch, but below the DS. I played a ton of PSP, especially when I was in the military. So many great games. I need to play Peace Walker again. Crisis Core too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 7 hours ago, BloodyHell said: Yeah, its hard to look at the DS library and call the Switch better, blut I definitely can't hate their choice. I think Nintendo's own DS output was kind of iffy for them, to be honest. The Advanced Wars DS games kicked ass, Canvas Curse was a brilliant game for the time, and I loved MK DS for the snake-offs, lol. But the rest? It's pretty forgettable IMO. 3rd party support was good though, which made up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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