The nintendo DS and 3DS were the height of gaming for me. Playing with my brother these incredible games in the palm of our hands. Being able to use both screens to play games in ways that we never thought possible. We even got my little sister to start playing games with us, and she never even touched video games before. It truly was a magical time
StreetPass on the 3DS was a cultural generational experience no one else will get to have. Going to highschool and just checking at the beginning of the class how many people I passed by has been unmatched.
I gotta say - as someone whose been round the anituber block for a while - your style of video essays is probably one of the most original I've seen in years. I love the mix of cool retro vibes with old school internet humour and your ability to simultaneously celebrate and poke fun at the cringe that resides within us all.
I just found you 2 days ago and I’ve already binged all your videos and watched them multiple times. You are one of my favorite content creators right now and you have a great style. If someone were to, hypothetically, create a place on this hellhole of the internet to be a nice chill pitstop, no one could do it better than you. Keep up the good work man.
bro, thank you wow, considering a big thing with my channel was creating a chill pitstop vibe you telling me this really makes all the effort worth it.
Same! I found his videos when i saw the anime fashion and saw my favorite anime yu yu hakusho on the thumbnail and was like "man of class, taste and culture'.
As much as I love the switch, I really hope they make a successor to the 3ds, the dual screens + stylus were definitely made for certain types of games that the switch just can’t fulfill
Well see with switch 2 and the the future what happens. I'd say xbox is the one at the most risk of becoming obsolete but we'll see. Ps5 is very close to switch sales which is insane.
I adore the DSes and privacy with my hobbies was important when I was growing up with them. I didn't need a dedicated room, wifi, or a TV to play them. And I love the idea of a game console, for play, being more like a toy than a contorted computer.
I just love the fact that I found this guy when he was like less than the thousand and everytime he uploeads there's always more and more people commenting how they found him days ago and are impressed with the quality/saying how he's underrated. He basically just shares what he feels and we are all glad to be around to hear
It's the exact type of content I've missed since NakeyJakey kinda started posting 1 vid a year. Just a guy rambling about shit he's passionate about in games n stuff with some fun editing here and there.
I've never been more confident a channel will blow up than this one. Please keep up what you're doing. I would bet all my money that this channel has over a million subs by this time next year. Love your channel man
I recently modded my sp with a new IPS screen and shell. Then I played Golden Sun and The Lost Age back-to-back over the past couple of months. Doing this has totally rekindled my love for handhelds. I play on my lunch break and when I get in bed. It's so nice to have these little 20-30 min play sessions.
Was it easy? I was thinking about doing an IPS screen on the original GBA as my first real modding project. (I've fixed all types of stuff and am comfortable with electronics general, but I've never soldered before so that's always been the biggest obstacle for me.) (Also, screw new phones and laptops and stuff where you need a damn heatgun and pry tool just to open them up)
@@infasis I can only speak to modding a GBA SP. I wouldn't call it easy as I had no prior experience with soldering but I learned along the way! Most of the modding is just taking apart the SP carefully. The one solder job was if you want 6 levels of brightness in which case you have to solder 1 wire. I bought all my parts from Retro Modding and Handheld Legend. All in all highly recommended. It's a lot of fun and the new screens really make you appreciate how beautiful some of those old games are.
@@bclikesyou Nice, thank you. I think I might just buy a soldering kit and start practicing. A few mods I'm interested in it's optional like that, but I'm kinda picky and learning really is long overdue for me.
As I kid I too spent WAY too much time trying to figure out that Phantom Hourglass puzzle so I closed my DS out of both boredom and frustration. I returned like five minutes later and I realized that closing it was the key and that moment of discovery will live with me forever
I literally looked up an faq without closing my DS after staring at it for like an hour all i had to do was close the damn thing to like go to the bathroom or something but I was so intent on finishing that puzzle that I refused to put my DS down
The GBA will always have a special place in my heart... Afrer my parents divorced, I was constantly moving from one house to another. The GBA my father had bought me quickly became my best friend. Life was kinda rough at that time and it felt so good to be able to escape in great video games at any time. FFTA, Sword of Mana, The Legend of Zelda ALTTP and TMC (to name a few) Man! so many adventures... :')
You know I went into this video really disliking handhelds but at 7:39 your argument was so insightful, well put together, articulate and convincing that it really changed my view. Thanks man. EDIT: Also the part at 7:54
Put it this way. There's a reason at every garage sale and flea market handhelds are the first consoles sold fast or harder to get. Everyone rather have something you can take everywhere and all of them are easy to get free native games for whether thru flash carts or gb and gba and ds/ds lite or through software with the dsi, 3ds, psp and ps vita. Honestly the last 4 are the best in this aspect cause the older ones you need flashcarts which still cost decent money especially the gba one.
Love to see the TWEWY shoutout, still the best touch screen combat I've ever seen even after years of mobile games Was also nice that the OG DS was a brick of pure Nintendium. Used that thing 'til the battery burned out from recharge cycles, but the Lites kept burning out their shoulder buttons
I love the 3ds because of the modding possibilities. I can make custom themes, emulate games, and enjoy the gb and ds library via twilight menu :3 plus I can use flipnote studio! I bring my 3ds w me all the time in hopes that I’ll get a street pass but it rarely happens. Still, when I do it’s special. Also it enables my picross addiction lol
@@feelingafnar8885 yeah but then I’d have to buy one lol, I have like 3 3ds’s lying around from over the years. But if I’d grown up playing the vita I’d def look into it :p
This internet pitstop is quickly becoming a favorite repeat destination. Like the Minish Cap, this whole channel is certified banger material that's highly underrated. Also, shoutout to Chris.
My favorite place to play my ds was in the car on a long road trip to see family. I get carsick sometimes, but hiding under a blanket and plugging my earbuds in while playing the newest game my dad got for me was such a vital part of my childhood. I recently got to relive that for the first time in years when I got Hollow Knight for the switch the same day we were driving 3 hours to see family. Starting that game in the car was such a magically nostalgic feeling that it nearly brought me to tears. And my first handheld was a SpongeBob game boy advanced that my dad got me after seeing how often I borrowed my moms game boy color. Minish cap and oracle of ages/seasons were character building for me
This is super similar to my experience. This was the golden age. Gba and ds was like the perfect way to just have access to incredible games at any time. Quality games made for the systems. Instead of doing homogenous 3d graphics we had memorable and future proof art styles that look better than most early 3d games and have more personality than most modern games. Pokemon games specifically had so much more character before 3d.
@@bunniesiatc449 Idk, I'd take the charming and incredible stylish pixel style of Pokémon BW 1&2 over any of the new 3D Pokémon games any day. They just look too neutered and have no character, imo.
Just found the channel like 3 hours ago and I've been binging this shit since. And you know I just have to give credit to to just how high quality these videos are. This channel is set up in the way that I feel like every kid from the late 90's and early 2000's dreamed of. Talking passionately about anime and games that our generation grew up with, while spicing up the videos with little quirks that are uniquely you, like your sense of fashion and humor. It's like watching the next evolution of NakeyJakey. Just wanted to pretty much day keep up the good work, and enjoy knowing that I now going to watch some tutorials on editing videos, so I can fail to make a video as inspired and cool as yours.
I love his sense of humor and style of editing. Just found him yesterday watched like 6 of his vids and I had to subscribe. I see his sub growth has ramped up as well which is well deserved!
I am a Game Boy Color era kid who had each subsequent system over the years, and I will absolutely stan the 3DS. It was around for like, 10 years, and really got a ton of great games. It was an absolute sleeper hit; no one really cared when it came out but over the years its catalogue blew UP. And on top of that it could play DS games.
Dude, I'm from Brazil and I'm just here to say that your channel was one of the best things I've stumbled upon this year. I've been binge watching all your videos and seriously, I shit you not, you inspired me a lot. I see a lot of me in you and that made me think that if I could do just 10% of what you do, I'll be happy af. Keep going dude. You're amazing.
Dude yes! Another banger bro! And I 100% agree. The GBA and DS were game changing for me and my friends. That thing went literally everywhere with me, no exceptions. Keep the grind going man, I’m here for it 💪🏽
The Nintendo DS was my beginning for gaming. I met my best friend through pokemon diamond and pearl. Each copy has close to 1000 hours of play time on it. Also a hidden gem from the DS era was Fossil fighters. Possibly the greatest game of all time.
I still swear that the SP was the best of the handheld consoles. Easy enough to hide in class, long enough battery, and ergonomic enough to fit comfortably in hand. Wish the technology would have just advanced with it instead of going the massive tablet-lite style everything has gone with now.
As someone who owned both a DS and a PSP in my youth I always preferred my Nintendo DS. Any game I'd play on the PSP I'd rather play on the PS3 because a lot of PSP games had short storys and the gameplay was lesser than on PS3 overall. The Nintendo DS games I played took advantage of dual screens and were genuinely fun when you wanted to play something on the go or while you're watching tv. I made the mistake of selling my Nintendo DS back in the day but I now own a new Nintendo 3DS XL along with all the older games I had back in the day for the DS since the 3DS also plays DS games. The DS/3DS library is massive as a whole and you had a lot more options to choose from than the PSP or the Vita which is one of the reasons it was more popular. Nintendo fully supported their DS lineup whereas Sony kind of half supported their PSP lineup before killing it off. I own a Nintendo Switch and a 3DS and while I do love the Switch, I love my 3DS just a bit more because it's truly a handheld gaming device that's still very fun to this day.
The absolute vibeage of this channel cannot be overstated. I LOVEEEE the bumps. Very me at age 8 cuddled up in front of the TV at 2 am hoping my parents don't hear while I watch reruns of Robot Chicken while simultaneously playing pokemon platinum on my Nintendo DS Lite vibes.
Some great segways here, this really sparked a nostalgia bonfire in my mind of my childhood with Minish Cap, Mystery Dungeon, and Soulsilver. You have such a diverse interest pool that reminds me of my own which is awesome! Keep up the great contact bro💪
dude thank you! I always was into like things that don't usually correlate so its cool to be able to mention this stuff and someone to appreciate that about me much love man
Glad to see you mentioned The World Ends With You! It’s one of the best games on the DS and is one of my all time favorites. Seriously, anybody who hasn’t played it needs to! It’s such an awesome experience, the character design, the ost, the gameplay, all incredible. Solid 10/10 for me
YOOO THANK YOU for mentioning how awesome it was that DS games utilized every unique aspect of the console. Phantom Hourglass in particular utilized everything. Controlled well with the stylus, utilized it's two screens with the map (or to show off how tall one of the bosses is), gave tons of opportunities to control things or just doodle with the stylus. Hell, there's even an enemy you can kill by yelling at the mic. It's nuts.
Great video dude! My favorite handheld memory is playing Pokemon Crystal on the GBA. I also have very fond memories of playing Pokemon Ruby and two Medabots games, but Crystal was my first Pokemon game and it has a special place forever. I would get so immersed into that world, everything seemed so lifelike to me as a child. Amazing times.
When you mentioned the PSP it brought me an another level of nostalgia. My cousin had one and it was the most fun. Being Brazilian, consoles were always really expensive, but my cousin, who had a better condition than me, had one. I remember seeing him play and waiting for my turn, or asking him directions because I got lost on GTA, or playing ninja turtles. Good times. Till this day, I've never had a console (other than a broken ps3 that my other rich cousin gave me), but talking about it still gives me the nostalgia sadness. PS: I'm the older cousin, and having to rely on my little rich cousins to play always was a little sad, but I always had fun! Shoutout from Brasil!
It's really crazy how poor people in the u.s how we struggled when young but it doesn't compare to south American countries or African where the conditions are much harder and not being able to get a console. Like I grew up in the projects of new York city and seen it all roaches that can fly, rats and just utter filth pee and poop everywhere but down there you have so many crazy big animals and insects all over with so much harder circumstances I really give it to you guys. I also didn't have systems so easily but as a I got older I got lucky with people giving me them and what not. But yeah now I have a new 3ds and psp that I got like two months ago and that takes care of alot since they are easily moddable.
The first time I played Legacy of Goku I gave up after a few hours.. I came back to it randomly after 3 years of aging and my god was it hard but it was honestly so underrated.
Something thats only happened once in my life happened on the gba. While playing a star wars episode 2 game i entered a cheat code at random and it actually worked and sent me to a stage way ahead of where I was. I’ll never forget that moment.
It’s a less talked about aspect of the advantages of handhelds, but they really are fantastic options for people like me with health issues. Sure gaming on a console is seen as a lazy activity, however when you struggle to walk sometimes getting to the couch can be too much. I remember in 2020, before the pandemic even happened, I got majorly sick and none of the doctors I visited knew why. I was miserable, I couldn’t sit or stand upright without passing out or getting dizzy, and was majorly confined to sitting and laying in bed. In between visiting specialists and wasting away on a mattress, my dad one day was like “What color Nintendo switch do you want?” I picked out the yellow lite because the battery life was better than the regular version and I was too sick to take advantage of the tv docking anyways. When that thing came in the mail it was the happiest I had been in months. Sure I was still feeling terrible but I could now enjoy video games in bed, that improved my quality of life so much.
Before I move to Japan, I had no access to any Nintendo handheld consoles. My gaming world was defined by old memories of my NES and my new PS4. Now I just play with my GBC, DS, and 3DS because not only they are very cheap in Japan but also they give me a really good feeling of gaming. They give me all my childhood experiences which I could not have in my country. Now, I can not remember the last time I turned on my PS4. Thanks for your video!
Man you’re just one of these channels with a type of content that is destined for greatness. I have a feeling that this channel will blow up in no time.
Handhelds were also my bread and butter to my childhood. I was never allowed to own a console until I was in ......something like 7th or 8th grade. But, regardless of owning a dedicated console I always stayed with my GBA SP, and later 3DS Lite. Like you I would sit all cozy in my bed hiding the glow from my dad while killing it in Legacy of Goku II. I think I completed that game 100% while on a car ride to Myrtle Beach SC. Another great title that the GBA had was Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride. Holy crap that was such a great freaking game. But, damn, another banger of a video man. I always get super nostalgic hearing the tracks you play in the background while talking about that sweet mid to late 90s - 2000s goodness. Can't wait for the next one mate!
I remember when the PSP came out; man, the DS dominated it. Most people I know didn't play PSP games, they used it as am emulation machine. If you wanted to play games you played the DS. lol That said, I've played the TWEWY on the DS and fell in love. It's so unique and so creative that I honestly don't think it works outside it. I could go on, but I'll refrain. The phat DS, DS Lite, SP... I had the Color for Pokemon, 3DS for Ace Attorney, but the DS & SP were the love of my life. I still have mine and I'll never give them up.
Dude... that was beautiful. I don't think anyone could have summed up gaming on the go more perfectly than you did. I'm going to go bust out my GameBoy Advance now and do another playthrough of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga thanks to you
Nakey jakeys spiritual successor. I really needed this kind of comedy. I don’t know man. You obviously have some influences, but you also have a voice to you. I like you man, keep it up
The GBA is still one of my favourite consoles of all time and I've played them all, so I always love whenever someone does a retrospective on it because it's kind of like a reminder to everyone in this busy world we live in that it still exists and should be played.
I just found your channel some days ago, and man... your content its great! Oh god... the GBA has a big place in my heart... the sad part is that i couldnt had a GBA at the time, so i played most of its games in emulator. But still, the GBA catalog is so beautiful... The moment that i discovered Golden Sun, that moment was DAMN! One of the best games ever. Also, i really enjoyed Pokemon Emerald and Mystery Dungeon :'D Omg, the nostalgia :'D Good content my friend!
The GBA was literally a SNES on the go and that’s why I love it, my favorite cartridge system. I wish the DS and 3DS treated itself more like N64 and GameCube cause they really were but they always held back. You know damn well Wind Waker could’ve been on 3DS…
I don't think I ever felt this understood by a content creator. I am 33 now and this was my youth. Not just this video, but also the anime videos and all the others! Keep doing what you are doing!
Shout-out to Chris! This was another excellent video. I am enjoying your style of videos and enjoy the thoughtfulness that goes into them. Congrats on reaching over 100k subs. I just watched your video on how Yu-Gi-Oh impacted your life and I am glad to see how far this awesome channel has gotten so far. Cheers to all that is to come in the future!
The memory of hiding under the covers and pretending to sleep while the little bit of light seeped out from the closed sp and hoping to not get caught is so integral to my childhood
Being the youngest sibling literally gave us all a similar childhood experience. My main consoles were Handheld Consoles while my older brothers got to play the N64,PS2,Gamecube,etc. while I get to watch them, and sometimes they'll let me play when they were done. Or i'd sneak a session of playing the home consoles while they were busy lol So handheld consoles were really all I could get my hands on fulltime.
So I had both the ds/3ds and psp and ps vita. I liked both for different reasons, mostly for the specific ips they carried. TBH like SMT and Zelda. At one point I was using my psp and then ps vita a lot more cause of the other features they had. Like watching movies/shows on it! I have found memories of watching lupin the 3rd a woman named fujiko on my psp. I sold all my handhelds over the years and I miss them. BUT I do have a Switch now so playing it off the dock is great to get those handheld vibes.
SMT, Monster Hunter and Zelda (including remakes) have alot of nice titles on the 3DS and those happen to be some of my favourite game series. I love this console, it has so many great games on it, for me the Switch catalogue still has to catch up.
minish cap IS the most underrated zelda game. it's got charm out the wazoo and it was tight pacing. loved the central gimmick of becoming tiny and going all levelord on the world. take care of your AGS-101s, not many of them out there!
I still remember getting the DS Lite for Christmas, wasn't til years later where I experienced the beauty of the legacy of goku games. Great video! Love the editing, and all of the video's content. A 2000's kid's Dream!
Mario and luigi superstar saga was and still is one of my favorite games of all time the game was pretty much a handheld game version of a saturday morning cartoon, reeking with charm and love even 20 years later i keep coming back to it playing it over and over i just cant get enough, either im going through a hard time or just want to relax this game still stuns me the same way it did all those years ago when i was a child
That’s not happening again, with switch and steam deck, portable console games are the future. Devs don’t want to have to make different games anymore. Cell phone games are the only thing that may meet your requirements.
@@roadrash2005 Well although it means next to nothing Sony has actually stated recent interest in a "new psp" but yeah I doubt it. Also if anything I would be fine with a portable console that actually just feels a bit more refined on the portable side than the switch (Which is one of my favourite systems already) as I feel taking the switch on the go can feel a lot more clunky and awkward than for instance my 2dsxl or ps vita.
I don't think Sony will make a PSVITA 2 nor will Nintendo make a 3DS2. And that's me speaking as a fan of the PSP and Vita and DS lines. It seems unlikely from a market perspective. The Switch was successful because Nintendo already had a healthy handheld line and developers that made games for it while not really doing well if they competed with Sony and Microsoft as a console. In addition, Nintendo doesn't focus on graphical fidelity so it was easy for Nintendo to shift everything towards a main handheld and consolidate all devs to work on one main platform without being limited by being a handheld. The Steam Deck has the advantage that it has access to Steam, one of the largest libraries ever. In addition, if the user is already a PC player, they have their entire library already available on the Steam Deck with no additional purchases. Valve doesn't need to make games for it as it already has them. Sony doesn't have these advantages. If they were to make a new handheld it wouldn't be as powerful as the PS4 since they have to keep production costs low so people will buy it. Meaning it won't have access to the PS4's entire library and devs will have to tweak their PS4 or earlier games to work on it taking up valuable development resources. In addition, Sony would have to support a PS3.5 like device while also supporting the PS4, PS5 and PSVR at the same time. And seeing as they'd have to make graphically impressive games since that's their MO, it would limit the speed and production of games for the new handheld. And at that point, Sony's better off making games for their already established platforms. Basically, Nintendo only has to worry about supporting one device by doing what they were already doing. Valve doesn't have to worry about making any games for the Steam Deck. But Sony would have its attention and resources divided far more by a device that would need a lot more resources to even stay afloat. A somewhat casual-hardcore gamer has access to the Switch for portable play. A PC player has access to the Steam Deck. The only real advantage the Vita 2 would have is being able to play some Playstation exclusives portable. Which would mean mostly porting worse versions of existing PS4 games and spending valuable resources to make PS3.5 level games that may generate more money being used to make PS5 games instead. If Nintendo made a 3DS2, they'd run into the same issue. Only worse since they already have a portable system in the Switch.
Just found this channel and this is such a great video! I always ended up with handheld consoles bc my family couldn't afford a console and this video brought me back to the days with my ds and me and my friends using pictochat or playing Mario kart on the bus. I even bought a 3ds this year bc handheld games to me are really fun and underrated. Really glad you also mentioned minish cap bc that's my favorite 2d zelda alongside a link between worlds. All the Nintendo handhelds have some of the best memories as a kid.
The DS will always hold a special place in my heart. I still remember going on class trips and everyone who had a DS would bring it and we would all play Mario Kart on the bus (good old times when you only needed one copy of the game for all to play)
Bro I completely relate to your GB SP. A now-ex friend borrowed my Gameboy Colour and one of my Pokémon Red's, refused to give it back and I never saw it again. Almost 10 years on and that shit still stings when I think about it
I remember my twin brother and I getting DS Lites for Christmas and that was the coolest shit for us back then. I’m pretty sure we didn’t even have games for the first year we owned them so we would just use PictoChat for hours until that one legendary day when I randomly figured out that the little bottom thing came out of the DS so you could plug your gameboy games. I felt so big brained when I showed my brother that I was playing A Link to the Past on my DS… Also shoutout to Chris! I had a friend that also did that and I remember thinking the FBI would come hunt him and I down for seeing a pixilated version of a lady in a bikini. Still haven’t been caught yet😎
I can't believe I haven't come across your channel before! This video is amazaing and it made want to revisit a ton of GBA games from my childhood. One thing that I really like about handheld gaming consoles besides, you know them being protable is that they are personal, I have two younger brothers and they generally don't take good care of their stuff, so having to share a console with them was a nightmare! I remember when my dad got us a PS1 and I was so hyped to try it, I linked it to the TV and went to get some discs and when I came back I found my brother wiping his FUCKING ORANGE JUICE THAT HE HAD SPILT ALL OVER OUR PS1! I didn't work after that and I never got a new PS1 and as you can probably tell I'm still pissed off about it. The day I found out about the GBA I kept asking my parents to get me one and when they finally did it was HEAVEN! I spent a ton of hours playing Pokemon FireRed and Emerald, TMNT games (especially the movie one which is very underappreciated in my opinion), Batman games, Beyblade, Megaman Battle Networks, Super Mario... I can go on for days! Not having to worry about long road trips felt unreal and having my own personal console was a dream come true (it's been over 18 YEARS since the day I got my original GBA and it still works!) for these reasons and many more the GBA will forever be my favorite handheld console and have a special place in my heart. Thank you for the memories Nintendo ❤
I’m so glad I found your channel man. Literally every video you’ve made was tailored for me to click it. Also haven’t been subbed for long (6K subs ish) and I was wondering why you didn’t have NEARLY as much subs as I thought you’d have when I clicked the sub button, and you’re popping off haha. Good luck in the future my guy!
The World Ends With You had one of the best stories i ever experienced in a game, tbh. I personally never had a portable console until the PSP. But after i got the PSP i played on it until the joystick's nub literally broke off, superglued it back, then played more until the internal components of the joystick wore down so hard that the drift is almost unbearable and i still sometimes play on it even with the drift. (Right direction barely works anymore and it drifts to the left.) To me the PSP was the best possible console. Never liked the DS because the games looked like, you know... "Booty". The thing i liked the most was the graphics that the PSP was capable of. Games were comparable to what i have been playing on the PS2. I don't have any other portables, besides a 3DS. It's cool. Has the glass-free 3D screen. But i was hella into mobile gaming, like, phone stuff. Symbian OS, literally the best OS. Ultra high quality games. A lot of PS1-quality games right there in my palm. With that phone i got into emulation. Discovered the Pokemon games and many others.
But did you answer the questions honestly in Pokémon mystery dungeon? I cheated to get Cyndaquil and I felt awful afterwards. I then restarted it and naturally got Cuebone.
Yo just binged a lot of your videos and had to drop a comment to say this content is peak and W takes for the most part. Love how you dedicated a whole portion of this vid to gushing about TWEWY, truly the game of all time, earned my sub.
I just wanted to say your channel is largely sucessful at being what you want - an internet pitstop. Your videos are relaxing, chill and you can just "checkpoint" at them. The vibes are gold. But, I just wanted to say that the poop jokes and sex jokes and stuff... really kill the vibe. They take away from what you're going for and make your videos a lot like every single other channel there is. If you tone down that stuff, this would be my favourite channel on this platform, but for now, I'm just happily subscribed and enjoying the vibes. Overall really great videos.
That intro bought back so many memories brother. I remember my parents getting me my own red Gameboy Advance with Mario Kart Super Circuit and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, and hearing that jingle is like looking up to the bright blue sky and watch the clouds roll by quick followed by the Aurora borealis. Mario Bros, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Pokemon, Cartoon Network and even tie-in games like Rugrats Go Wild. That era with the GameCube was a great time before getting a DS. The DS and Wii era was just as great... but I'm getting ahead of myself xD
45k! Bro I remember when you were around 700 and was thinking of how underrated you were. I’m so glad that you are blowing up. Keep up the amazing work man!
My favorite handheld console as of now is the Nintendo Switch, but my favorite handheld console game was probably Metroid Fusion. It has an interesting story Samus is attacked by an X Parasite, which nearly kills her, and copies Samus at her strongest form, and she crashes her gunship as the infection starts to take hold. After nearly dying, a vaccine for the X Parasite using Metroid DNA is quickly developed, which Samus's life, but at the cost of much of her strength and identity. Samus controls extremely well in Fusion, both in terms of button mapping and movement. I love that I only need to hold the R Button to fire missiles, and that Samus is more agile with an almost ninja like quality to her movement. The SA-X is so powerful that it's terrifying the first time you encounter it, especially when at one point, you're forced to fight it or otherwise run. It also introduced one the best bosses in the series, known as Nightmare, which can manipulate gravity and almost render missiles useless.
a very nostalgic place for me playing the Nintendo DS was on planes whenever I was going on a vacation to another country as a kid and in the the hotel rooms. i would rather stay in the hotel rooms playing on my DS then going out exploring a new country
I watched you back when you first posted your video on anime transformations. I’m so glad to see that your Chanel has grown so much and you’re getting the recognition you deserve
You are a master of provoking nostalgia. even for a while i can go back 15+ years ago with a smile i only wish You had 1000 videos, so they " never " end
I just found you yesterday, and lets just say you've got yourself a new subscriber. I love your video format, it meets the expectations you get from reading your channel's name. Keep it up
UGH thank you for this video!!! i personally love nintendo and i've grown up with it since the gameboy color days. the point you made about how games were designed for the console was so on point. however, it made me realise that i have not encountered any games that make use of nintendo switch's touch screen.... i mean, sure the nintendo switch is meant to function like a tablet so you'd probably only use the touch screen for like easy navigation when you're setting up or when you're browsing through the nintendo shop but i think it would be interesting if developers could explore using the touch screen function a little more
I'm a lil older than you so my first console was a Gameboy Color (with Pokemon Yellow) but man did I ever have the greatest time. GBC/GBA/DS era of games were so special man. I love all your vids too, keep it up man
The nintendo DS and 3DS were the height of gaming for me. Playing with my brother these incredible games in the palm of our hands. Being able to use both screens to play games in ways that we never thought possible. We even got my little sister to start playing games with us, and she never even touched video games before. It truly was a magical time
“My future is in the palm of my hands”😉🤣
Yeah. My gaming journey started with the dsi. It was my sisters but I kinda stole it. I loved playing it and soon, I finally might get a 3ds.
StreetPass on the 3DS was a cultural generational experience no one else will get to have.
Going to highschool and just checking at the beginning of the class how many people I passed by has been unmatched.
Nothing ever matched going to a game convention and getting all those passes.
I had a 3ds in a school where no one cared about the 3ds (besides my friend group basically) so I had no idea what streetpass was or did
"babe wake up! new Internet Pitstop video just dropped!"
Me at 5 am rn :
Did your left hand wake up in time?
We all no lol you ain’t got no babe
@@shadowingmirror4634 i have a fiance!
@@Y2Kikiicongrats. Just proposed a few hours ago... And now I'm watching internet pitstop. Oh well, I can't help it
I gotta say - as someone whose been round the anituber block for a while - your style of video essays is probably one of the most original I've seen in years.
I love the mix of cool retro vibes with old school internet humour and your ability to simultaneously celebrate and poke fun at the cringe that resides within us all.
Thank you! I try my best to keep self aware lol
@@InternetPitstop As a great meme once said, "I am cringe, but I am free"
Yes!
i can definetly see the nakey jakey inspiration in your essay style videos
Hearing Golden Sun mentioned makes me feel some type of way, what an absolute gem
I stayed up all night til the sun came up when I first got Golden Sun. Loved that game so much.
I just found you 2 days ago and I’ve already binged all your videos and watched them multiple times. You are one of my favorite content creators right now and you have a great style. If someone were to, hypothetically, create a place on this hellhole of the internet to be a nice chill pitstop, no one could do it better than you. Keep up the good work man.
bro, thank you wow, considering a big thing with my channel was creating a chill pitstop vibe you telling me this really makes all the effort worth it.
Same! I found his videos when i saw the anime fashion and saw my favorite anime yu yu hakusho on the thumbnail and was like "man of class, taste and culture'.
@@contentcop man I'm feelin the love thanks my dudes!
Right how does this guy not have millions of views already? We'll have to share with our friends or something to fix this
I think the man's about to hit the circulation for serious exponential growth. If Naked Jacob needs a break our boi here will be just fine
As much as I love the switch, I really hope they make a successor to the 3ds, the dual screens + stylus were definitely made for certain types of games that the switch just can’t fulfill
its probably the end of the ds line, the 3ds was a successor to the ds
I thought they'd turn the Wii U into a giant DS emulation machine officially, but I'm still holding my breath :X
I want street pass back also :c
Well see with switch 2 and the the future what happens. I'd say xbox is the one at the most risk of becoming obsolete but we'll see. Ps5 is very close to switch sales which is insane.
I adore the DSes and privacy with my hobbies was important when I was growing up with them. I didn't need a dedicated room, wifi, or a TV to play them. And I love the idea of a game console, for play, being more like a toy than a contorted computer.
I just love the fact that I found this guy when he was like less than the thousand and everytime he uploeads there's always more and more people commenting how they found him days ago and are impressed with the quality/saying how he's underrated. He basically just shares what he feels and we are all glad to be around to hear
You really were here really early ! I remember your pfp and everything it’s good to see you again!
He's awesome 😂
Well you're certainly right cause I've just subscribed
@@InternetPitstop I don't always comment but be sure I'm always watching m8, love your stuff keep up the good work
It's the exact type of content I've missed since NakeyJakey kinda started posting 1 vid a year.
Just a guy rambling about shit he's passionate about in games n stuff with some fun editing here and there.
Never found a RUclipsr with so many shared takes and experiences. Anime, manga, games, just everything. Goated, deserves 10x views without a doubt.
I am indeed a multifaceted nerd lol
just saw your "the beauty of 90's anime aesthetic" vid this morning, really good stuff man! very underated, super entertaining:)
Same here. It was an instant subscribe
Same great vid. Yt recommends does it for once
He's great 😂
I've never been more confident a channel will blow up than this one. Please keep up what you're doing. I would bet all my money that this channel has over a million subs by this time next year. Love your channel man
shout out to Chris.
I recently modded my sp with a new IPS screen and shell. Then I played Golden Sun and The Lost Age back-to-back over the past couple of months. Doing this has totally rekindled my love for handhelds. I play on my lunch break and when I get in bed. It's so nice to have these little 20-30 min play sessions.
Was it easy? I was thinking about doing an IPS screen on the original GBA as my first real modding project.
(I've fixed all types of stuff and am comfortable with electronics general, but I've never soldered before so that's always been the biggest obstacle for me.)
(Also, screw new phones and laptops and stuff where you need a damn heatgun and pry tool just to open them up)
@@infasis I can only speak to modding a GBA SP. I wouldn't call it easy as I had no prior experience with soldering but I learned along the way! Most of the modding is just taking apart the SP carefully. The one solder job was if you want 6 levels of brightness in which case you have to solder 1 wire. I bought all my parts from Retro Modding and Handheld Legend.
All in all highly recommended. It's a lot of fun and the new screens really make you appreciate how beautiful some of those old games are.
@@bclikesyou Nice, thank you. I think I might just buy a soldering kit and start practicing. A few mods I'm interested in it's optional like that, but I'm kinda picky and learning really is long overdue for me.
As I kid I too spent WAY too much time trying to figure out that Phantom Hourglass puzzle so I closed my DS out of both boredom and frustration. I returned like five minutes later and I realized that closing it was the key and that moment of discovery will live with me forever
Same, bro. Same >.>
I literally looked up an faq without closing my DS after staring at it for like an hour
all i had to do was close the damn thing to like go to the bathroom or something but I was so intent on finishing that puzzle that I refused to put my DS down
The GBA will always have a special place in my heart... Afrer my parents divorced, I was constantly moving from one house to another. The GBA my father had bought me quickly became my best friend. Life was kinda rough at that time and it felt so good to be able to escape in great video games at any time.
FFTA, Sword of Mana, The Legend of Zelda ALTTP and TMC (to name a few)
Man! so many adventures... :')
You know I went into this video really disliking handhelds but at 7:39 your argument was so insightful, well put together, articulate and convincing that it really changed my view. Thanks man.
EDIT: Also the part at 7:54
Put it this way. There's a reason at every garage sale and flea market handhelds are the first consoles sold fast or harder to get. Everyone rather have something you can take everywhere and all of them are easy to get free native games for whether thru flash carts or gb and gba and ds/ds lite or through software with the dsi, 3ds, psp and ps vita. Honestly the last 4 are the best in this aspect cause the older ones you need flashcarts which still cost decent money especially the gba one.
Love to see the TWEWY shoutout, still the best touch screen combat I've ever seen even after years of mobile games
Was also nice that the OG DS was a brick of pure Nintendium. Used that thing 'til the battery burned out from recharge cycles, but the Lites kept burning out their shoulder buttons
Golden Sun in the thumbnail? That was my childhood! So many fond memories in handheld games. Pokemon, Golden Sun, all the rpgs were gold.
You just named so many great games!
I love the 3ds because of the modding possibilities. I can make custom themes, emulate games, and enjoy the gb and ds library via twilight menu :3 plus I can use flipnote studio! I bring my 3ds w me all the time in hopes that I’ll get a street pass but it rarely happens. Still, when I do it’s special. Also it enables my picross addiction lol
@@feelingafnar8885 yeah but then I’d have to buy one lol, I have like 3 3ds’s lying around from over the years. But if I’d grown up playing the vita I’d def look into it :p
This internet pitstop is quickly becoming a favorite repeat destination. Like the Minish Cap, this whole channel is certified banger material that's highly underrated.
Also, shoutout to Chris.
My favorite place to play my ds was in the car on a long road trip to see family. I get carsick sometimes, but hiding under a blanket and plugging my earbuds in while playing the newest game my dad got for me was such a vital part of my childhood. I recently got to relive that for the first time in years when I got Hollow Knight for the switch the same day we were driving 3 hours to see family. Starting that game in the car was such a magically nostalgic feeling that it nearly brought me to tears.
And my first handheld was a SpongeBob game boy advanced that my dad got me after seeing how often I borrowed my moms game boy color. Minish cap and oracle of ages/seasons were character building for me
This is super similar to my experience. This was the golden age. Gba and ds was like the perfect way to just have access to incredible games at any time. Quality games made for the systems. Instead of doing homogenous 3d graphics we had memorable and future proof art styles that look better than most early 3d games and have more personality than most modern games. Pokemon games specifically had so much more character before 3d.
3DS look great actually. A lot of them still look great, just like 2D Pokémon. I’d rather have a new 3DS with 3D and 2D games then just 2D games 100%
@@bunniesiatc449 Idk, I'd take the charming and incredible stylish pixel style of Pokémon BW 1&2 over any of the new 3D Pokémon games any day. They just look too neutered and have no character, imo.
Just found the channel like 3 hours ago and I've been binging this shit since. And you know I just have to give credit to to just how high quality these videos are. This channel is set up in the way that I feel like every kid from the late 90's and early 2000's dreamed of. Talking passionately about anime and games that our generation grew up with, while spicing up the videos with little quirks that are uniquely you, like your sense of fashion and humor. It's like watching the next evolution of NakeyJakey. Just wanted to pretty much day keep up the good work, and enjoy knowing that I now going to watch some tutorials on editing videos, so I can fail to make a video as inspired and cool as yours.
Dude thank you it’s always great to hear that ppl are inspired by my stuff just like I was inspired by my favorite creators much love man ❤️
I love his sense of humor and style of editing. Just found him yesterday watched like 6 of his vids and I had to subscribe. I see his sub growth has ramped up as well which is well deserved!
Thank you! I’m doing my best !
Agreed 😂
I am a Game Boy Color era kid who had each subsequent system over the years, and I will absolutely stan the 3DS. It was around for like, 10 years, and really got a ton of great games. It was an absolute sleeper hit; no one really cared when it came out but over the years its catalogue blew UP. And on top of that it could play DS games.
Dude, I'm from Brazil and I'm just here to say that your channel was one of the best things I've stumbled upon this year. I've been binge watching all your videos and seriously, I shit you not, you inspired me a lot. I see a lot of me in you and that made me think that if I could do just 10% of what you do, I'll be happy af. Keep going dude. You're amazing.
Damn dude this was super real to read thank you my guy wish you the best
Dude yes! Another banger bro! And I 100% agree. The GBA and DS were game changing for me and my friends. That thing went literally everywhere with me, no exceptions. Keep the grind going man, I’m here for it 💪🏽
The Nintendo DS was my beginning for gaming. I met my best friend through pokemon diamond and pearl. Each copy has close to 1000 hours of play time on it.
Also a hidden gem from the DS era was Fossil fighters. Possibly the greatest game of all time.
Fossil Fighters is goated.
I still swear that the SP was the best of the handheld consoles. Easy enough to hide in class, long enough battery, and ergonomic enough to fit comfortably in hand. Wish the technology would have just advanced with it instead of going the massive tablet-lite style everything has gone with now.
As someone who owned both a DS and a PSP in my youth I always preferred my Nintendo DS. Any game I'd play on the PSP I'd rather play on the PS3 because a lot of PSP games had short storys and the gameplay was lesser than on PS3 overall. The Nintendo DS games I played took advantage of dual screens and were genuinely fun when you wanted to play something on the go or while you're watching tv. I made the mistake of selling my Nintendo DS back in the day but I now own a new Nintendo 3DS XL along with all the older games I had back in the day for the DS since the 3DS also plays DS games. The DS/3DS library is massive as a whole and you had a lot more options to choose from than the PSP or the Vita which is one of the reasons it was more popular. Nintendo fully supported their DS lineup whereas Sony kind of half supported their PSP lineup before killing it off.
I own a Nintendo Switch and a 3DS and while I do love the Switch, I love my 3DS just a bit more because it's truly a handheld gaming device that's still very fun to this day.
The absolute vibeage of this channel cannot be overstated. I LOVEEEE the bumps. Very me at age 8 cuddled up in front of the TV at 2 am hoping my parents don't hear while I watch reruns of Robot Chicken while simultaneously playing pokemon platinum on my Nintendo DS Lite vibes.
Some great segways here, this really sparked a nostalgia bonfire in my mind of my childhood with Minish Cap, Mystery Dungeon, and Soulsilver. You have such a diverse interest pool that reminds me of my own which is awesome! Keep up the great contact bro💪
dude thank you! I always was into like things that don't usually correlate so its cool to be able to mention this stuff and someone to appreciate that about me much love man
Glad to see you mentioned The World Ends With You! It’s one of the best games on the DS and is one of my all time favorites. Seriously, anybody who hasn’t played it needs to! It’s such an awesome experience, the character design, the ost, the gameplay, all incredible. Solid 10/10 for me
YOOO THANK YOU for mentioning how awesome it was that DS games utilized every unique aspect of the console. Phantom Hourglass in particular utilized everything. Controlled well with the stylus, utilized it's two screens with the map (or to show off how tall one of the bosses is), gave tons of opportunities to control things or just doodle with the stylus. Hell, there's even an enemy you can kill by yelling at the mic. It's nuts.
Great video dude! My favorite handheld memory is playing Pokemon Crystal on the GBA. I also have very fond memories of playing Pokemon Ruby and two Medabots games, but Crystal was my first Pokemon game and it has a special place forever. I would get so immersed into that world, everything seemed so lifelike to me as a child. Amazing times.
When you mentioned the PSP it brought me an another level of nostalgia. My cousin had one and it was the most fun. Being Brazilian, consoles were always really expensive, but my cousin, who had a better condition than me, had one. I remember seeing him play and waiting for my turn, or asking him directions because I got lost on GTA, or playing ninja turtles. Good times. Till this day, I've never had a console (other than a broken ps3 that my other rich cousin gave me), but talking about it still gives me the nostalgia sadness.
PS: I'm the older cousin, and having to rely on my little rich cousins to play always was a little sad, but I always had fun! Shoutout from Brasil!
It's really crazy how poor people in the u.s how we struggled when young but it doesn't compare to south American countries or African where the conditions are much harder and not being able to get a console. Like I grew up in the projects of new York city and seen it all roaches that can fly, rats and just utter filth pee and poop everywhere but down there you have so many crazy big animals and insects all over with so much harder circumstances I really give it to you guys. I also didn't have systems so easily but as a I got older I got lucky with people giving me them and what not. But yeah now I have a new 3ds and psp that I got like two months ago and that takes care of alot since they are easily moddable.
The first time I played Legacy of Goku I gave up after a few hours.. I came back to it randomly after 3 years of aging and my god was it hard but it was honestly so underrated.
Something thats only happened once in my life happened on the gba. While playing a star wars episode 2 game i entered a cheat code at random and it actually worked and sent me to a stage way ahead of where I was. I’ll never forget that moment.
This channel is a vibe and I don't understand how you don't have more subs. Props for being original in a saturated platform.
It’s a less talked about aspect of the advantages of handhelds, but they really are fantastic options for people like me with health issues. Sure gaming on a console is seen as a lazy activity, however when you struggle to walk sometimes getting to the couch can be too much.
I remember in 2020, before the pandemic even happened, I got majorly sick and none of the doctors I visited knew why. I was miserable, I couldn’t sit or stand upright without passing out or getting dizzy, and was majorly confined to sitting and laying in bed. In between visiting specialists and wasting away on a mattress, my dad one day was like “What color Nintendo switch do you want?” I picked out the yellow lite because the battery life was better than the regular version and I was too sick to take advantage of the tv docking anyways. When that thing came in the mail it was the happiest I had been in months. Sure I was still feeling terrible but I could now enjoy video games in bed, that improved my quality of life so much.
Before I move to Japan, I had no access to any Nintendo handheld consoles. My gaming world was defined by old memories of my NES and my new PS4. Now I just play with my GBC, DS, and 3DS because not only they are very cheap in Japan but also they give me a really good feeling of gaming. They give me all my childhood experiences which I could not have in my country. Now, I can not remember the last time I turned on my PS4. Thanks for your video!
Man you’re just one of these channels with a type of content that is destined for greatness. I have a feeling that this channel will blow up in no time.
Handhelds were also my bread and butter to my childhood. I was never allowed to own a console until I was in ......something like 7th or 8th grade. But, regardless of owning a dedicated console I always stayed with my GBA SP, and later 3DS Lite. Like you I would sit all cozy in my bed hiding the glow from my dad while killing it in Legacy of Goku II. I think I completed that game 100% while on a car ride to Myrtle Beach SC. Another great title that the GBA had was Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride. Holy crap that was such a great freaking game.
But, damn, another banger of a video man. I always get super nostalgic hearing the tracks you play in the background while talking about that sweet mid to late 90s - 2000s goodness. Can't wait for the next one mate!
I remember when the PSP came out; man, the DS dominated it. Most people I know didn't play PSP games, they used it as am emulation machine. If you wanted to play games you played the DS. lol That said, I've played the TWEWY on the DS and fell in love. It's so unique and so creative that I honestly don't think it works outside it. I could go on, but I'll refrain.
The phat DS, DS Lite, SP... I had the Color for Pokemon, 3DS for Ace Attorney, but the DS & SP were the love of my life. I still have mine and I'll never give them up.
The psp did have great games tho
I been using emulators and playing all sorts of old games
Psp, ds, gba, ps1, PS2
They are all great
Dude... that was beautiful. I don't think anyone could have summed up gaming on the go more perfectly than you did. I'm going to go bust out my GameBoy Advance now and do another playthrough of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga thanks to you
Nakey jakeys spiritual successor. I really needed this kind of comedy. I don’t know man. You obviously have some influences, but you also have a voice to you. I like you man, keep it up
The GBA is still one of my favourite consoles of all time and I've played them all, so I always love whenever someone does a retrospective on it because it's kind of like a reminder to everyone in this busy world we live in that it still exists and should be played.
I just found your channel some days ago, and man... your content its great!
Oh god... the GBA has a big place in my heart... the sad part is that i couldnt had a GBA at the time, so i played most of its games in emulator. But still, the GBA catalog is so beautiful... The moment that i discovered Golden Sun, that moment was DAMN! One of the best games ever. Also, i really enjoyed Pokemon Emerald and Mystery Dungeon :'D
Omg, the nostalgia :'D
Good content my friend!
This vid aged well after the gba games dropped on switch online
This channel reminds me so much of NakeyJakey, that I had to binge all your videos and can’t get enough.
I never smile much for uploads. Your channel is the first that makes me smile on uploads.
aw man glad I could provide that for ya means a lot!
The GBA was literally a SNES on the go and that’s why I love it, my favorite cartridge system. I wish the DS and 3DS treated itself more like N64 and GameCube cause they really were but they always held back. You know damn well Wind Waker could’ve been on 3DS…
I don't think I ever felt this understood by a content creator. I am 33 now and this was my youth. Not just this video, but also the anime videos and all the others! Keep doing what you are doing!
Shout-out to Chris! This was another excellent video. I am enjoying your style of videos and enjoy the thoughtfulness that goes into them. Congrats on reaching over 100k subs. I just watched your video on how Yu-Gi-Oh impacted your life and I am glad to see how far this awesome channel has gotten so far. Cheers to all that is to come in the future!
The memory of hiding under the covers and pretending to sleep while the little bit of light seeped out from the closed sp and hoping to not get caught is so integral to my childhood
Being the youngest sibling literally gave us all a similar childhood experience. My main consoles were Handheld Consoles while my older brothers got to play the N64,PS2,Gamecube,etc. while I get to watch them, and sometimes they'll let me play when they were done. Or i'd sneak a session of playing the home consoles while they were busy lol So handheld consoles were really all I could get my hands on fulltime.
So I had both the ds/3ds and psp and ps vita. I liked both for different reasons, mostly for the specific ips they carried. TBH like SMT and Zelda. At one point I was using my psp and then ps vita a lot more cause of the other features they had. Like watching movies/shows on it! I have found memories of watching lupin the 3rd a woman named fujiko on my psp. I sold all my handhelds over the years and I miss them. BUT I do have a Switch now so playing it off the dock is great to get those handheld vibes.
Yeah I agree, but also.
Big and I mean BIG.
cant tell if profile is furry creatura or nft creatura.
@@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e not nft!
SMT, Monster Hunter and Zelda (including remakes) have alot of nice titles on the 3DS and those happen to be some of my favourite game series. I love this console, it has so many great games on it, for me the Switch catalogue still has to catch up.
It always feels so good to see Mystery Dungeon get a nod, love the format of your video by the way.
This video feels like it was made about my childhood specifically. Subscribed.
Underrated RUclipsr, i found this gem a few days ago and i have watched a lot of them already.
This channel is such an underrated gem. I can even say, a whole ✨vibe✨
What an honor lol
minish cap IS the most underrated zelda game. it's got charm out the wazoo and it was tight pacing. loved the central gimmick of becoming tiny and going all levelord on the world. take care of your AGS-101s, not many of them out there!
I still remember getting the DS Lite for Christmas, wasn't til years later where I experienced the beauty of the legacy of goku games. Great video! Love the editing, and all of the video's content. A 2000's kid's Dream!
Mario and luigi superstar saga was and still is one of my favorite games of all time
the game was pretty much a handheld game version of a saturday morning cartoon, reeking with charm and love
even 20 years later i keep coming back to it playing it over and over i just cant get enough, either im going through a hard time or just want to relax this game still stuns me the same way it did all those years ago when i was a child
As much as I like the whole new hybrid idea for consoles I hope we eventually get some new straight portable systems like the 3ds and vita
That’s not happening again, with switch and steam deck, portable console games are the future. Devs don’t want to have to make different games anymore. Cell phone games are the only thing that may meet your requirements.
@@roadrash2005 Well although it means next to nothing Sony has actually stated recent interest in a "new psp" but yeah I doubt it. Also if anything I would be fine with a portable console that actually just feels a bit more refined on the portable side than the switch (Which is one of my favourite systems already) as I feel taking the switch on the go can feel a lot more clunky and awkward than for instance my 2dsxl or ps vita.
@@projectmessiah taking my switch on the go has never felt clunky to me personally
@@primarinegaming6761 It's not bad but it could be a lot better.
I don't think Sony will make a PSVITA 2 nor will Nintendo make a 3DS2. And that's me speaking as a fan of the PSP and Vita and DS lines. It seems unlikely from a market perspective.
The Switch was successful because Nintendo already had a healthy handheld line and developers that made games for it while not really doing well if they competed with Sony and Microsoft as a console. In addition, Nintendo doesn't focus on graphical fidelity so it was easy for Nintendo to shift everything towards a main handheld and consolidate all devs to work on one main platform without being limited by being a handheld.
The Steam Deck has the advantage that it has access to Steam, one of the largest libraries ever. In addition, if the user is already a PC player, they have their entire library already available on the Steam Deck with no additional purchases. Valve doesn't need to make games for it as it already has them.
Sony doesn't have these advantages. If they were to make a new handheld it wouldn't be as powerful as the PS4 since they have to keep production costs low so people will buy it. Meaning it won't have access to the PS4's entire library and devs will have to tweak their PS4 or earlier games to work on it taking up valuable development resources. In addition, Sony would have to support a PS3.5 like device while also supporting the PS4, PS5 and PSVR at the same time. And seeing as they'd have to make graphically impressive games since that's their MO, it would limit the speed and production of games for the new handheld. And at that point, Sony's better off making games for their already established platforms.
Basically, Nintendo only has to worry about supporting one device by doing what they were already doing. Valve doesn't have to worry about making any games for the Steam Deck. But Sony would have its attention and resources divided far more by a device that would need a lot more resources to even stay afloat. A somewhat casual-hardcore gamer has access to the Switch for portable play. A PC player has access to the Steam Deck. The only real advantage the Vita 2 would have is being able to play some Playstation exclusives portable. Which would mean mostly porting worse versions of existing PS4 games and spending valuable resources to make PS3.5 level games that may generate more money being used to make PS5 games instead.
If Nintendo made a 3DS2, they'd run into the same issue. Only worse since they already have a portable system in the Switch.
Just found this channel and this is such a great video! I always ended up with handheld consoles bc my family couldn't afford a console and this video brought me back to the days with my ds and me and my friends using pictochat or playing Mario kart on the bus. I even bought a 3ds this year bc handheld games to me are really fun and underrated. Really glad you also mentioned minish cap bc that's my favorite 2d zelda alongside a link between worlds. All the Nintendo handhelds have some of the best memories as a kid.
Never had a channel speak so directly to my soul before! Love what you're doing
Playing LocoRoco and Patapon on psp are great memories
The DS will always hold a special place in my heart. I still remember going on class trips and everyone who had a DS would bring it and we would all play Mario Kart on the bus (good old times when you only needed one copy of the game for all to play)
shoutout to Chris
Bro I completely relate to your GB SP. A now-ex friend borrowed my Gameboy Colour and one of my Pokémon Red's, refused to give it back and I never saw it again. Almost 10 years on and that shit still stings when I think about it
4:10 "the most underrated zelda game" so true. i love minish cap so much like that game is such a banger!!! and for what!!
Shoutout to Chris
I remember my twin brother and I getting DS Lites for Christmas and that was the coolest shit for us back then. I’m pretty sure we didn’t even have games for the first year we owned them so we would just use PictoChat for hours until that one legendary day when I randomly figured out that the little bottom thing came out of the DS so you could plug your gameboy games. I felt so big brained when I showed my brother that I was playing A Link to the Past on my DS…
Also shoutout to Chris! I had a friend that also did that and I remember thinking the FBI would come hunt him and I down for seeing a pixilated version of a lady in a bikini. Still haven’t been caught yet😎
You got a dope little channel, brethren. Props. Your opinions jive with mine in a big way.
Keep pushing.
Using the Taia977 aesthetic is the most baller ass move for a RUclips channel. Mad respect all the way down
Thanks dude!
I can't believe I haven't come across your channel before! This video is amazaing and it made want to revisit a ton of GBA games from my childhood. One thing that I really like about handheld gaming consoles besides, you know them being protable is that they are personal, I have two younger brothers and they generally don't take good care of their stuff, so having to share a console with them was a nightmare! I remember when my dad got us a PS1 and I was so hyped to try it, I linked it to the TV and went to get some discs and when I came back I found my brother wiping his FUCKING ORANGE JUICE THAT HE HAD SPILT ALL OVER OUR PS1! I didn't work after that and I never got a new PS1 and as you can probably tell I'm still pissed off about it. The day I found out about the GBA I kept asking my parents to get me one and when they finally did it was HEAVEN! I spent a ton of hours playing Pokemon FireRed and Emerald, TMNT games (especially the movie one which is very underappreciated in my opinion), Batman games, Beyblade, Megaman Battle Networks, Super Mario... I can go on for days! Not having to worry about long road trips felt unreal and having my own personal console was a dream come true (it's been over 18 YEARS since the day I got my original GBA and it still works!) for these reasons and many more the GBA will forever be my favorite handheld console and have a special place in my heart. Thank you for the memories Nintendo ❤
Awesome job using LOG2 and BF soundtracks as background music to your video. Pure nostalgia overload.
I’m so glad I found your channel man. Literally every video you’ve made was tailored for me to click it.
Also haven’t been subbed for long (6K subs ish) and I was wondering why you didn’t have NEARLY as much subs as I thought you’d have when I clicked the sub button, and you’re popping off haha.
Good luck in the future my guy!
The World Ends With You had one of the best stories i ever experienced in a game, tbh.
I personally never had a portable console until the PSP. But after i got the PSP i played on it until the joystick's nub literally broke off, superglued it back, then played more until the internal components of the joystick wore down so hard that the drift is almost unbearable and i still sometimes play on it even with the drift. (Right direction barely works anymore and it drifts to the left.)
To me the PSP was the best possible console. Never liked the DS because the games looked like, you know... "Booty". The thing i liked the most was the graphics that the PSP was capable of. Games were comparable to what i have been playing on the PS2.
I don't have any other portables, besides a 3DS. It's cool. Has the glass-free 3D screen.
But i was hella into mobile gaming, like, phone stuff. Symbian OS, literally the best OS. Ultra high quality games. A lot of PS1-quality games right there in my palm. With that phone i got into emulation. Discovered the Pokemon games and many others.
But did you answer the questions honestly in Pokémon mystery dungeon? I cheated to get Cyndaquil and I felt awful afterwards. I then restarted it and naturally got Cuebone.
I cheated to get Pikachu and felt no remorse :))
Yo just binged a lot of your videos and had to drop a comment to say this content is peak and W takes for the most part. Love how you dedicated a whole portion of this vid to gushing about TWEWY, truly the game of all time, earned my sub.
Good on your brothers for having you go through the timeline of games instead of skipping generations and not appreciating what came before.
I just wanted to say your channel is largely sucessful at being what you want - an internet pitstop. Your videos are relaxing, chill and you can just "checkpoint" at them. The vibes are gold.
But, I just wanted to say that the poop jokes and sex jokes and stuff... really kill the vibe. They take away from what you're going for and make your videos a lot like every single other channel there is.
If you tone down that stuff, this would be my favourite channel on this platform, but for now, I'm just happily subscribed and enjoying the vibes.
Overall really great videos.
I am SO HAPPY somebody else adores Nintendo handheld consoles as much as me!!! I could listen to you go on about handheld games for HOURS
That intro bought back so many memories brother. I remember my parents getting me my own red Gameboy Advance with Mario Kart Super Circuit and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, and hearing that jingle is like looking up to the bright blue sky and watch the clouds roll by quick followed by the Aurora borealis. Mario Bros, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Pokemon, Cartoon Network and even tie-in games like Rugrats Go Wild. That era with the GameCube was a great time before getting a DS. The DS and Wii era was just as great... but I'm getting ahead of myself xD
That's it, I'm buying a GBA SP
so many great memories. Excellent video
45k! Bro I remember when you were around 700 and was thinking of how underrated you were. I’m so glad that you are blowing up. Keep up the amazing work man!
I got so scared you weren't gonna mention The World Ends With You, thank you for not disappointing me! ❤️
Hellll yeahhh
My favorite handheld console as of now is the Nintendo Switch, but my favorite handheld console game was probably Metroid Fusion. It has an interesting story Samus is attacked by an X Parasite, which nearly kills her, and copies Samus at her strongest form, and she crashes her gunship as the infection starts to take hold. After nearly dying, a vaccine for the X Parasite using Metroid DNA is quickly developed, which Samus's life, but at the cost of much of her strength and identity. Samus controls extremely well in Fusion, both in terms of button mapping and movement. I love that I only need to hold the R Button to fire missiles, and that Samus is more agile with an almost ninja like quality to her movement. The SA-X is so powerful that it's terrifying the first time you encounter it, especially when at one point, you're forced to fight it or otherwise run. It also introduced one the best bosses in the series, known as Nightmare, which can manipulate gravity and almost render missiles useless.
thank u for keeping this style of video format alive fr
GOLDEN SUN! That game did everything right. I loved you talked about it
a very nostalgic place for me playing the Nintendo DS was on planes whenever I was going on a vacation to another country as a kid and in the the hotel rooms. i would rather stay in the hotel rooms playing on my DS then going out exploring a new country
I watched you back when you first posted your video on anime transformations. I’m so glad to see that your Chanel has grown so much and you’re getting the recognition you deserve
You are a master of provoking nostalgia. even for a while i can go back 15+ years ago with a smile
i only wish You had 1000 videos, so they " never " end
One day I will! And thank you my dude!
I just found you yesterday, and lets just say you've got yourself a new subscriber. I love your video format, it meets the expectations you get from reading your channel's name. Keep it up
UGH thank you for this video!!! i personally love nintendo and i've grown up with it since the gameboy color days. the point you made about how games were designed for the console was so on point. however, it made me realise that i have not encountered any games that make use of nintendo switch's touch screen.... i mean, sure the nintendo switch is meant to function like a tablet so you'd probably only use the touch screen for like easy navigation when you're setting up or when you're browsing through the nintendo shop but i think it would be interesting if developers could explore using the touch screen function a little more
I'm a lil older than you so my first console was a Gameboy Color (with Pokemon Yellow) but man did I ever have the greatest time. GBC/GBA/DS era of games were so special man. I love all your vids too, keep it up man
A nice throw back to the time of SDS and the Xbox 360, great times