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What is your favorite handheld system?

A look back on our favorite handhelds

Words: on December 16, 2012
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  • AshLynx - December 16, 2012 4:29 p.m.

    I still adore and use my original DS all the time. It can play GBA games, of which there were tons of awesome games, Minish Cap, Wario Ware, Mario & Luigi, Pokemon. And, after the first year, lots of good DS games too (albeit much harder to find because of all the shovelware), but there was Might& Magic: Clash or Heroes, Dragon Quest remakes, Mario Kart DS (what I think is the best iteration of the franchise), lots of fantastic puzzle games, Ghost Trick (and Phoenix Wright, lots of other VN style games), and more Pokemon! I definitely owned more DS games than GBA or original Gameboy/GBC games. And it was backlit, had a rechargable battery, and for the first time, I could just whip out my DS and trade/battle Pokemon with no cords in the way! Probably one of the best improvements made to the Pokemon games in gen IV (in addition to the special/physical split), I just adore the local battles without hassle! Oh and it came in red with Mario Kart!

  • tehtimeisnow - December 16, 2012 4:04 p.m.

    ipohne 5 is hands down the most best hanheld gameing systam of all time its so good that its compeltely taken over and sony and nitedno cant compete with it so there systams r now faleures

  • talleyXIV - December 16, 2012 8:40 p.m.

    Hehe.

  • christian-shaffer - December 17, 2012 8:03 a.m.

    That's a good point, but how are you gonna play your favorite Call of Duty games on the Iphone?

  • eric648 - December 16, 2012 3:32 p.m.

    Oh you guys have got to play the Neo Geo Pocket Color. Not a huge library, but certainly a great one. Faselei, The Last Blade, Card Fighters Clash, and Match of the Millennium are some of the best games on the system.

  • Fuzunga - December 16, 2012 3:26 p.m.

    Gameboy Advance. Which model? The SP or the Micro. I can't decide.

  • J-Fid - December 16, 2012 3:17 p.m.

    COBALT GBA SP REPRESENT!!! I always chose the most purple Nintendo console since my first Nintendo product (GBC) was Grape. My GBA and GCN are both Indigo and the GBA SP is Cobalt. The DS ended this trend by not releasing a purple console, which bothered me. My favorite handheld? Probably the DSi.

  • Relayer71 - December 16, 2012 2:50 p.m.

    For me it's a tie between the GBA SP and the DS Lite. Both systems had an amazing amount of quality software including incredible RPGs and numerous Zelda and Castlevania releases. Actually, nix that. The fact that the original DS Lite is backward compatible with the GBA makes it THE greatest console ever.

  • cm93 - December 16, 2012 2:49 p.m.

    hmmm well I didn't own any handhelds until my first DS lite but the one i've used the most and had the most fun with has definitely been DSi :) but 3DS is getting closer :P

  • Edias - December 16, 2012 2:34 p.m.

    The basic 'Game Boy' is probably the handheld that I spent the most time with, but currently Vita is my favorite.

  • DragonLord23 - December 16, 2012 2:29 p.m.

    I love the ds and 3ds, but does the Wii U Tablet coutnt?

  • Tronto13 - December 16, 2012 1:22 p.m.

    Either the color or the advance but I cannae choose between them :)

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