John, Brendon, and Federico are back for another week of handheld news, including a tiny bit of Switch 2 news, an up and down week for Retroid, DS handhelds inch forward, Samsung wonders if thumbholes are the perfect complement to thumbsticks, and AYANEO decides thumbsticks aren’t worth the trouble. Plus, Brendon shares NextUI and the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Controller.

Links and Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• Switch 2 info from the FCC
• The Nintendo Switch 2 will have NFC and Wi-Fi 6, FCC filings show The Verge
• Retroid’s mystery background device revealed
• Retroid Pocket Classic Unveiled A Return to Form - Retro Handhelds
• Six button version
• There’s a Six Button Retroid Pocket Classic - Retro Handhelds
• Retroid Mini Screen Issue
• It’s Official Retroid Pocket Mini Shader Issue Cannot Be Fixed - Retro Handhelds
• MagicX Targets DS Emulation with Zero 40 Specs Reveal - Retro Handhelds
• RPCS3 for Android Shares First Alpha Build - Retro Handhelds
• Samsung unveiled a prototype foldable handheld
• AYANEO Deletes Sticks & Reveals New $179 Pocket Micro Classic

Topics

• MinUI Next
• 8BitDo Ultimate 2 First Impressions
• From 8BitDo
• From Amazon

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Show Art: Brendon Bigley
Music: Will LaPorte

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