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Frankly, we still have nothing providing HD gaming on a handheld. The switch is way too big to be considered a handheld. I can't slip one into my pocket and go, like I could with a DS or 3DS. It's frustrating, because I love my 3DS for gaming on the go but there is still nothing which can replace it. Nintendo just gave up on the handheld market.

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HD at 720p is more than enough for a 6" screen. The Switch is literally the only capable handheld that could do that and still does. It doesn't offer excellence, but it offers good enough. As already written, the Steam Deck replaced it a half a decade later. Not sure what your point is. Everything grows generatially in capability and capacity, including handhelds. I would not compare the Gameboy to the Gameboy Advance under such limitations.

> The switch is way too big to be considered a handheld.

This seems like a pretty subjective judgment. Was the Sega Game Gear not a handheld console?

Not to mention the Atari Lynx, which was wider than the Switch (and about 3x as thick).

A Switch Micro would be pretty cool.

I was just thinking that I’d love it if Nintendo made a Micro console again. I don’t feel like the Switch Lite was actually small enough to justify as a companion to the full-sized Switch. More just an alternative for those who don’t care about docked play.

But a pocketable Micro console would be awesome for those times I don’t want to have a full backpack with me, which the regular Switch requires.

The GBA micro was about as small as a usable console could get. The older I get, the less accepting of these limitations I've become. The Vita and PSP was a good median in twrms of practically.

The lifetime sales of the Vita and 3DS combined don't even beat out the sales of the Nintendo DS. The dedicated handheld market was killed by the same killer of portable media players and point-and-shoot cameras: the smartphone. Like the other markets, not by the smartphone being better, but by being good enough and always in your pocket.

Imo for your case, maybe try gaming on the phone with a grip adaptor? Should be both powerful &pocketable

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