u/Illustrious_Set2675

Hi, as the title says I need to choose one of these to be my handheld and I'd appreciate your help.

I currently have a claw A1M I bought locally used for 220€ last November (insane deal here in Italy).

It's a great handheld (nothing really comes close at that price) and fulfills all my needs: I play at home, sometimes docked to my TV (at 1080p because 4k is often unplayable), mostly older or emulated games, no triple a stuff. The battery life is trash but it's not a big problem since I'm always next to a socket.

The thing is, I've found a used Rog Xbox ally for 350€ (again, locally) and I'm trying to figure out if it makes sense to get it to replace my claw. I would sell the claw for something like 280€, a bit lower than the average price, so the switch only costs ~70€.

Should I do this and why in case? I'd expect it to be more performant (but I don't know if the difference is worth to be considered) and have more battery life. It fully supports linux distros which is great, I've always wanted to try something like bazzite on my claw but it isn't ready yet (however I've tried xbox fse on windows recently and it helped a lot in tolerating windows).

Let me know your thoughts pls

Hi, I recently bought a dsi xl with the idea of playing games from a sd card. I've seen many many people recommending 32gb sized cards to have enough space to put games in, so I ordered one. The dsi came with a 4gb sd card, so I decided to set up twilight menu++ on it while the bigger one was shipping.

I've installed everything I'd ever need on it (60 games, 30 are ds games and the rest is a mix of nes/gb/gba stuff) and I've only used 2gb of the 4 available on it. There's plenty of space for save files and other games too.

My question is, am I missing something or is 32gb totally useless and overkill? I genuinely can't understand why people actually recommend and need more than a 4-8gb card

Hi, as the title says I'm looking for a used handheld to add to my collection. I currently have a mint new 3ds, a og 3ds and a quite beat up DSi, all from my childhood. They never leave home and I take much care of them because I'm attached to them and they can have good resell value (especially the white n3ds), I hope I'll never have to sell them for money but you never know.

However, I would like to buy an already well used console from the ds/3ds family so that I am not attached to it and I can use it with more peace of mind and take it outside if I want. And it's a good excuse to expand my collection.

My current top picks are dsi xl and 2ds:

\- dsi xl because my eyes would appreciate A LOT the bigger nicer screen and it would be the best way to play ds games

\- 2ds because I love the form factor, it has the best cfw support and plays not both 3ds and nds stuff (I know about the mismatched resolution "problem", but it doesn't really bother me much, I've already tested on the n3ds and it looks fine)

2ds is usually in much better condition for the same price, it should be more durable and it is the most complete option (but again, I already have the n3ds for 3ds games so it's not a priority), while dsi xl has that beautiful big screen and plays ds games better (currently my best way to play ds games is the n3ds since the dsi I have is next to unusable due to its conditions).

What would you do in my place and why? Lmk your thoughts, any advice is appreciated

Hi, as the title says I'm looking for a used handheld to add to my collection. I currently have a mint new 3ds, a og 3ds and a quite beat up DSi, all from my childhood. They never leave home and I take much care of them because I'm attached to them and they can have good resell value (especially the white n3ds), I hope I'll never have to sell them for money but you never know.

However, I would like to buy an already well used console from the ds/3ds family so that I am not attached to it and I can use it with more peace of mind and take it outside if I want. And it's a good excuse to expand my collection.

My current top picks are dsi xl and 2ds:

- dsi xl because my eyes would appreciate A LOT the bigger nicer screen and it would be the best way to play ds games

- 2ds because I love the form factor, it has the best cfw support and plays not both 3ds and nds stuff (I know about the mismatched resolution "problem", but it doesn't really bother me much, I've already tested on the n3ds and it looks fine)

2ds is usually in much better condition for the same price, it should be more durable and it is the most complete option (but again, I already have the n3ds for 3ds games so it's not a priority), while dsi xl has that beautiful big screen and plays ds games better (currently my best way to play ds games is the n3ds since the dsi I have is next to unusable due to its conditions).

What would you do in my place and why? Lmk your thoughts, any advice is appreciated