NPC: Next Portable Console

It's time for a new NPC: Next Portable Console. This week, @brendonbigley@mastodon.social and @johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net round up the week's news including Armada on Android, more AYANEO high jinx, and more.

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Then on NPC XL, they take a look at the state of handheld gaming half-way through the year.

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An all-new NPC is out! This week, Federico and John catch up on the news after a week off, including new Windows handhelds, and TrimUI and Anbernic's entry into the world of Android handhelds.

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📺 https://youtu.be/5hxSUP09BCY

Then for XL, they cover the pre-review news and rumors about the Steam Machine, and John's new Mobapad Switch 2 controller.

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It's time for another NPC: Next Portable Console! This week, OnePlus makes a phone controller with only triggers, Tico 0.7.0 brings GameCube and Wii emulation to the Switch, Ayn raises prices, and Steam comes to Android via ROCKNIX.

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Then on NPC XL for Patreon subscribers, Brendon tries ROCKNIX on the Any Odin 2 Mini.

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Yesterday, we released the latest NPC: Next Portable Console, covering the next generation of gaming handhelds that are emerging, plus more thoughts on the RG Rotate. Then for NPC XL, we shared our handheld travel setups.

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NPC XL:

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This week, the gang cover the confusing state of Switch 2 Joy-Con replacements, more on emulating PC games on Android, and we place our bets on the future of Valve's Steam Machine.

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Then on XL for Patreon subscribers, Federico, Brendon, and John follow up last week's discussion of the death of Xbox with its reincarnation as Project Helix.

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This week, we have RG Rotate specs and prices, get excited for the Steam Controller, and more.

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Then on NPC XL for Patreon subscribers, we revisit GameNative and Federico turns his Legion Go 2 into SteamOS device.

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It's time for the latest episode of NPC: Next Portable Console. this week, Sony and Honda aren't Afeeling it, Epilogue shows of new hardware and an app, and Federico dives back into the Legion Go.

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📺 https://youtu.be/YjOpuBHsJv8

Then on NPC XL for Patreon subscribers, Federico got his MCON finally, John shows off the Genki Convert Dock 3, and they discuss how to make handheld gaming accessible to more people.

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Also out today, Federico's link outages roundup newsletter for Patreon members: https://www.patreon.com/posts/npc-link-march-153828626?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link.

There are lots of great tidbits in here.

The latest NPC is out and this week we cover Nintendo's big Switch 2 software surprise, Anbernic getting weird again and Federico's XL PC streaming setup.

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📺 https://youtu.be/P-bS-1YKVT8

Then on XL for Patreon subscribers, John has thoughts on the Mangmi Pocket Max and Nintendo's weird and wonderful Talking flower, while Brendon awaits FPGA hardware.

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This week on NPC, Sony abandons PC gaming and Federico is obsessed with a prototype foldable handheld from Lenovo.

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Then on NPC XL, some Red Magic sadness and a question: Did handhelds kill the Xbox?

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The latest NPC is out, and this week we tackle what the memory and storage shortage means to handheld gaming and gush about an excellent Android front end: Cocoon 2.0 beta.

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📺 https://youtu.be/JMpGLuJ92DY

Then on XL for Patreon subscribers, Federico has a 3-pack of cooler, and it’s not what you think.

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It's time for another episode of NPC. This week, handhelds on hold, PAX East hardware, more Anbernic videos, and a Pocket Taco review.

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Plus, on NPC XL for Patreon supporters, Federico covers the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 and Brendon shares the SuperSation One.

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It's time for another episode of NPC! This week John and Brendon team up to cover a weird handheld, the latest RG Rotate news, chat about how they find retro games, and more.

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Then, for Patreon subscribers on NPC XL, they revisit the Ayn Thor six months later to check on how it's going.,

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It's time for an all-new NPC!

🚣‍♀️ This week, 40,000 Steam controllers on a boat?
🟣 Purple handlhelds?
🫈 When is mini really XL?

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📺 https://youtu.be/igr9Pbm0L_8

Then on XL, Federico reports on his trip to Romics and the trading card takeover of Italian comic-cons, plus how not to sell a "pristine" Nintendo DS.

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On NPC this week, the long wait for the RG Rotate, Powkiddy's newish handheld, Pictonico!, and an MCON app.

🎧 https://apple.co/4u0xAqO
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Then on NPC XL, John tackles Android emulator settings with Claude while Brendon bites into the Pocket Taco.

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This week on NPC, we share our first impressions of the RG Rotate and the latest videogame news.

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📺 https://youtu.be/mLu6Tpa0gxE

Then on NPC XL, Brendon takes the wraps off of overworld.vg, his videogame news aggregation website.

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It's time for another eipsode of NPC: Next Portable Console. Today, we cover Anberbernic's RG SP announcement, Federico's latest purchase, and the slow drip reveals by handheld makers.

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📺 https://youtu.be/pDK2P0MQoHI

Then for NPC XL, Cocoon 3.0 and Syncthing!

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Today's the day for NPC: Next Portable Console. This week the crew brings you news of AYANEO being AYANEO, something that can't decide if it's a laptop or a handheld console, and a new taco-style controller.

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📺 https://youtu.be/sqpV2IWQ7Vw

Then on NPC XL, Brendon and John share their tests of Armada, which gives you SteamOS on an Android handheld.

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It's time for another episode of NPC: Next Portable Console, and this week, it's all about Sony's flurry of news from dropping plans for physical discs to closing e-shops and fueling handheld rumors.

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📺 https://youtu.be/93TxWBBCxDA

Then for XL, we cover the AYANEO's strange Pocket Micro 2 roll out, the RG Rotate's customizable clock faces, and Apple's Mac Game Porting Toolkit 4.

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