rank you best handheld ever

to be honest, I've never owned an actual handheld unit!

the closest I've come to handheld gamingwas buying the GBA Player attachment for the bottom of my GameCube.

I already liked the NGC's game library, but being able to add the likes of.....

1. metroid zero mission
2. zelda minish cap
3. zelda oracle of ages/seasons
4. golden sun I & II
5. tales of phantasia
6. castlevania: circle of the moon, harmony of dissonance, aria of sorrow

...to be played on my NGC was a great and welcomed feature.

Gameboy Advance SP. That's it for me!:)

1. DS
2. Game Boy Advance
3. Game Boy Color

These are the only handhelds I've ever owned, although I'm considering getting a PSP sometime.

1-PSP

2-GBC

3-GBA

I really haven't played a handheld since my PSP died a couple years ago though. I was thinking about getting the 3DS but I probably wont for a while, if I ever do.

I'd say DS, then GBA. They are VERY close though. Both are awesome for different reasons.

GBA SP

DS

Gameboy color

Gameboy

Gameboy Advance SP. That's it for me!:)

Masamune_Wolf

[QUOTE="Masamune_Wolf"]

Gameboy Advance SP. That's it for me!:)

JuarN18

Agreed, the greatest handheld of all-time. My list:

1. GBA-SP
2. GBA
3. Nintendo DS
4. PSP
5. Gameboy Color
6. Sega Game Gear
7. Gameboy

I still haven't played an Atari Lynx or a Neo Geo Pocket Color, so I can't really put those in my list.

GBA SP!! I have a backlit :D

1. Psp 2. Gameboy Color 3. GBA 4. Cellphone (yes a handheld technically in my view).

I want to get a 3DS and Vita at some point.

Consoles are going to be a disappointment next gen and have more issues I anticipate so I am backing off of them.

1.DS

2.3DS

3.PSP for something mine can do

4. gbasp

5.gbc

6.GB

7. Gamegear

8. neogeo pocket

Nintendo DS

PSP

Gameboy Advance

Gameboy

Gameboy Color

I'm leaving the 3DS out of it for now, but if I had to I might put it in between the PSP and the GBA.

The only hand held i ever owned was just sega game gear if we exclude nintendo game watch...well frankly i like playing games on Big screen

The best so far IMO is the Nintendo DS. I can't speak for PSP cuz i've never played one but the concept sounds cool (along with homebrew). It was actually a close one for me between GBA and DS but I choose DS because it can play GBA games aswell. Also, the DS has a large number of RPGs available for it and i love RPGs. The GBA has a good amount too. The only thing i've seen wrong with the DS was that there is SO MUCH FREAKING SHOVELWARE and the dual screen can be gimmicky if the developer does not know how to integrate it properly.

1. GBA--You can argue the DSlite as it can play gba games, but imo it still goes to the gba sp for how durable the unit is. It is exactly what a handheld should be.

2. DSlite

3. Gameboy Pocket

4. Turbo Express

5. 3DS

6. PSP?

For some reason, playing games on a handheld isn't nearly as much as playing games on a home console or PC. There are only a select few games I like for each handheld, those would be games such as Crisis Core, Tales of the World and Pokemon. But here's my list of my favorite handhelds from best to worst:

1. PSP

2. Gameboy Advance SP (Yes, it has to be SP because the original had a dark screen that made it impossible to play without the correct lighting. It gave me a headache.)

3. Gameboy Color

4. Sega Game Gear

That does it for the handhelds I own.

The best so far IMO is the Nintendo DS. I can't speak for PSP cuz i've never played one but the concept sounds cool (along with homebrew). It was actually a close one for me between GBA and DS but I choose DS because it can play GBA games aswell. Also, the DS has a large number of RPGs available for it and i love RPGs. The GBA has a good amount too. The only thing i've seen wrong with the DS was that there is SO MUCH FREAKING SHOVELWARE and the dual screen can be gimmicky if the developer does not know how to integrate it properly.

The_Wild_Tiger

1. DS Lite (for the screens and GBA slot, o'course)

2. PSP

3. GBA SP

1. psp

2. gba sp

3. Atari Lynx (I play it nearly as much as my psp and gba sp, but using passwords is a pain, and the library is too small)

4. 3DS (from what i've played at target and bestbuy its nice, but still not many games on it and way too expensive)

5. DS

6. Gamegear

7. Gameboy (i just hate the "black and white" screen)

8. those crappy $10 Tiger handhelds LOL

ive owned them all and i can seriously say

1. most annoying was thegbADV but the best(andthe original brick one)and trying to get in the right light - top games tho (im far too retro to get the sp, i even got the DS JUST because it looks like the game watches i have (yes nintendo . . you ruined it with Lite and ds-i . . . keep it old skool man . . adn the new one has 3d on it . . oh teh noes)

2. game gear - just loved it, some great games and well sonic on the go ( but this thing wasa brick)

3. Atari lynx - apart from it being practically the biggest thing around on earth at the time... seriously . . .i loved it. toki, gates of zedacon, bill and ted . . xenormorph . . .were ace games the problem was they were always £50 a pop and nowhere stocked them and this was well before the time of teh internets.

4. Nokia phone thing Ngage. Had it for about a month and it broke and i just wanted a refund. it wasnt too bad just not that good

5. psp . . .got it on launch . . played it for about 6hrs total. good machine but i think the ds stole the show with the adv backwards compatability

The SEGA NOMAD.

A handheld Mega Drive - 'nuff said.

5. psp . . .got it on launch . . played it for about 6hrs total. good machine but i think the ds stole the show with the adv backwards compatabilityrholding2000

PSP GBA SP GameBoy Honorable mentions would have to be the Super GameBoy for SNES and the GameBoy Player for GameCube.Stinger78

They're honorable mentions as they play games from handhelds - not included in my list.Stinger78

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]They're honorable mentions as they play games from handhelds - not included in my list.theJakandsig

Since when could PS2 play handheld games?

[QUOTE="theJakandsig"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]They're honorable mentions as they play games from handhelds - not included in my list.Emerald_Warrior

Since when could PS2 play handheld games?

He's probably referring to emulators.

[QUOTE="The_Wild_Tiger"]

The best so far IMO is the Nintendo DS. I can't speak for PSP cuz i've never played one but the concept sounds cool (along with homebrew). It was actually a close one for me between GBA and DS but I choose DS because it can play GBA games aswell. Also, the DS has a large number of RPGs available for it and i love RPGs. The GBA has a good amount too. The only thing i've seen wrong with the DS was that there is SO MUCH FREAKING SHOVELWARE and the dual screen can be gimmicky if the developer does not know how to integrate it properly.

bigM10231

[QUOTE="rholding2000"]5. psp . . .got it on launch . . played it for about 6hrs total. good machine but i think the ds stole the show with the adv backwards compatabilitytheJakandsig

I'd say GBA SP. As others have stated, it had a charger (yay for no more buying batteries) and it was backlit which was good since I like playing in the dark plus the light for my GBA stopped working after a year anyway.

1. GBA SP
2. Nintendo DS
3. PSP

I'd say GBA SP. As others have stated, it had a charger (yay for no more buying batteries) and it was backlit which was good since I like playing in the dark plus the light for my GBA stopped working after a year anyway.

soulless4now

Batteries aren't really a problem if you have rechargeable ones. But I agree that the backlight makes the SP much better than the original GBA.

DS Lite because of GBA playback capability and DS games. So much win :D

The PSP is the greatest system of all time IMO (don't bother asking me why I think so. I can't discuss that here)rawsavon

The PSP is the greatest system of all time IMO (don't bother asking me why I think so. I can't discuss that here)rawsavon

What if we judge it based off of the TOU? :P

It's all about that Game Boy Advanced SP bright screen and it can play the Game Boy Color games.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]The PSP is the greatest system of all time IMO (don't bother asking me why I think so. I can't discuss that here)commonfate

What if we judge it based off of the TOU? :P

1. GBA SP

2. PSP

3. DS

4. GB Color

GBA SP!! I have a backlit :D

SonicSpeed360

Same for me!

Here is my ranking (and I only play handheld nowdays. I have legacy consoles but I never sit in front of a TV anymore. Just feels too restrictive.

1.) GBA-SP (Backlit)

2.) PSP

3.) GB Color

4.) DS (I have a very small DS library. I just didn't get into this system as much. I find I get very bored with the library,regardless of the massive size)