What is the best handheld of all time?

Why, the Playstation VITA ofcourse.

Nintendo DS

DS then somewhere down the line is the PSP. Other than that, meh. GBA is okay but there's like 3-4 games I like on it.

Gameboy.

The Vita is a great machine, although I absolutely hate the back touch pad. I'd say the 3DS is best, though.

My favorite thing about the Nomad was that I could just plug it into a tv and use it as a genesis. You could even plug a second controller into the Nomad for multiplayer. If the nomad counts, it wins, but it's really just a modified genesis, so I wouldn't count it.

the girl down the hall says, my johnson

GBA SP fits in your pocket

has a great big screen, amazing gamepad

access to mario 2-3 (remastered) yoshi island. FF6 (added dungeon) fun DBZ games, great pokemon games, lots of SNES remasters link to the past

PSP and Vita are just crap compared to GBA

original gameboy is up there for tetris/mario/zelda/simpson game/lode runner lots of great games to play on long trips

original PSP > Vita i like the game gear better then vita tho had great sonic games and nice space shooters

@charizard1605: Look at Charizard ignoring the Lynx. bUT @charizard1605_ put in the GG.

DS followed by the GBA.

Sega Game Gear gets my vote. Great games with tech ahead of its time. Some of my favorite games for it include Sonic Chaos, Sonic Triple Trouble, Ecco, Crash Dummies, Land of Illusion, Jurassic Park, Lost World, and Judge Dredd.

Trick question? I seen these on tests before.

GBA is the only correct answer. Ha! So does this mean I win?

VITA!!!!!! I said it, all the haters can suck a D

The Atari Lynx was the best handheld of all time, of course! Or not, just kidding. Although I always thought the Turbo Express was pretty awesome, particularly in its day.

However, the correct answer is the mighty Gameboy Advance SP. Portable SNES? Yes please!

original Gameboy easily.

Too many youngsters around i guess ... dissing the best because they have no experience with i guess :P

Well he put GG on there not sure why he didn't put in the Lynx,

im not inclduing BC in this (because if i did then clearly the 3DS wins in the games department....by miles).

so im going with the DS (specifically the DS Lite). great machine to play games on and a very nice selection of games.

the best gaming handheld ever made, in terms of hardware to play games on, is the vita. sony absolutely nailed it with the hardware (the only stupid thing was the memory card fiasco). its more innivative than the 3DS but still also practical and the build quality is very very good. its just such a shame sony made it :(. if that was the nintendo vita.....holy crap.

It's between the GBA and DS. DS was an evolution of handheld gaming while GBA a mere advancement. I give DS the nod.

PSP was actually a great system as well. Crisis Core and Jean d'arc were fantastic games and I was thankful for the free games I got after Sony got hacked.

PSP for me because of crisis core, Star wars BF renegade, star wars BF elite squadron, IL 2 sturmovik, tomb raider anniversary/legend, silent hill origins and a ton of other games, for me, personally, it has a better games line up than the rest especially with the ability to play PSX games on it.

Hell yeah, got one for a measly 50 quid, PSP 3000, playing crisis core at the moment, game is fricken amazing.

Also got Stars BF elite squadron, tomb rider anniversary/legends, il 2 Sturmovik, silent hill, valhalla heroes 2 and quite a few others dirt cheap.

Best Value for money spent in a long time for me.

I have to put of buying my Wii-U now but i decided to research the PSP and was pleasantly surprised and realized i must have one.

All inn all i spent 150 nicker but got a PSP 3000 with about 20 games.

I thinks it's stirling value anyway.

bro crisis crore is my fav ff game of all time, that game is straight up epic. also try out killzone liberation, its a great little game.

DS Lite- best sales, unmatched battery life (until capacitor batteries become a thing), absurdly large library.

*high five*

Objectively, I'd say Nintendo DS. Subjectively, I'd go with Nintendo 3DS.

I've only ever had a GameGear, Nintendo DS, PSP, and 3DS. I've never been too big on portable gaming until the 3DS, my previous experience was more just dabbling in portable gaming, but after getting myself a 3DS XL I've had a lot more passion for portable gaming than I've ever had with any of the previous systems.

Obliviously the PSP since it can play all Gameboys and PS1 (could almost play N64) and the system itself had solid releases like Manhunt 2 and GTA stories. Test Drive Unlimited was packed into a PSP UMD somehow.

2nd place goes to Android devices.

Actually tried one MMBN game on the PSP3K and it worked. I didn't get far tho since too much nostalgia will break me xD

Don't you still live with your parents, cainetao11?

PS3 for me personally. I also own all nintendo handheld and I'm historically a fan of them. However, the psp is the best handheld that has a AAA like home console library . Better than what 3ds and vita have mustered this gen. People last gen jumped in the hate bandwagon and must of those people are nintendo fan boys that never gave the psp a chance/or never owned a psp and automatically suck on nintendo ' s handheld legacy. And the people that say the psp is only for jrpg fans are full of crap.

Around the house? Wii U gamepad. Otherwise my favorite is the GBA. What a library.

GBA or DS, but I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS overtakes those in the next few years.

@ghostwarrior786: Pokemon Yellow was for the original Game Boy, not color. Only Pokemon that was actually for color was Crystal.

pokemon yellow was in colour they even had a pokemon themed gbc

@gamecubepad said:

@delta3074 said:

@cainetao11 said:

the girl down the hall says, my johnson

*high five*

Don't you still live with your parents, cainetao11?

God I wish!! Rent is expensive for a 42 year old man in NYC

Gameboy Advance. I still play it.

Gameboy Color, not even close. Granted, that's mainly because I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

If emulation is taken into account: PSP. Portable SNES, Gameboy, NES, Genesis, ...

If it's not than: DS

PSP ftw it served me well, my vita on the other hand is just collecting dust mostly

As someone who has owned every Nintendo handheld, I have to say it's the PSP (specifically the Go).

Hardware-wise, it's delightfully compact with clicky and responsive controls. It's powerful enough to deliver pretty robust games and while it's no IPS/AMOLED, the screen is plenty sharp and I'd have to say Sony's claim of having the best contrast and colors possible on an LCD (at least a TN) isn't too far off as the colors are quite punchy and it held up well in a calibration test and outdoor visibility is surprisingly good despite the brightness. While it's kinda finicky, I also like that it supports my beloved Bluetooth headsets (I hate cables).

Software-wise, it has the greatest and most obvious feature for any portable device: Suspend. I'm surprised no other device has this and quite disappointed they didn't implement it into the Vita. It allows you to quick-save any game no matter where you are or what you're doing to switch to another game or really do anything with the system. As a bonus it kicks in automatically when the battery dies so you can actually play for the full duration of the battery's longevity and you never have to worry about losing progress. It can also, by some sorcery, stay in standby for months (with a game running) and hardly drop a percent.

Games-wise, it has my most played game of all time, many of my favorite game across any platform and several guilty pleasure games. It also handles PS1 classics quite beautifully.

The Vita's coming close with it's brilliant hardware and access to games across every PlayStation system, but it's just not as practical a device. The only reason I don't play my PSP Go more nowadays is because it's not compatible with my new router so downloading games from my backlog isn't convenient.

TL;DR: PSP > Vita > DS > Everything else

Man, the top three never change haha.

GBA all around probably the best

I do think the Vita has the best hardware of any handheld though. A shame it doesn't have a better library.

gameboy for my part

I can't decide. It's either the Quickshot Supervision or the Mega Duck.

PlayStation Vita is the best handheld of all time.

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Oh lord

Lolvita

You're funneh

In terms of amount of time spent on a handheld, it'd be between Gameboy Color (Colour!) or Gameboy Advance SP. Close call...

Sega Nomad and it's not close. It was probably more than a decade ahead of its time. it had a built in TV adapter. It had a space in the handheld for a second controller. No need for WiFi or or wireless connection. Just a second controller with one cartridge and two people were playing at the same time. It also has a built-in library of some of the best games ever made with one of the most popular consoles at the time.just needed tons of batteries for the battery pack was the only drawback.

I can't believe that the Nomad isn't on the list. I also don't see the turbo Express up there. That was pretty ahead of his time as well as it was a portable turbo grafx16.

we all have to keep in mind that handheld weren't born with the Gameboy.

DS or DSLite. The DS has the greatest handheld library of all time. Period. And with either of these two models, you ALSO get access to the phenomenal Advance library. Flawless Victory!

Secondary question, GBA library or 3DS library? :P

@sayyy-gaa:

The issue with those was battery life. It was ridiculously bad. Even outside of that the screens could have been better. They weren't gamegear bad but they were still rather washed out.

I still can't side with the gba. I find it hard to believe that others weren't bothered by the sound, somewhat.