Not too long ago we were all wondering who MagicX were and trying to discover whether they had any affiliation with Powkiddy, and now they're going full speed ahead with new and exciting handhelds that will hopefully stand out above the rest and not fall into the 'disappointing review pile'
  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Interesting. On one hand the 2DS wasn’t terribly well received. On the other hand, making the screen full size instead of unnecessarily adding chrome to divide them might be exactly the design change the 2DS needed.

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Some games were programmed with the hinge gap in mind, so squeezing both screens together can lead to unexpected timing when objects can move between both screens, for example Metroid Prime Pinball.

  • Sebastrion@leminal.spaceEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    If you want 3DS, DS and WiiU emulation, (and You have the money) go get a Ayaneo Flip DS. It can emulate everything including Switch Games.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
    1·
    2 months ago

    “Pioneer” is a bit of a stretch, DS emulation is pretty mature and has solid touchscreen support on a range of devices. I’m all for messing with tate mode for a bit, though.

  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    01·
    2 months ago

    While I’m all for emulation getting all the love it can, is there really much demand for such a screen orientation? Are there any other systems that could take advantage of this kind of layout and not just have giant black bars?

    I can only think of the DS, 3DS and maybe WiiU…

    Happy to be proven wrong, though!

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      There’s plenty of arcade games with vertical screens although usually that’s 3:4 screen aspect ratio.