Handhelds

A 6.7 mm console sold like a gift card; cool and nice-looking screen, but awkward controls and he wouldn't buy it.

Calls his customised Switch his favourite console ever, though the LED mod was much more of a DIY job than expected.

A clever transforming handheld that Tommy kept, though Arun doubts you need both form factors.

An enormous glasses-free 3D handheld with an impressive AI 2D-to-3D mode, but a concept nobody asked for.

A child tracker turned handheld with eight games, ad-tracking and a mafia-linked CEO that sold just 25,000 units.

Pretty great, with Hall effect sticks, but not a generational leap over the Steam Deck, with poor trackpad and short battery life.

Feels like magic when it works, but Windows, the single-player focus and one to two hours of battery make it frustrating.

Looks slightly better than the Switch 2 handheld, but is much thicker.

Excellent modernised Game Boy screen, but it didn't make him want to play old games and it misses the setup.

A modern reimagining of the transparent Game Boy that he was excited to buy.

Part of the 30th Anniversary bundle that feels like unboxing a piece of history.

Lumped in with the ROG Ally as a handheld PC that doesn't match the dream, though he pre-ordered it.

A streaming-only handheld that he finds impressive, with great screen and low latency, despite no Bluetooth headphone support.

A rebadged Android handheld with broken controls, a poor screen and an AI that crashed; scored zero.

Has more appeal than the Playdate for most people, though he still prefers a Switch.

A pretty, well-built handheld with a quirky crank, but not for him as he wants more buttons and power.

A plasticky but comfortable $10 handheld with 520 retro games, rated 8.5 for sheer bonkers value.

Spectacular hardware with a great screen, undermined by gimmicks, pricey memory cards and weak developer support.

Beautifully built and tiny, but going download-only with no UMD made it a commercial failure.

Slimmer and lighter, but with a downgraded LCD screen and awkward 1GB internal storage.

A solid but not revolutionary refresh with a brighter screen and microphone.

The slimmer, lighter PSP he grew up with, adding TV output years before the Switch.

A good-looking budget cut-down PSP that came too late in the console's life.

A groundbreaking handheld with a stunning screen, analog nub and UMD discs that he loves nostalgically.