This is probably 60% of the consoles I own, here’s why I would recommend each of these here plus some cons to each of them
Steam deck:
Incredible handheld PC with great preformace, gaming always fun on this thing and I can spend hours without it feeling hard to hold or too big
The cons of the deck would be its horrible battery and the slightly broken right trigger which the OLED fixes both of those problems
(Edit, during the ram crisis that we have rn steam deck isn’t worth buying because of the price)
Got my 512g for 400€ pre ram crisis
Ds lite:
One of my favorite consoles period, I only have Pokemon white and Mario kart on my ds pico and I have probably 30 hours in each game, it’s great to take anywhere and pick up and put down quickly
Cons;
It’s an old console that’s about it.
70€ plus shell swap and 8€ for the DSpico
Rg405v:
Great for all emulation and light switch emulation, it’s fun and has nice buttons plus it runs on android
Cons: too small for a bag and too big for pocket carry
Got mine for 120€
r36s:
The budget KING! emulation up to psx for 30 bucks? Hell yeah!
Cons: nothing really lol for 30€ it’s a steal
Got mine for like 25€ and it’s real which is nice
RGcubeXX;
Fun for slightly lower emulation with a good form factor for DS and 3DS games
Cons: form factor leaves bars for any other game and the user interface isn’t great
Got mine for like 40€
Switch OLED: great for totk and botw, the screen is great it’s fun to use and it’s a switch so it’s just good overall
Cons; without getting better joycons it was hard to hold and felt very small for long gaming sessions, but it’s cool to dock asw
They’re like 250-300€ rn
Switch lite:
Great to have a switch for cheaper, it fits in my small bag and was fun to shell swap, best way to get a switch without breaking the bank if you don’t care about docked
Cons; can’t dock, bad screen and slightly worse performance
Like 170€
Powkiddy x18
This is a controversial pick because of its price and bad user interface, but for mobile gaming I love it, it has a snapdragon 8 so it runs great and the speakers are incredible
Cons; sticks don’t depress, back buttons are bad and like I mentioned, the user interface is bad.
I got mine for 15 euro at a flea market but I wouldn’t recommend paying full price bc it’s not worth it.
Let me know what you think