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After having the Switch and then bringing the 3DS on a trip recently.... I really miss the 3DS/Vita-size devices. I know there are emulators for things but there's something about games made for small screens and those form factors that are near perfect.

The PSP and Vita were already steps towards the Switch in a sense ("powerful handheld" meaning suddenly PS2-level games were available portably), and the Switch kind of pushing the limits of what people accept as portable devices means that there's almost no market pressure to go back to a small thing. But when you hold a 3DS and realize how easy it is on the move, it makes me wistful.

I would mention the Game Boy Micro as well but that thing is not meant for anyone over the age of 30.

Another thing is the battery life. For certain games my switch is only good for about 3.5 hours. My DS lite on the other hand has like a 20 hour battery life or something ridiculous.

Ha, the DS Lite battery is incredible. I can forget about it for 5 years, and when i power it on out of curiosity it still has the same charge, how is this possible :p

> I would mention the Game Boy Micro as well but that thing is not meant for anyone over the age of 30

I love the GB Micro. I have better and more comfortable ways to play GBA games, but there’s just something so cool about it. It’s a shame those plastic screen lenses are so soft, it took me ages to find one in good condition and they cost an absolute fortune these days.

I've been using a Razor Kishi with my phone to achieve this effect; it folds up nicely when not in use so effectively has the same travel footprint and I'll always need my phone anyway.

I still miss that immediacy of instant pause/resume by closing the clamshell though.

Switch Lite is almost Vita sized. It would be nice if Nintendo made a Switch Micro that was a smidge smaller but considering the Lite already has issues with the screen being too small an even smaller device may be out of the question.

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