The PlayStation Portable (PSP), it's retro now.

https://makertube.net/w/ppXq9VjfSthw3im8QZvqnb

A touchscreen? A stylus? A built-in microphone? Critics were skeptical. Gamers were curious. But within months, the DS exploded in popularity, bridging generations and demographics like no system before it.

But what exactly made the DS such a runaway success? Was it the hardware, the innovative software, or something more?

https://hypercombogamer.com/nintendo-ds-what-made-it-so-successful/

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Great piece by Evan Boehs on why the 3DS still holds up https://boehs.org/node/3ds

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New blog post: Retro Reviews: Disgaea 1 & 2 (PSP), Disgaea 3 & 4 (PS Vita) https://roytang.net/2025/06/disgaea-1-4/

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PlayStation Portable or PlayStation Vita?

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Only 3 days left before we get to play the new Mario Kart, so here is one of my favourites, and perhaps even my personal number one:

Review for Mario Kart DS on Nintendo DS from NGC Magazine 114 - Christmas 2005 (UK)

This issue can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/NGCmagazine.html

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Review for Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney on Nintendo DS from NGC Magazine 114 - Christmas 2005 (UK)

This issue can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/NGCmagazine.html

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The Switch 2 may be garnering headlines now, but is it really the greatest of all Nintendo consoles? @RollingStone's CT Jones writes a love letter to the Nintendo DS. "I had been using a worn Game Boy Advance SP, hard fought from my brothers’ clutches with the taped-on rechargeable battery pack to prove it," they write. "But my Nintendo DS was the first game console in our house that was mine and mine alone." We want to know, which is your all-time favorite Nintendo console (excluding the Switch 2, which we're assuming most of you haven't had the chance to try yet, consoles that weren't widely available, and straightforward upgrades of existing models)? Tell us in the comments which was your all-time favorite Nintendo peripheral/accessory — we were fans of the GameCube bongos.

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Discover the top 5 Japan-exclusive anime DS games that would make any otaku’s heart race.

https://hypercombogamer.com/top-5-japan-only-nintendo-ds-anime-games/

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