Tag archive: Handheld

The SNK Neo Geo brand may be coming back, provided that is, these leaked images of a new handheld version of the console are real. The Neo Geo had its heyday during the 90s, when it could be found in several different forms including a coin-op in the arcade halls and as a home console. SNK also made a pair of handheld Neo Geos, but like many similar devices of the day, they couldn't compete with Nintendo. After a long period of insecurity… Read More

For some, this news won’t mean a thing. It might merit a shrug, perhaps followed by a quiet “meh,” before then being forgotten. For others, this is perhaps the biggest news of the week. Granted, not a huge amount of others, but some. One of the banes of hardcore gamers has always been the difficulty inherent in playing imported titles. If you wanted to try out the hot new games in Japan—and assuming the language barrier wasn’t an issue—it was… Read More

We are not sure if this is good news for the 3DS or sad news for the Wii, but a major Wii developer is claiming that in many ways Nintendo's new 3D, dual-screened handheld is more powerful than the Wii, a full-fledged console. HDWarriors.com spoke with MattCorso and Keith Hladik of High Voltage, the developer behind Conduit, one of the more graphically intense Wii games. “In some ways, [the 3DS is] even more powerful than the… Read More

Is piracy coming to an end? Nintendo's UK general manager thinks we may be at the cusp of a new day when piracy is no longer a viable option. Speaking with CVG about Nintendo's upcoming 3DS handheld, David Yarnton and UK marketing manager James Honeywell seemed pretty confident in the new anti-piracy technology in the system and the increased pressure countries around the world are putting on digital thieves. “We can't… Read More

Yesterday, we learned that the Sony PSP2 may have a large OLED touchscreen and 3G access. Today, we might have our first glimpse of the new handheld. If accurate, it means the system will support SD cards and Sony Memory Sticks, perhaps even coming with a 32GB card. Also pictured is a stylus, indicating that the system may sport a touchscreen, but it probably won't be capacitive like the current crop of touchscreens on iOS and Android… Read More

If you know you'll want a Nintendo 3DS, despite not even knowing its release date or price, GameStop will ease your jitters. The video game retailer is already selling pre-orders for the handheld system, according to a supposed GameStop employee on the NeoGaf forums. The 3DS should hit U.S. shelves sometime in March. “Ok well I got the OK to tell people about this from my work, but we officially got word in that all US based Game… Read More

Nintendo's holiday bundles may have done the trick. Today, the game maker announced that it sold a combined 1.5 million systems during the week of Black Friday. Breaking the numbers down, the Big N sold about 600,000 Wii consoles and 900,000 Nintendo DS handhelds. “U.S. shoppers bought about 9,000 Nintendo hardware systems nonstop for every hour of every day during the week of Black Friday,” said Nintendo of America President… Read More

Panasonic has introduced a device that could be the next big thing in portable gaming! It probably won’t be, but it could be. Panasonic is back once again in the gaming market, this time with a handheld unit called the Jungle. While this might sound like a rival to Nintendo and Sony, and maybe even to the iPhone and iTouch, it does have a few things that will make it stand out. It may still fail spectacularly, but it will stand out. Developed… Read More

Handheld Entertainment has announced its budget-friendly, video-capable Zvue 260 portable media player is available now through Walmart.com at a price under $100—$98.76, to be exact. The Zvue 260 looks to take on budget media players like the iPod shuffle by bringing portable video beneath the magical $100 price point. The Zvue 260 sports a 2.5-inch, 320 by 240 pixel active matrix LCD display and supports video at up to 30 frames per… Read More

Handheld Entertainment isn't giving up on getting a slice of the end-of-year holiday market, announcing today that its Zvue 250 portable media player is shipping and available for purchase via Amazon.com and at selected Wal-Mart locations in the United States. The Zvue means to be a portable media player which doesn't strain the wallet: it offers a 2.5-inch 234 by 160 backlit active matrix screen and stores media on removable… Read More