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This week, Federico and John go it alone without Brendon to cover Game Pass on ARM, an avalanche of AYANEO announcements, and why the TrimUI Brick Pro has shot up their most-anticipated handheld list for 2026. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Xbox app is now available on ARM-based Windows 11 PCs AYANEO Pocket S Mini is a smaller handheld Android game console with Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 AYANEO unveils KONKR FIT handheld gaming PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 AYANEO Unveils Details on the Pocket Vert TRIMUI Brick Pro Coming Soon TRIMUI Officially Teases The "Brick Pro" Handheld REDMAGIC 11 Air is a slim gaming phone with active cooling fan and massive 7000mAh battery Asus hits pause on smartphone business with no new Zenfone or ROG Phone models planned for 2026 Chinese modders end console wars with a PS5, Xbox Series S, and Switch 2 combo console Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the "regular" NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Brendon Bigley Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Wavelengths.online Follow us on Mastodon NPC Federico John Brendon Follow us on Bluesky NPC MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Brendon Bigley Affiliate Linking Policy
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This week on Next Portable Console, FunnyPlaying's very exclusive edition handheld, Retroid's forgotten middle child, and Anbernic's RG DS Plus gets 2x scaling. Then for Patreon members, Federico and John share their hottest takes about Nintendo's future. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Handhelds Retroid Pocket Nova FPGB Mini Anbernic RG DS Plus Retroid Pocket Duo Retroid Pocket Duo Lite Mangmi Air Y Pro News FunnyPlaying’s $69 FPGB MINI preorder sells out after just 20 units Anbernic RG DS Plus gains 2X DS upscaling with NNDDSS v1.0.2 Retroid announces Duo Lite Plus and offers exchanges to existing Duo Lite buyers Mangmi Air Y Pro offers strong Snapdragon 865 value starting at $160 Software and Games Mentioned Cocoon Kirby's Dream Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John and Federico NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Silvia Gatta Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy
This week on Next Portable Console, a new AYN Thor launcher is in the news, Valve beta tests Big Art Mode, spruceOS gets an update, and the guys rank the many Genki Grips for the Switch 2. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News spruceOS 4.4.0 expands hardware support and adds the DSperate Nintendo DS emulator Steam’s latest client beta adds Big Art Mode and more handheld-friendly refinements FunnyPlaying’s FPGB MINI user manual suggests a launch may be approaching Konsoru 0.6.0 adds guides and improves save syncing for the AYN Thor launcher Other Topics A Genki Grips showdown Subscribe to NPC XL: NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John and Federico NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Silvia Gatta Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy