The Year of Weird Handhelds: RG Slide Edition

This week, with the Switch 2 launch just around the corner, Federico and John round up the latest Switch 2 news, get excited for a bunch of weird and wonderful upcoming handhelds, and more. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Ninetendo Switch 2 N64 Games Are Getting An Upgrade Thanks To The Nintendo Switch 2 Looks like the Switch 2 is in some folks hands already The Nintendo Switch 2 will finally back up screenshots to the cloud Switch 2 Basegrip+ Mechanism Case Nintendo App Updates on iOS and iPadOS Nintendo Switch App Nintendo Music Nintendo Today! Steam Deck Gets NVIDIA GeForce NOW App RTX on Deck: The GeForce NOW Native App for Steam Deck Is Here Tested: Nvidia's GeForce Now just breathed new life into my Steam Deck Weird and Wonderful Handhelds Anbernic Meet ANBERNIC 2025 Classic Masterpiece-RG Slide Anbernic Announces a PSP Go-Like - Wavelengths Anbernic RG35XX Pro: Is This the Start of the 2GB Refresh The Slide Zero 40 Drops June 17: MagicX's Most Anticipated Handheld Yet REDMAGIC 10S Pro gaming phone supports PC games (thanks to emulation and an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Elite processor) More News Microsoft's Xbox handheld reportedly "sidelined" as it focuses on third-party portable devices Microsoft starts testing Xbox Copilot on iOS and Android Retro Gaming on the Apple TV 4K (Guide) 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: https://www.macstories.net/privacy-policy/