I know the title is hyper specific but it gets even worse, lol.

Plainly speaking my "requirements" are as follows:

• Android operating system
• No joysticks
• As small as possible

The importance of the requirements are roughly in order (top being the most important). The second and third requirement roughly go hand in hand. The reason being that I want something I can stick in the pocket of a sports jacket or even somewhat tighter fitting pants and not have to worry about something catching or getting damaged.

The first requirement comes down to a custom "ROM" that started my desire and search for such a device.

Pokémon: Infinite Fusion

For those unaware this custom game isn't actually a ROM meant for a legacy game system but has actually been developed to run on a PC. However, it is possible to play the game on mobile via an app on Android called JoiPlay.

I have played it some on my phone and enjoyed it, but it's missing that tactile feel hence this rabbit hole.

The devi

Wanted to give my cousin (11) a handheld since he's never had a game console.

He saw my stepsister's PSP and was interested in it but she wanted to keep it.

Would like the system to be as simple as possible since he's not very tech savvy but also be able to play some PSP games since that's what piqued his interest.

Budget under $100 just in case he doesn't like retro games

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16089267

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Dave said that the Ally (not Ally x) was too cheap, maybe. Maybe Asus didn't include the cost of customer help in it. Hence the warranty issues.

I'm not convinced. Asus is a big firm. If they mistakenly made the Ally too cheap, they could eat the cost of customer help. It's just right to provide 👍 warranty service. And the Ally is their 1st handheld. They wanted to build a 👍 reputation. Also, other Asus items had warranty issues. They must fix their internal process.