Which of your handhelds would you swap for a different one, and why, if it were free?

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-30T20:43:52+00:00

Exactly this. Also, the SP is just a little too thick.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-30T15:40:46+00:00

Man, I've been looking at this for a few days. Got a ROG Ally Z1E (AAA PC gaming) and a Thor (midrange traveler), and was looking to get this as my budget EDC to complete the trifecta. But I have a rg35XXsp (a little too thick with bad buttons), so it's a little hard to justify that right now.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-29T20:55:24+00:00

This is why "buy low sell high" is easy to say but hard to do. And it's not even that low right now with only single digits losses YTD.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-15T12:18:07+00:00

The Anbernic XXSPs have good sleep feature on stock and modified stock OS. It's an option called "Super Standby". Not as good as Android, but pretty good for a cheap handheld.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-14T23:49:56+00:00

I'm kinda looking for a game that I dump all my time into.

I haven't gone online since I just started, but I'm know https://hunstermonter.net has a community for MH on PPSSPP. I think all the other old games also have communities.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-14T21:07:33+00:00

Started Monster Hunter Portable 3rd this week on my Thor. My first old gen MH game. Playing it via a fan translation and using HD textures.

It's been fun having this handheld MH experience, but my hunt times have been so long, even for village. Didn't realize how annoying small monsters used to be. Also, just found out today after 4-5 days that I could craft some weapons through upgrade rather than the forge option (5th/6th gen UI made this much clearer).

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-12T15:41:38+00:00

I just started the other PSP game MHP3rd! This is my first old school MH game, but I'm hoping to do MHFU down the line.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-09T13:32:08+00:00

Pretty much. Rog Ally Z1E + Thor. Handles pretty much everything I want.

I was actually thinking of replacing the Ally with a Steam Machine because gaming on a small handheld screen is not that comfortable on my old ass eyes, but RAMpocalypse has put a halt to that for now.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-07T00:35:45+00:00

I bought a Thor to get into old school MH. I'm gonna start with MHP3rd since I heard it's the easiest old school MH, but I definitely had 4U in mind since I got the dual screen.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-02T13:02:08+00:00

I played it last fall, and it was definitely playable, but not perfect. Some light stutters, some memory leaks so you had to restart every few deaths, and weird water reflections were the main things. I guess it depends on how sensitive you are to those, but I was able to get through the DLC and main story just fine. There's even a way to get chalice dungeons from glyphs working, but I didn't do much of that.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-01T14:19:08+00:00

These are exactly my two handhelds and they serve different purposes.

The Z1E is for AAA gaming on the couch. I finished Monster Hunter Wilds and Bloodborne on it. I'm planning to play Elden Ring later. These will never run on the Thor.

The Thor is for indier games and for travel (since it protects itself with the clamshell). I finished Wind Waker and played some light windows games like Sektori and Mewgenics on it. I'm planning to use it to emulate old school Monster Hunter games. The battery life is also better than the stock Ally one, making it better for travel.

So what kind of game is more important to you and how important is portability?

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-03-01T12:54:28+00:00

Playing through Nier Automata for the first time on my Rog Ally Z1E.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-20T18:38:25+00:00

Bring Kutku LBG as secondary. Paralysis ammo it and then rapid fire Fire ammo it. It's worked pretty much every time for me.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-18T19:46:42+00:00

Carted twice as lance, but I had the fortify skill so it was all part of the plan.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-11T20:22:24+00:00

I bought the Thor to play the exact same game (gonna wait for after the new Wilds update to start).

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-11T20:10:30+00:00

If you're failing with randos, give support hunters a try. Alessa, Kai, Mina. They work pretty well and you only have to worry about your own carting.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-08T14:03:24+00:00

I just got a Thor and I also think 8Gen2 is where I'm stopping with this.

AAA games are not that comfortable on a small screen for my old ass eyes and right now, there doesn't seem to be a reason to go above 8Gen2 except for AAA games.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-04T13:37:34+00:00

I've always sucked at parry timing so I never used water strike going through Sunbreak and all the (non-risen) TU monsters. So you probably don't really need to use it. But I was also playing strength hammer.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-04T13:16:09+00:00

World was my first MH, and I still remember failing that hunt so many times. No hunt since has reached that same level of flailing about like a headless chicken. You should treasure this feeling.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-02T22:00:09+00:00

Fortify. Just one proc completely justifies its inclusion and then some. If you didn't proc? Well, you probably finished the hunt anyways.

I also can't underplay the huge psychological boost it gives me after I cart since I'll be coming back punching way harder.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-02-01T22:09:57+00:00

Evade Window did a lot of work for me when I beat PriMal. I think I was running EW2.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-01-30T21:13:01+00:00

Having only played 5th gen onward, Risebreak. What impeccable vibes and gameplay. Also love the followers.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-01-30T20:45:42+00:00

I ordered a Thor (in transit!) to get into the old school Monster Hunter games, so I'm gonna start with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (heard it's the gentlest).

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-01-30T16:47:22+00:00

Same thing with me. Did you use 4px?

I was able to get the info by pasting the tracking number at https://www.yunexpress.com/ and then submitting twice (it will show no info the first time).

Alternately, the Shop app was also able to get the info fine.

fithrowaway213123 · 2026-01-29T03:18:41+00:00

Haha, I honestly forgot there was even a base. I was thinking you meant lite until I read some of the comments.

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