Ayaneo's New Handheld Looks Like A 2023 Nintendo DS Successor

It will play actual NDS cartridge or playing the pirated NDS games?

Interesting mention of Nostromo vibes. I was just looking at the keyboard version and thinking how much I wish modern tech looked more like the future we were promised in the 80's. The GRiD Compass from the Sulaco is one of the coolest pieces of kit I've ever seen and I'm determined at some point to get hold of one. Even just the casing that I can stick a Raspberry Pi into and torture my family by yelling "Hudson, run a bypass" whenever I fire it up.
That and connecting it to a Nerf minigun on a tripod I can set up as a sentry gun in the hallway when I want some peace and quiet.

never heard of this thing before, but i do like how the control sticks cave in to the system. thats a cool way to keep sticks while also letting the system close

@boxyguy I actually like that idea.

Once thing I miss about the Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS, is you could just slip it in your pocket and good to go. Nowadays electronics are so big, you need an extra suitcase inside your suitcase.

They should change the word 'Ayaneo' to 'Asset'.

Clamshells are always welcome

@Anti-Matter It definitely doesn't have a DS Cartridge slot, but maybe someone else will make an adapter that connects wirelessly to transfer the cartridge data. That's highly unlikely though.

“but we're not overly keen on the bottom half. The aesthetic is giving us 'USCSS Nostromo' vibes, but not in a good way“

If you say so…looks pretty cool to me

The most expensive DS ever haha.

Lol that keyboard reminds me of this abomination

@SwitchVogel Well, I mean I have four arms, so it worked for me.

Pretty cool that this will exist. I’ve tried 3ds emulation on steam deck and it just didn’t work for me at all on a single screen.

That said, this thing is probably going to cost $800 minimum, and I’m not sure of the utility of the second screen outside of emulating two specific devices. I also wonder his the recessed joysticks would feel for extended use.

@Vexx234 I still find it funny how people considered the PSP gigantic for a handheld, with it giving you a massive bulge in your pocket.
But handheld devices nowadays make it look tiny by comparison.

Also, we thought that cellphones would get smaller and smaller after the giant brick phones, but phones lately have been growing in size again. But nowhere near the size of brick phones, mercifully enough.

I just hope we get autostereoscopic 3D screens back. Stereoscopic 3D is just really cool to me. Too bad despite Avatar: The Way of Water's massive success at the box office, 3D is still not back in full force.

Looks pretty cool. Definitely could emulate DS & 3DS games with no issue. I wonder if includes a stylus...

@Hydra_Spectre Even then, I still consider the GameGear to be quite big.

"but what's particularly intriguing about this device is its ability to emulate DS games properly. Will the bottom screen even be touch-sensitive?"

Uh, if a portable device is claimed to "emulate DS games", shouldn't a touchscreen be a given? Unless they expect you to connect a friggen bluetooth mouse instead.😅

Wow, I didn't think about so in depth like that. It's funny how the passage of time can make one forget how so much has changed within span of just a couple of decades.

I 100% agree with you. As for 3D, I don't know for sure. Atleast not in the given moment. I just don't it clicks with alot of people in it's current stage. Maybe in the far future that will change.

Depending on the size and power of this, I might pick it up cause this looks like a great form factor for my steam library and switch emulation. Maybe it could make a good portable Wii U too

I very very much like this. I’ve always wanted a “phone” device like they have in the devil survivor series. If this were a phone device and a game system and I can download some basic apps I’d 100% buy this lol

I’ll consider this an analogue pocket replacement if I can dock it in some way for TV play.

If anything official is going to be announced, it will properly be made at the Ayaneo 2024 strategy sharing yearly event in Jan.

Why emulate 3DS and DS? It might be fun if you're going to use this device for 'everything' but still.
Making this a portable Wii U would be way more interesting.

This looks similar to GPD Win 2 and XP handhelds. Looks like AYA is competing with GPD in the portable flip PC market now. Interesting that one had a second screen (hopefully a touch screen) good for emulating DS, 3DS, Game and Watch (2 screens), Intellivision Amico, and Wii U games in their native form rather than squishing them onto a single screen or sacrificing the one screen over the other like them other Chinese emulation handhelds and portable PCs.

Yikes. Ugly and unnecessary. An ideal DS already exists and it's called the N3DS. People keep speculating about an Analogue DS too. Like did the world collectively forget about the followup portable which plays the DS library and can be easily sideloaded and is also a little emulation powerhouse?

Unless they change the name, the Nintendo ninjas will have a field day with this device

Give it some cheeks to grip and a low price point (under $250) and I'll pick one up.

Those caved in sticks look like something I would need to try to tell if I'd like it or not, but I feel like it would be hard to keep your thumbs on them at all times. Neat idea, I'll stick to circle pads, thanks.

I've been looking for a video game system with 2 screens to buy since Nintendo doesn't make them anymore. I was going to buy an Intellivision Amico, but I'm not convinced those actually exist

@xzacutor It's not going to be sell for low price, it's a portable PC first and it uses some of the latest techs for portable PC gaming so yeah. Unless it's an Android emulation handheld then I could see it going for around $400-$500 but portable PC especially newer ones usually stays at $600-$900 for years until the tech is outdated.

@Omedru Now THIS is what I'm excited about.

@xzacutor I can almost guarantee this will be a $799+ device.

@Kekshook This has the makings of a "1 all be all" Nintendo emulation device for on-the-go. Wii U, DS, 3DS, Switch, Gamecube and Wii.

@Nua If you want to use it legally, a modded 3DS can be used to get the roms from legit DS cartridges.

Everything about this looks awful. The tiny bottom screen and the overall design doesn’t make it seem like a good DS/3DS emulator at all. With the relative cheapness of original hardware and it’s easy ability to be modded I don’t see any reason for something like this at all.

Yeah I would totally buy that if it was $20.

Does this mean that I can finally have a dual analog set up for Geometry Wars Galaxies on the DS?

That cannot be comfortable to hold and use. Having sunk in buttons does not work on any level.

Can they even get away with using "DS" in the product name...?

So they made a device that looks like a DS with two screens… ok… and then there’s another version with one screen and a keyboard? What?

@turntSNACO first of all, 3 devices. Wii U uses 2 screens too. Second, it could do anything, You can even open a walkthrough in the bottom screen if you want. Third, it's easy to emulate 3ds/D's/wiiu on deck with 2 screens, I bought a 7" USB-C portable monitor with 2 screen mount for camera, clip one on the monitor, the other on the deck and each other . It's looks like a 3ds, but a lot heavier, but plays perfectly

I think the bottom screen should be bigger and closer to the upper screen.

@YoshiPilot I am aware of that, but plenty of users here would consider that piracy all the same, and wouldn't do that, hence me suggesting a peripheral.

I still have all my New 3DS XL unis so why get one like this if it can't play 3DS carts????