What is your favorite Nintendo handheld?

I'm gonna say Gameboy color is tied with GBA

Dammit Chaz! Your OP made me doubt my choices... Xl

gameboy because it is 1 of 2 handhelds i actually played, 2nd being psp. pokemon yellow was my childhood

edit: also ur op sucks, this my friend is the greatest handheld of all time because pokemon yellow is the greatest handheld game of all time period

3DS of course.

3DS, while the DS had an extensive library and commercially was a lot more successful, I've already surpassed the interest I had in the DS with the 3DS. I've already purchased more games for the 3DS in the first year of having it than I had for the DS... and the BC even made me interested in going out and picking up a few more DS titles. The XL is great, playing my older DS games on the larger screen brings new life into the experience.

The DS was my first Nintendo handheld, I actually got the DS Lite, never had a GameBoy or any of the other handhelds. Only handheld I had was a Game Gear, which I ended up using to play Master System games on through the cartridge converter. I dabbled in some PSP as well but my interest in handhelds last gen wasn't as committed as I am currently.

Voted: Nintendo 3DS.

I remember my Parents got me my first Gameboy along with Tetris, it was a dream come true back growing up in the early 90's. I remember when Pokemon Red/Blue hit the U.S, it was a smashing hit. I play the Hell out of Red, my favorite Gameboy game of all times. Also many people may not know this but when Gold/Silver was release in October, 2000, it push the Gameboy Color to it's limits, in terms of more colors, the day/night cycle felt like I was in the real world, weekdays events, and it HOD more data. Gold/Silver really push the Gameboy Color to it's limits. The rest, like Gameboy Advance and DS, I'll save that for another time but I will say that 3DS is the one I like most.

3ds all day every day.

*3DS is winning*

I really don't know what to say...

Considering it's their best HH, doesn't surprise me :P

1. DS
2. GBA
3. Gameboy Color
4. 3DS

Nintendo DS. By a mile.

The short of it, is that it was the platform that woke Nintendo up from their nap -- the one that made them realize they had to take a risk to reap any reward in the new gaming climate. So much innovation happened on that platform in its prime: Nintendogs, Kirby: Canvas Curse, Yoshi Touch and Go (anyone else remember that game?), LostMagic, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Elite Beat Agents, Trauma Center, etc. Ugh, it kills me how unimaginative 3DS games are by comparison.

GBA, excellent library and I never had the feeling that the system's potential had been left sorely untapped

1) DS

2) GBA

3) Gameboy Color

4) 3DS

GBA SP is my favorite. A freak'n SNES literally in the palm of your hand. It had a great library including a lot of SNES classics and a decent Tomb Raider to boot. I think the only thing it was missing is Killer Instinct.

Hell screw the 3DS and PSV. I'll just rebuy a GBA with its great software.

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GBA. Its library plus the Game Boy's and Game Boy Color's, thanks to BC, makes it easily the best handheld to me.

Tough one. I think the DS/3DS have the best libraries, but that Gameboy Advance was a big step up from the Gameboy Color. More so than DS/3DS was to the Gameboy Advance. Plus the Advance let you play all the original Gameboy and Gameboy Color titles.

Gameboy Advanced = My waifu

3DS because it is also a DS.

I'd say the DS (DS1,DSLite) only because you could play all the GameBoy games on it as well. That's a lot of games. With the 3DS you can only play DS games on it. I still love my 3DS though. That would be the 2nd on my list.

@ghostwarrior786 said:

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that was my first and only Gameboy Color

But my favorite Nintendo system, not just handheld but system, is the GameBoy Advance SP

I chose 3DS (XL?) but Gameboy Advance (SP?) is also an easy contender.

They all but replace previous iterations with their excellent backwards compatibility and feature substantially improved graphics and sound compared with their predecessors. Sure, the DS may be Nintendo's first true 3D handheld and also introduced the dual screen and touch screen innovation, but the 3D graphics are also horribly ugly compared with the 3DS and it's true-r 3D. The 3DS also manages to have analog controls -albeit one thumbpad too less- for movement, while the DS awkwardly forces you to play Super Mario 64 with a d-pad.

My choice is the same as the TC's. The gba was what I call the golden age of handheld gaming.

Gameboy Advance/SP easily. It's own library plus it's BC with Gameboy and Gameboy Color is unparalleled.

1. GBA SP/Gameboy Player
2. DS
3. 3DS
4. Game Boy

I love them all.

Overall: the ds

I can see the 3ds overtaking it though in the near future

Edit* on second thought I kinda feel the 3DS has it beat in the quality of the individual titles. It's just lacking in the range of 3rd party games

GBA SP. Could play both the gameboy's and its own library, was small enough to fit in a pocket, and was the first to have a backlight. I've probably played it more than any console or PC in my life.

I would rate all of them highly. I just never got into the Gameboy Advance much, what I mean is that PC and console gaming took all my time, and I barely played any games on it.

Gameboy is a legend, enough said

DS had so many great games. And my all time favourites: the Ace Attorney Series (though that was technically a GBA series)

3DS is also shaping up to be great, many great games. 2014-2015 is looking rather weak though. But frankly all I want next year is the new Ace Attorney

well im not going to include BC for this as that would just mean the 3DS is inherently better than the DS and so on since it can play DS games.

my fav is probably the DS though. so many great games and the handheld was a very interesting and exciting idea. when the Lite was released it really came into its own. the one fault which has come to light is that very very few games actually made effective use of the second screen.

its going to be interesting to see what nintendo do for the 3DSs successor.

The GBA is easily the best when it comes to playing for hours and hours. I find most handhelds are so uncomfortable to hold after 2 hours or so.

I will still vote for the 3ds, there are so many great games and it just adds to it that the ds games can be played on it.

If we're not including BC, DS Lite.

The only place where 3DS is beating DS in range is in terms of first party games. Most of the DS's goodness- and there was a lot of it- came from third party games, an area where the 3DS, especially in comparison, is severely lacking.

The original Gameboy and GBA/SP.

It's a tie.

Gameboy, I never got into the GBA and DS although there were a few games here and there. That's why I haven't picked up a 3DS, I don't want it to be another console I don't play.

In terms of looks I really like the Gameboy Pocket, but never owned one. I really like Nintendo's classic designed hardware. Not really into the GBC tbh I prefer it black and white. I like the look of the GBA Micro though. It has a Game & Watch vibe to it.

Probably the Gameboy Pocket, or the Light variant if you can find it in the US. I like the Original Gameboy but its just so darn big, the gameboy color has a so-so screen, and the pocket lacks a backlight. I know people rave about the GBAsp. It is a great system and one of the best, if not the best. Lately however I've been using an original Gameboy. I had a Pocket as a youngster. Using the Original model makes me want to hunt down a Light. So what is the problem with the GBA? The audio is simply HORRENDOUS. Some of the worst audio to ever come out of a game system, especially in comparison to the Original and Pocket. In a scenario where headphones are almost always used, thats a biggie imo.

this is easy,

1. Nintendo virtual boy

2.Game N Watch

1. GBA
2. 3DS
3. DS
4. GB

GBA SP by a mile because: Golden Sun and it's BC with old GB games. And lest I forget all of the SNES ports.

I can't see past the original gameboy for this. Granted, it was the handheld I most felt attached to and I have a lot of nostalgia for it, but I can't answer any other way.

The DS for me. Most games I've ever owned for a system and my backlog is still big.

The 3DS is great but its life cycle isn't done yet.

I really wanna know why the 3DS is ranked over the DS :p

Probably in the minority, but I always thought the gameboy was kinda shit compared to the game gear.

Microsoft are busy now saying "oh, tv tv tv" game gear had a fucking tv-tuner. I was tuneing in to my neighbors signal when he was watching dirty channels at night, hadn't a clue lol.

With the gameboy, could barely see what was going on on the fucking screen, outrageous.

I'm voting for the GBA.

The DS is a great system and I've put in hundreds of hours into it, but not many of its games really grabbed me; they all felt pretty standard, with a couple of exceptions.

The 3DS is still somewhat early in its lifecycle, but there are a bunch of amazing games that really raise the bar for what handheld games should be; Bravelt Default, Fire Emblem Awakening, Kid Icarus, Monster Hunter 3U, Mario 3d land, ALBW, etc.

Hell, a 3DS game won GOTY last year; when's the last time a handheld game has done that?

I guess that's fair.

I guess the quality of individual games on 3DS, especially Nintendo games, is much higher than their DS counterparts. I just think that the DS simply had... so much more.

Nostalgia wants me to say Gameboy, but I have to give it to the 3DS.

GBA.

Loved some Gameboy Advance since you could play it's games, plus all of the older Gameboy games.

Same reason I loved my DS. The ability to play DS games, plus all of the Gameboy Advance games.

Nintendo has always done Backwards Compatibility right for the most part.

4) Gameboy - Pokemon, Link's Awakening, Oracle series, Tetris, Super Mario Land series...great handheld. It was like having a pocket NES when NES was still cool.

3) Nintendo DS - The concept of the DS blew me away when I first held one. The best games were those that utilized the system's unique features. Canvas Curse is my favorite DS title.

2) Nintendo 3DS - Looking at Nintendo's core franchises, it blows the original DS out of the water. A Link Between Worlds is a masterpiece, and another 3DS game of its caliber may make the system Nintendo's best handheld.

1) Gameboy Advance - Classic Super Mario platformers on the go. A great original Zelda, Mario Kart, F-Zero, two amazing 2D Metroids, Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga, Gunstar Super Heroes, Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (and the remakes of the originals)...I could go on and on.