https://www.io55.net/wiki/ 2026-04-29T14:00:46+00:00 https://www.io55.net/wiki/ https://www.io55.net/wiki/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2025-02-24T22:53:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/nintendo_3ds?rev=1740437581&do=diff Nintendo 3DS includes the “New” variants that have upgraded hardware Nintendo's successor to it's smash hit, the Nintendo DS. Despite not selling nearly as well as the DS, the 3DS held it's own and firmly beat off any competition in Sony's PlayStation Vita. Preserving the text/html 2022-11-17T02:13:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/sony_playstation_vita?rev=1668651231&do=diff Sony PlayStation Vita Sony's 2nd and final portable console. Releasing on February 15th, 2012 in the USA, the PlayStation Vita was a capable system that was promptly abandoned by Sony within 2 years. Because of Sony's non-support and firm competition in the text/html 2022-01-14T22:55:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/gc_worldwide_gcw_zero?rev=1642200939&do=diff GC Worldwide GCW Zero Another handheld continuing the lineage of “homebrew” devices, although certainly a bit closer to the “emulation handheld” style of systems. Releasing sometime during 2013 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, the GCW Zero doesn't seem to have sold a lot, but it was received relatively well anyway. Specification-wise, the GCW Zero contains 16 text/html 2022-01-14T23:08:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/snk_tommo_neo_geo_x?rev=1642201706&do=diff SNK/Tommo Neo Geo X SNK's botched attempt at creating a handheld to resurrect the Neo Geo branding, complete with games available for sale on a digital storefront. Releasing on December 18th, 2012, the Neo Geo X only lasted less than a year, before SNK became outraged with the mediocre production quality provided by Tommo, and promptly withdrew their contract to use the Neo Geo brand. Such manufacturing and legal controversy resulted in the Neo Geo X dropping off the map quite quickly, presumab… text/html 2022-05-11T00:17:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/summary?rev=1652228228&do=diff 8th Generation The 8th generation of portable game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 2011 with the release of the 3DS, and ending anywhere between 2019/2020 (discontinuation of the last 3DSes and the Vita) to not having even ended at all (with the Switch Lite still being produced, if you consider it to be 8th generation). Regardless of this slight end-date confusion, the 8th generation was similar to it's predecessor in possessing a great variety of EOPs, plus a lot of interestin…