Blog:Worst Things About Every Nintendo Handheld Console (ZeusDeeGoose)

 Note: This was inspired by this blog post by SuperIsABoy. Nintendo's handhelds are some of the best gaming consoles ever conceived. However, nearly all of them have one major flaw that people dislike. Let's go over every single console and their biggest flaw. Console revisions will be counted separately, as many of them fix the flaws from the previous revision (with little exceptions). NOTE: Article is currently incomplete.

Game Boy
The screen. The original screen was a piece of crap. It didn't have a backlight, when you moved, the pixels would turn into a putrid mess, and overall, it wasn't pretty to look at.

Game Boy Pocket
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Game Boy Color
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Game Boy Light
The fact that it only released in Japan. With the exception of the Game Boy Color for obvious reasons, the Game Boy Light is the definitive original Game Boy model. Thankfully, it's not region locked at all.

Game Boy Advance
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Game Boy Advance SP and the revised model
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Game Boy Advance Micro
The ridiculously small size of the Micro sucked. It is incredibly annoying to hold. Plus, a lot of features were removed for seemingly no reason, like Game Boy backwards compatibility.

DS
The biggest issue with the console is the design itself. The original model is big and clunky, and while it did make for a comfortable playing experience, it made it like you were stuffing a hamburger in you pocket when you closed it. Not a bad console, though.

DS Lite
For what the DS Lite is, it is pretty much the definitive original DS. There wasn't a lot to work with, but the worst thing about the DS Lite is that there were little to no technical improvements. You still have to reset the console every time you change the settings and you can't quit out to the main menu (although that isn't a big issue unlike the DSi).

DSi (XL)
Most features on it are now on the 3DS, making it somewhat pointless now. All the features exclusive to it are (mostly) shutdown to my knowledge. Before the 3DS released, I would say the worst thing about it is that the GBA slot was removed, which broke several games which used Slot 2.

3DS
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3DS XL (LL)
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2DS
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New 3DS (XL)
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New 2DS XL
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Switch
Hmm... maybe you should check out this article to see the console's flaws.