Handheld Gaming Industry Challenges and Innovative Hardware Updates

This week, looming tariffs cause more handheld makers to pause shipments to the U.S., demand for the Switch 2 outstrips supply, John explains what the U.S. pre-order process was like, and we marvel at the restoration of a vintage Game Boy kiosk.

Links and Show Notes

Follow Up

• Playdate, Season 2
• Preorders

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• Tariff Update
• Handhelds Tariff Roundup: What to Expect
• Odin 2 Maker Ayn To Join Anbernic In Pausing US Shipments
• Game Boy clone maker Anbernic suspends all shipments to US
• DHL halts international deliveries to US consumers worth over $800
• Switch 2
• Switch 2 Demand Outstrips Supply
• Switch 2 demand will far outstrip supply in Japan, Nintendo warns
• Nintendo Switch 2 preorders were a total mess — at first
• Paul Rudd ad
• Nintendo shares a vintage SNES commercial starring Paul Rudd as he reprises the role for Switch 2
• John on what the pre-order process was like in the U.S.
• Restoring a Vintage Game Boy Kiosk
• I Restored an Abandoned GameBoy Kiosk via The Verge

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