This week on NPC, Federico, Brendon, and John chart which handheld makers are still shipping to the U.S. in the wake of steep tariffs, then explore how speedrunners are stress‑testing Breath of the Wild at Nintendo’s Switch 2 hands‑on events. Plus, they update listeners on Nintendo’s release of version 20 of the original Switch’s firmware, how a contempt order against Apple could unlock new business models for developers, the surprising arrival of JIT on the App Store, Nothing’s launch of the CMF Phone 2 Pro, and how Anbernic and Ayaneo are defying economic uncertainty by releasing new handhelds.

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Links and Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

Tariffs: Good News and Bad

Switch 2 News

Handhelds

Other hardware

Nothing’s CMF Phone 2 Pro is an affordable phone with a unique modular ecosystem

Topics

A Retroid Pocket Flip 2 Update

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