The Ultimate Nintendo DS
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Ever since I saw the release of the Microsoft Surface Duo, I've been wanting to see if it would work the way I hoped it would...like a Nintendo DS! Let's explore what makes this phone a great emulation device, especially for DS/3DS games.
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this will be nintendo ds in 2015
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@@OldManPhilwait what the ds2 was leaked I’m waiting for the Nintendo project dolphin
I heard the ps5 is coming out soon and its gonna have a controller that works as a psp!
@@OldManPhilbut microsoft already made the xbox one 2 years ago
The way this Surface Duo is being repurposed as the ultimate Nintendo DS is both clever and fascinating. The dual screens make it feel like a true successor to the DS line
Also very expensive.
Now it is, last year this product hit EOL (end of life) and was being sold for $250 - $300.
@@ezg8448 I followed this thing every few months after its release and the second hand marked never hit below 500 euro in my country.
I've been imagining a device like this for so long, dual screen, but you can fold one screen back and use single screen as well. Now you can flip between DS and GBA without an extra screen. What a dream.
It's like a real version of that one recent Nintendo patent
maybe a honormagic v2 with a backbone controller?
It looks like one of those next gen DS concepts would try to push as leaks back in the day lol
I love how you're giving us the essential info at the beginning and its limitations at the end while truly showing off its capabilities in the middle without commenting on every single button press. So many creators describe the obvious way too much to the effect that I zoom out as a viewer. Great video, hope you'll make it big!
Pixel Fold user here and I do this and 3DS all the time. Love it!
This is sick..
Recently been playing ds on my hacked switch oled and honestly its suchhhh a treat playing it on such a nice and big schreen in comparison to when i was a young little kid.... man the nostalgia
Being able to play games in so many different form factors is amazing
imagine the switch 2 being like this. taking it back to the DS days with modern tech.
To be competitive, they should
Based on the patents it will
I hope
Ok ngl, that is actually sick~
I already knew that you can do this but seeing it in practice, it's heckin awesome.
Saw this video today and bought it directly. Thank you so much ❤
the Duo was my daily driver for a while. I did this but with mostly 3DS games though. Had to create a custom layout so everything fit and was aligned properly on both screens. Especially since the 3DS had two different sizes of screens.
Might seem like a stupid question but I have cira downloaded but how do make a custom layout for it please.
Great video! Nice to see that the algorithm has been pushing it. The production quality is stellar.
It's very cool to see more embracing the Surface Duo as a DS/3DS device. 🔥😎
Really enjoyed this video man! It's still crazy to me to see a phone running Gamecube games. lol
Some phones can play switch games!
phones these days are stronger than some older gaming pcs
@@kusakabe3264 Yeah it's crazy!
@@gnocchidokie 🤯
I always play/played my 3DS in 3D mode. It was awesome. I will die on this hill.
Eh good for you, for real. It was cool. But- it could be hard on the eyes.... I miss my new 3ds....
@@daakrolbyea I’m one of those ppl who loved the 3D mode..but only on the New 3DS XL 🗿
it really depended on the game
Me too. I was going to say that. The 3D effect is even better on the New Nintendo 3DS XL. If they added that onto the device I'd be sold. It already has the option to raise the resolution and shaders to improve the look, they should add the 3D effect
I had been looking into getting a 3DSXL as i missed that era as a teen. But this honestly looks way more appealing haha. Great vid man!
Same with me and I bought a N3DS XL just earlier this year. It's still worth it especially if you homebrew it since you can play 3 generations worth of games on it and the form factor is really great to carry around since it has all the controls built in. It's also a lot cheaper than the Surface Duo but nowhere near as powerful and the screen resolution is bad, but playing the games on the original console has its benefits.
@@amitkulkarni3922hey man, you seem Indian. How did you get your 3ds XL? I would really like one, for cheap😅
@@sanketgupta1000I imported a Japanese New 3DS LL into America earlier this year. Significantly cheaper than buying an American New 3DS XL. You can easily homebrew the thing & flash whatever region's firmware you want. It breaks the eShop but Nintendo already killed eShop support so who cares?
I've honestly always thought the dual screen was a better design for a mobile device, at least with our current level of foldable screen technology - the duo seems to be outlasting every foldable screen on the market. Then again, given how phone manufacturers want you to get a new phone every year, maybe that's why they keep going for foldable over dual.
Can confirm. Despite its flimsy-looking plastic build, mine is still kicking, while my mom's soft-screened Samsung is already bubbling despite her mostly using the outside screen and rarely opening it.
That just means the adhesive wearing out on the screen protector. The fold 3 and flip 3 didn't have a good adhesive. I had zero issues with my fold 4 and my fold 5 is working amazing. Soft screens are nothing new, maybe new to phones but not to tech. I've had the flip 3, fold 4, and fold 5 and the only issue I faced was the screen protector bubbling on the flip 3.
The biggest issue is how people care for their device. A solid gorrilla glass screen will always be more durable however there are people still using the z fold and z fold 2 without any issue with the fold 2 coming out the same month as the duo. The duo only sold 50,000 units compared to the 3 million z fold 2 units sold so from a numbers stand yes you would see more reported issues with the fold 2 due to it selling 2.95 million more units. The surface duo you can buy for around $250 and the price is continuing to go down.
I bought the Samsung note as the ultimate drawing device and it just occured to me how immensely useful having two screens like this, one to draw on and one to view references would be! I was too disappointed that the surface duo ran Android instead of Windows but the utility can't be gotten anywhere else. And I didn't like the Fold but I odn't need one big screen, multiple screens is so much better.
@@MarioMastar I actually put Krita on my Duo. One screen houses the drawing, the other houses all of the myriad of tools, all accessible 100% of the time. It took a bit of finagling to organise the space to work like that since it's not optimized for Android, much less for Android with two screens, but once I got it working it's fantastic.
I always saw the Duo as having the perfect scale, ratio and early folding specs I was waiting for a mod like this
8:55 you can also use it to play games while looking at walkthrough
Ooooo big brain energy!!
Have you ever tried 3ds emulation on this? 😅 @@djcoltunez
This looks like an amazing idea. If I didn't have a steamdeck I would be looking to get one of these
I absolutely love the idea! I still have the DSi which I use from time to time. Great video!
Consistent amazing creative videos that dont feel rushed or with advertisements for sponsors stuffed down your throat.
It's a shame they never made the Neo version of the device. All the rumors were that it was going to be a more affordable plastic backed version with less high resolution display. For things like emulation, and ereader function those changes would have actually been positives and would have made the device have better battery life and likely be lighter and more durable.
Neo was a dual screen Windows tablet, not the canceled version of Duo
@@TheTytan007 My bad. I can't recall what the devices name was then. It wasn't the three. There was supposed to be a more budget option after the 2's launch.
I FINALLY convinced myself I don't need the surface duo... then you had to come along.
Got one of these things about half a year ago 'open box' for $200. Came to me brand new. Made me feel like a kid at Christmas!! haha
That theme in the beginning is nostalgic. I love it and wish I could find it. I know maple used to use it but threw it away for MegaMan themes for his opening.
Finally someone shows Zelda gameplay on MS Surface Duo.
I cant wait until the 4k texture pack scene gets big enough that all retro games can be played at 4k. Once that happens I would consider playing more games emulated like this.
Yeah I wish these were available for a decent price these days! This looks like an awesome idea! 😎👍
The DS Lite was definitely a more popular handheld compared to the original model. Everyone I knew had a Lite. I had never even seen an original model until years later once I started actively hunting for retro goods
Holy. Crap. Now. Must. Have. Hotel Dusk & Ghost Trick deserve more glory!!!
The framerate of the 3DS games was too good, I was surprised and want this now
You're bout to make me f*** around and buy one of these.
what would be cool is having the bottom screen display the controls for whatever game you are playing when its a single screen game
I think most emulators actually do this!
It's never gonna happen but I was really hoping the Switch 2 would be something like this. Great video.
Red DS is so nice, I haven't seen that colourway before.
now if only the bottom screen was a resistive touchscreen.
it probably helps that its blown up like it is, but a finger is still like 10 times larger than the point of a touchpen or a fingernail, the needlepoint precision that the old touch technology brought with it is so unmatched
that is so damn sick I always wished there was a good way to emulate these things besides just buying an actual one
I saw this guy at the bar with one and I literally asked my wife if he was playing a DS 😂
😂😂 probably was
They should code a mode into the gba emulator so that when you have it on "the bottom screen" if you were to tilt the phone downward the gba screen would slide or fall up to the top screen. Now that'd be something
This looks amazing. I play 3DS on Nintendo 3DS and on my phone. I can play on my phone it works really well. However, I like the 3d screen effect on 3ds. BTW. this device looks amazing but the price is so Monster.
I have a very modded 2DSXL specifically because the DS's build is so unique.
I hope more devices like the ones in this video come out cuz I'll probably be in the market for it in like 10 years when my DS is on its last legs.
I LOVE my steam deck, but 3DS/DS/DSi emulation just can't be done without the second screen.
if Nintendo is making another DS, with a powerful graphic processor, better battery, and easy drag and drop multimedia: songs, movies...that DS will be super cool to have.
This is amazing, thanks for sharing this with us.
The only shame about this is that Microsoft Duo never released in my region and it was damn expensive but yeah it can be the ultimate retro/streaming console handheld with some telescopic controller.
Two nice screens, good performance and depending on the controller it might be really comfortable to use.
If only it weren't so damn expensive, I would buy one in a heartbeat
"The Nintendo XDS will never happen!"
The Nintendo XDS:
jokes aside great video
The fact that it’s not even a clickbait 🤯
Its crazy how good the DS Lite screen still looks tho.
I miss those days playing Digimon World Dusk on my original DS.
Solid video. 👍🏼
I even like the design of this as a phone. I always felt like the fold in the folding screens just looked vulnerable / like a bad design choice, especially for the price.
I have a folding phone and... Yes and no
I've had the flip 3, fold 4, and currently fold 5. I can tell you now I will never go back to a traditional phone. They are amazing. I've had zero issues with them outside of the poor quality adhesive on the flip 3 making the screen protector bubble so I had to pull it off. The new water drop hinge also helps with eh stability of the internals when folding etc.
The crease part this time around was more so kept out of wanting to keep the fold water resistant. The xiaomi mi fold, Huawei mate fold, and OPPO fold all do not have a crease anymore due to using the water drop hinge which samsung is now using however their phones are not water resistant so it is something with how the screen is made at the hinge that without have the slight crease at this moment in tech it can't be water resistant. That said you only notice the crease when the screen is turn off at and viewed at an angle. Honestly it has Henderson usage for me in anyway and I forget it it's there.
I would love to get my hands on the mi fold but it's two much of a hassle to deal with it having the china rom meaning backdoors for the Chinese government to look into the phone. Sadly it doesn't come in a global rom.
It's like $280 now.
WHAT A CLEVER IDEAAAAAAA!
I am 100% buying one of these as soon as I get the money for one, honestly the switch to or whatever comes out next should honestly be just like this!!!!! I would also love for them to add official 5G support just because!
I already have the switch oled but I’m definitely buying this or the next switch if they are like this when I get the money for one too
All that stuff is there if you buy a Surface duo 2, instead of the 1
If it didnt cost $500-800 id call it worth it
You must be looking at new ones, I got mine for under $300
@@djcoltunezthat is still a lot considering you can get a DS and a 2DS for like $150.
@@GTA_5003ds are now like 300 since they are collectibles
@@GTA_500Don't forget, you're getting more than a ds here. So, I think it's worth more than Just an old handheld.
@@chilly6470 The 3DS can do just about everything the SurfaceDuo can, as far as emulation. While some 3DS models do go for $300, that's on the high end. You can easily get a japanese N3DS XL for less than $200, and do a region change with Homebrew. Then you have an english 3DS that has CFW and can play many different systems.
This is just a DSi XL. However, the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 has a nice bright vivid screen as well as being bigger than the DSi XL screen.
ITS SO BEAUTIFUL
I just want an XXXL screen dsi with Flipnote Studio and I'll be set for life. I still create to this day
The ultimate Nintendo 3DS next.
Switch 2 with dual oled screens would be amazing plus we could add DS and 3DS games to NSO
I already have a New 3DS XL but I might just buy this...
I have a samsung fold and cant for the life of me find an emulator that holds this aspect ratio what is it called?
I really hope Nint's next console is just this.
Or like two psps glued together as a ds but you can give one to your mate for coop or plug one to the tv and have a wii u basically.
FINALLY
HUGE DS REAL
if only it wast 2 thousand dollars here in brazil to get one...
I hate how the blue DS looks like crappy plastic. The silver one looks like AWESOME quality plastic.
"Super Mario Brothers 64 DS" my favorite DS game
That controller fits so well. What is it?
I also want to know. Hate that he doesn't say it.
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@@trashpandacus I was curious myself and found it. It looks great but it's got some iffy reviews even on its official product page, and Nacon is a dodgy company, so.... check before you buy. :/
@@trashpandacusbro, he said it in the description
I had a Kyocera Echo that had a sliding hinge mechanism so it can go from single screen to "tablet" mode. I ATE batteries though. This was back in like 2012.
What I liked about the DS and Switch is that I could bring it anywhere. The system may not be powerful but I enjoyed a lot of nintendo games.
*Buys Microsoft Surface pro 2*
Will you be going for the unlimited plan sir?
Me: No plan. Just Phone
If that MS surface duo pro had an HDMI port it would really harm the steam deck.
I am chutney thinking of getting the retroid flip since it's on sale for now mobile gaming but now I really want this instead. Personally love a good clamshell design.
Great video!
This is a better video about the DS that Spawn Wave DS upgrade video.
THIS GUY DESERVES MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sub earned. I got rid of my Duo awhile back and regret it. Gotta get another. $250 used on Amazon. First model. Which can also run windows.
Definitely seen a video awhile ago using this same device to do the same thing with the controller as well
Was hoping to see Kid Icarus Uprising on this
This is absolutely beautiful...
Really look forward to SDS (Switch Dual Screen)
I might have to cop one
if you are looking to replay Mario Land 2 you should get the Mario Land DX patch where it colorizes everything.
thank you for introducing me to long furbys
Great video. You earned a new subscriber! :)
Last month I just grabbed 2nd hand of N3DSXL Samus edition for collection and gaming, now I go wait for some kind of DS Kind of that reads both 3ds/ds carts
Bought it. Spent like total of like $500 for the controller, pen, and the case that holds the phone, emulators, and of course the duo itself
Worth it.
There are a couple other great videos on UA-cam that help with emulation setup!
That's really cool, but although the Surface Duo has this particular feature that makes it great for playing DC and 3DS, if you want an android phone that serves as an excellent emulation device for these and other consoles, you'd better get a foldable phone, the big kind, like the Galaxy Z Fold, Pixel Fold, OPPO Find N3 and others. You have more than enough screen to reproduce the DS and 3DS experience, and you have a continuous screen for the rest.
This is an Android phone 🙂
Samsung ZFold 2023 was the perfect modern device for dual screen gaming.
I always knew that Nintendo could of built one more final DS.
i would happily take 2 physical screens instead of 1 continuous screen, mostly for the sake of longevity.
Wow Super cool❤
I can see the next Switch being like this, except I doubt it'd have the convenience of watching a video and playing at the same time 😅
My inner child wants a switch version of the ds
This is amazing
It dose look like DS made an alternate reality where Nintendo continues the line in 2020.
This phone would have been nice if it ran Windows ARM. Maybe they''ll try again once the Snapdragon X Elite comes to Surface tablets.
If your XBOX series S and 3DS had a baby. (if your streaming via GAMEPASS.)
I have this settup for myself. IMO it beats most (if not all) portable emulators; form factor is balanced, stands on it's own, 2 x OLED screens, fast charging, can use data if you really wanted to game from anywhere and provides a DS experienced like nothing else out there. Not even the New3DS can compete.
This settup can never be rivaled and would never exist at a commercial level. If you can get this settup for yourself at a responible cost, *and are a fan of DS/3DS gaming, then it's very much so worth it. *works really well even with a cheap META Pen from amazon.
This phone and the LG v50 & V60 is something else when it comes to gaming😅 the Samsung told us great however the price is too much for me. The duo and V series are around 150$-350$ and have great chip sets that run pretty much most games going into 7 gen is amazing.
One more thing to add if you have a Lg V series you can turn on screen sharing and share the screen on a tv and play games on your tv😅😂 it’s quite amazing if you ask me😅
“Hey, is there any Nintendo 4DS Pro Max XL’s for sale?”
The controller is the rig mg-x
Watching as I play a Retroid Pocket Flip... now I know what my next emulator is when this one gets slow