The AYANEO Pocket Micro Classic is everything I wanted the Game Boy Micro to be

AYANEO Pocket Micro Classic The AYANEO Pocket Micro Classic is the perfect handheld for 4x upscaled GBA, with enough power for demanding shaders. The high price tag means it's only really for dedicated collectors, but this is the best a modern Game Boy Micro could be. While the SNES was the home console that best encapsulates my childhood, the Game Boy Advance was the handheld that really kicked off my gaming addiction. It was revolutionary for teenage me, and I ended up with two standard versions and a GBA SP when it launched a few years later. But the final iteration, the Game Boy Micro, just never got my attention. By that point, I had graduated to the Nintendo DS (which also played GBA cartridges), so it just never made sense to me. So when AYANEO sent over the Pocket Micro Classic for review, I didn’t have the rose-tinted nostalgia glasses I would have with something like the Pocket DMG. But after using it for a few weeks, it quickly became my favorite way to play GBA games and ... Read full article.