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
• Retroid Updates Shipping Policy for U.S. Customers
• Powkiddy stopping U.S. shipments
• 8BitDo suspends US shipments from Chinese warehouse due to tariffs
• Switch 2 News
• Speedrunner Beats The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild Switch 2 Edition At Preview Event
• Switch update 20.0.0 adds Virtual Game Cards, GameShare, Switch 2 transfer
• iOS Gaming
• StikDebug brings JIT to the iPhone
• JIT enabler lands on App Store, likely unlocking Wii and Switch emulation on iOS
• An ‘official’ Flappy Bird game is back, but it has nothing to do with the original creator.
• Handhelds
• Anbernic RG34XX SP May Drop Next Month
• AYANEO Pocket ACE hits Indiegogo (retro handheld with a 4.5 inch display and Snapdragon G3x Gen 2)
• 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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