The RG Rotate Gets Real | NPC: Next Portable Console

This week on Next Portable Console, the SN Operator is delayed, an Ayn Odin non-drama, a new contender for weirdest handheld of 2026, even more on the RG Rotate, and how we find retro game shops. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News GAMEMT E5 ModX is a modular handheld that converts between controller, horizontal, and vertical form factors — https://retrohandhelds.gg/move-over-a... AYN Odin 3's "Snapdragon 8 Elite" is actually a Qualcomm Dragonwing Q8 IoT chip — https://retrohandhelds.gg/your-odin-3... Genki launches Covert Dock 3 and ShadowCast 3 Pro for Switch 2 and modern handhelds — https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/... Anbernic RG Rotate new photos —   / moreinfoontherg_rotate   More on whether the RG Rotate has a headphone jack — https://preview.redd.it/two-new-leake... Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here:   / nextportableconsole   Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon NPC Feedback Form — https://giant-smash-219.notion.site/2... Credits Show Art: Brendon Bigley — https://brendonbigley.com/ Music: Will LaPorte — https://www.peachmgzn.com/will-laporte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net — https://www.macstories.net Wavelengths.online — https://wavelengths.online Follow us on Mastodon NPC — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@npc Federico — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci John — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@john... Brendon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@bren... Follow us on Bluesky NPC — https://bsky.app/profile/npc.macstori... MacStories — https://bsky.app/profile/macstories.net Federico Viticci — https://bsky.app/profile/viticci.macs... John Voorhees — https://bsky.app/profile/johnvoorhees... Brendon Bigley — https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengt... Affiliate Linking Policy — https://www.macstories.net/privacy-po... Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome to NPC 1:06 - SN Operator Follow Up 6:52 - Finding Retro Game Shops 11:58 - A Weird Handheld 18:06 - Ayn Odin 3 Non-Drama 21:56 - An iPhone Fold Aside 26:36 - Genki's Covert Dock and ShadowCast 32:22 - The RG Rotate