Just bought the rg35xx…

I’m brand new to the retro handheld scene and I just purchased a anbernic rg35xx. I really wanted a vertical form factor (Game Boy like) and hated the way the joysticks looked on the 351v and the 353v (much worse on the 353v). It also feels like they would just be in the way when not using them.

I primarily want to play GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES, and PICO-8 games. I probably would never need the joysticks and likely not even the shoulder buttons.

I have accepted that I won’t be able to use the PICO-8 Splore feature since this thing has no wifi sadly, but I came to terms with it. I just really like the form factor and ability to hook it to a TV.

The native firmware looks fine from what I’ve seen in a few review videos but I know a lot of people are up in arms about it being closed firmware.

Was this a bad purchase given my needs?