I’ve been playing Minecraft on my iPhone and am considering a handheld to play more comfortably. Any recommendations?
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I have played it on the Sony Vita, Nintendo Switch, new 3DS/2DS XL, and Retroid Pocket 4. The retroid I still have not figured out how to map the controls well and it is a bit glitchy (using the android app version of Minecraft). So based on my experience…if you care about the latest OS and Minecraft version…the switch. If you don’t care about the OS or Minecraft version, the Vita was a great experience.
Probably the Steam Deck, since it lets you play both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
How can it play Java? Through custom mappings and adding it as a non steam game? And bedrock? Doesnt it run arch? Is it using the PE edition?
How can it play Java? Through custom mappings and adding it as a non steam game?
I recommend switching to desktop mode, installing Prism Launcher as a Flatpak, then creating an instance with the Fabric modloader, and installing a mod that provides good controller support, such as Controlify or MidnightControls.
Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwJ8c4bTpA
Doesnt it run arch?
Yeah, it runs SteamOS 3, a modified, image-based Arch derivative maintained by Valve. Not to be confused with earlier versions of SteamOS, which were based on Debian.
And bedrock?
Since Android is based on Linux, you can run Android apps fairly easily on Linux-based systems. There’s a community-made launcher (https://minecraft-linux.github.io/), which leverages this advantage and lets you easily install and play the Android version. You can also get it as a Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/io.mrarm.mcpelauncher
Thank you so much for the detailed answer mate!
Aya Neo, let’s you play the PC versions of it.