and he’ll gaming can be a thing of
beauty as long as your game isn’t too
demanding then it can be a disaster
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst handheld ports
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at previously existing games on
consoles arcades or PC that were pointed
to a handheld console and lost much of
the magic in the protests due to
glitchyness bad performance and/or
dumped down gameplay we’ll only be
looking at games that attempted to
replicate the original experience on a
small screen meaning no spin-off games
that tried to be something completely
different number 10
Medal of Honor Underground Game Boy
Advance the original PlayStation release
was a great action game complete with an
intriguing storylines a fantastic main
character and your typical bombastic war
based gameplay well he was bombastic at
the time anyway
two years later the GBA version was
released and it tarnished the
underground name forever
it has legitimately terrible graphics to
the point where you couldn’t even tell
what you were looking at obviously bad
framerate problems and horrible
disconnect between pressing buttons and
your characters action on screen which
eliminated any sense of immersion you
might have had if you really used your
imagination
[Music]
number nine Hyrule warriors legends
original 3ds Hyrule warriors is one of
the Wii U’s most sold titles and when
legends was officially revealed
basically read that the game would come
equipped with all DLC the ability to
change characters and to new characters
so fans were sight until it was released
of course it wasn’t a complete disaster
by far but it’s painfully obvious that
the original 3ds just wasn’t up to the
task
textures look terrible the frame rate
hovers around 20 FPS enemy numbers were
significantly reduced and there’s pop in
everywhere fortunately if you had the
new 3ds the game runs fine
but to the tens of millions of people
with the older tech this was
unacceptable
seriously why wasn’t this game a new 3ds
exclusive
number eight
minecraft PlayStation Vita the Vita
release of minecraft was definitely a
financial success it boosted the sales
of the game by 79% and became the
biggest minecraft launch on a
PlayStation console however it was
definitely not the preferred way of
playing the game players experienced
significant framerate drops and crashes
upon launch and the world size was much
smaller than the one featured on PC or
even on consoles while some could handle
these imperfections the most detrimental
factor was a save corruption bug which
would delete your progress if you
manually saved your game while it was
quick saving while it’s a fun little
handheld edition this was a serious bug
that severely hurt the response of the
Vita release number 7 jak and daxter
collection PlayStation Vita and we won’t
find any more that dot going eco stuff
where we cuz I hate to fall in again and
turn into him yeah and then the jak and
daxter platformers some of the greatest
games on the ps2 so when a handheld
version was announced gave old and new
players alike the chance to experience
the magic again and by magic we mean of
course terrible framerate drops really
awkward controls simplified textures and
sound glitches
[Music]
if you played these games on the ps2
then you’ll know that the fluid controls
stable framerate and gorgeous graphics
are all part of the experience as these
games were technical Marvel’s for the
time unfortunately inferior performances
in all of these aspects significantly
hinders the games and their beauty
making this Vita release a real stinker
that’s that don’t touch anything
though the precursors vanished long ago
the artifacts they left behind can still
do great harm number six Bioshock Apple
iOS Bioshock was one of the best games
of the last generation and while the iOS
release wasn’t a total failure
it was very disappointing the controls
were absolutely miserable the game’s
graphics were also terribly downgraded
to the point where the atmospheric
immersion was basically long think of
that iconic scene where you see rapture
for the first time and you’re instantly
transported to another world well the
magic is completely lost on iOS due to
the gray and blurry textures if that
wasn’t all the game was eventually
pulled from the App Store due to
performance issues after numerous iOS
upgrades you definitely need to
experience this game but certainly not
on the phone never find earthworm jim
Gameboy Advance
despite being released seven years after
the original Smith’s and Genesis version
the Gameboy Advance port of earthworm
jim was significantly worth which is
just embarrassing for all those involved
despite the handhelds extra power it
still ran incredibly poorly complete
with terribly dated graphics poor
animation horrific sound effects and
broken physics
[Music]
furthermore developer game Titan didn’t
reduce the size of the sprites to
compensate for the GBA lower resolution
resulting in the camera zoomed way too
close to the characters which means that
on numerous occasions when you’re
jumping over a pit you couldn’t see the
other side fail number 4 Borderlands 2
PlayStation Vita it was still DS
last-ditch effort to try and save the
system by launching it alongside the
beat a slim model and boy did it
backfire the Vita release was
significantly hindered by numerous
performance issues most notably being a
very bad framerate downgraded graphics
and frequent crashes the framerate
dropped so much at certain times that
fans found it almost unplayable and the
game would constantly crash giving those
players who had soldiered through the
molasses-like gameplay new incentive to
continue so you got my jacket sweet huh
the coop was also reduced to 2 players
rather than the original for taking out
a large swath of what made the console
and PC versions so fun and inviting is
anybody nobody is very good number 3
mortal kombat advance Game Boy Advance
mortal kombat has been ported to
numerous handheld over the years and
their quality due to the weak hardware
is about as good as you’d expect but
weak hardware isn’t an excuse that this
trainwreck can fall back on
infamous for being one of the worst
ports ever this game was unplayable from
the beginning to two broken hit boxes
and ludicrous AI combatants were either
extremely stupid or frustratingly
difficult and cheap pulling off stunts
and moves that you can never dream of
and wiping the floor with you in the
process even if you could fight your way
through the game look at how pathetic
these fatalities are well you guys even
try and come on fellas that works you
missed Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3ds
[Music]
[Applause]
missed with a revolutionary PC game in
the 90s thanks to its groundbreaking
visuals for the time and his open-ended
exploration the DS version was
remastered using brand-new code written
specifically for the system yet it was a
complete disaster in every conceivable
way
issues ranged from poor sound quality
terrible visual compression text that
was hard to read and without a visible
mouse cursor it was impossible to figure
out what was actually clickable this
version was later ported over to the 3ds
but it only made things worse
it featured an auto centering cursor
mapped to the circle pad but it’s only
precise that it makes clicking on the
right object kinda difficult which you
know for a point and click game is kind
of a big problem before we unveil our
number one pick let’s have a look at
these dishonorable mentions
[Music]
number one Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis Game Boy Advance honestly how
could ii I messed this up so bad
fans were excited for this port because
of the GBA superior power it had 15
years worth of technological
advancements behind it and it featured
Sonic’s Spin Dash which wasn’t
accessible in the original unfortunately
it was a travesty in every way the
graphics and sound design are equally
abysmal and the controls are wonky worst
of all as the game’s performance the
game constantly lags and seeing how this
is a Sonic game and the whole point of
Sonic is to go fast you can see how this
would upset some people it was a
physical auditory and performative mess
and is truly our pick for the worst
handheld port of all time
[Music]
you
beauty as long as your game isn’t too
demanding then it can be a disaster
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst handheld ports
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at previously existing games on
consoles arcades or PC that were pointed
to a handheld console and lost much of
the magic in the protests due to
glitchyness bad performance and/or
dumped down gameplay we’ll only be
looking at games that attempted to
replicate the original experience on a
small screen meaning no spin-off games
that tried to be something completely
different number 10
Medal of Honor Underground Game Boy
Advance the original PlayStation release
was a great action game complete with an
intriguing storylines a fantastic main
character and your typical bombastic war
based gameplay well he was bombastic at
the time anyway
two years later the GBA version was
released and it tarnished the
underground name forever
it has legitimately terrible graphics to
the point where you couldn’t even tell
what you were looking at obviously bad
framerate problems and horrible
disconnect between pressing buttons and
your characters action on screen which
eliminated any sense of immersion you
might have had if you really used your
imagination
[Music]
number nine Hyrule warriors legends
original 3ds Hyrule warriors is one of
the Wii U’s most sold titles and when
legends was officially revealed
basically read that the game would come
equipped with all DLC the ability to
change characters and to new characters
so fans were sight until it was released
of course it wasn’t a complete disaster
by far but it’s painfully obvious that
the original 3ds just wasn’t up to the
task
textures look terrible the frame rate
hovers around 20 FPS enemy numbers were
significantly reduced and there’s pop in
everywhere fortunately if you had the
new 3ds the game runs fine
but to the tens of millions of people
with the older tech this was
unacceptable
seriously why wasn’t this game a new 3ds
exclusive
number eight
minecraft PlayStation Vita the Vita
release of minecraft was definitely a
financial success it boosted the sales
of the game by 79% and became the
biggest minecraft launch on a
PlayStation console however it was
definitely not the preferred way of
playing the game players experienced
significant framerate drops and crashes
upon launch and the world size was much
smaller than the one featured on PC or
even on consoles while some could handle
these imperfections the most detrimental
factor was a save corruption bug which
would delete your progress if you
manually saved your game while it was
quick saving while it’s a fun little
handheld edition this was a serious bug
that severely hurt the response of the
Vita release number 7 jak and daxter
collection PlayStation Vita and we won’t
find any more that dot going eco stuff
where we cuz I hate to fall in again and
turn into him yeah and then the jak and
daxter platformers some of the greatest
games on the ps2 so when a handheld
version was announced gave old and new
players alike the chance to experience
the magic again and by magic we mean of
course terrible framerate drops really
awkward controls simplified textures and
sound glitches
[Music]
if you played these games on the ps2
then you’ll know that the fluid controls
stable framerate and gorgeous graphics
are all part of the experience as these
games were technical Marvel’s for the
time unfortunately inferior performances
in all of these aspects significantly
hinders the games and their beauty
making this Vita release a real stinker
that’s that don’t touch anything
though the precursors vanished long ago
the artifacts they left behind can still
do great harm number six Bioshock Apple
iOS Bioshock was one of the best games
of the last generation and while the iOS
release wasn’t a total failure
it was very disappointing the controls
were absolutely miserable the game’s
graphics were also terribly downgraded
to the point where the atmospheric
immersion was basically long think of
that iconic scene where you see rapture
for the first time and you’re instantly
transported to another world well the
magic is completely lost on iOS due to
the gray and blurry textures if that
wasn’t all the game was eventually
pulled from the App Store due to
performance issues after numerous iOS
upgrades you definitely need to
experience this game but certainly not
on the phone never find earthworm jim
Gameboy Advance
despite being released seven years after
the original Smith’s and Genesis version
the Gameboy Advance port of earthworm
jim was significantly worth which is
just embarrassing for all those involved
despite the handhelds extra power it
still ran incredibly poorly complete
with terribly dated graphics poor
animation horrific sound effects and
broken physics
[Music]
furthermore developer game Titan didn’t
reduce the size of the sprites to
compensate for the GBA lower resolution
resulting in the camera zoomed way too
close to the characters which means that
on numerous occasions when you’re
jumping over a pit you couldn’t see the
other side fail number 4 Borderlands 2
PlayStation Vita it was still DS
last-ditch effort to try and save the
system by launching it alongside the
beat a slim model and boy did it
backfire the Vita release was
significantly hindered by numerous
performance issues most notably being a
very bad framerate downgraded graphics
and frequent crashes the framerate
dropped so much at certain times that
fans found it almost unplayable and the
game would constantly crash giving those
players who had soldiered through the
molasses-like gameplay new incentive to
continue so you got my jacket sweet huh
the coop was also reduced to 2 players
rather than the original for taking out
a large swath of what made the console
and PC versions so fun and inviting is
anybody nobody is very good number 3
mortal kombat advance Game Boy Advance
mortal kombat has been ported to
numerous handheld over the years and
their quality due to the weak hardware
is about as good as you’d expect but
weak hardware isn’t an excuse that this
trainwreck can fall back on
infamous for being one of the worst
ports ever this game was unplayable from
the beginning to two broken hit boxes
and ludicrous AI combatants were either
extremely stupid or frustratingly
difficult and cheap pulling off stunts
and moves that you can never dream of
and wiping the floor with you in the
process even if you could fight your way
through the game look at how pathetic
these fatalities are well you guys even
try and come on fellas that works you
missed Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3ds
[Music]
[Applause]
missed with a revolutionary PC game in
the 90s thanks to its groundbreaking
visuals for the time and his open-ended
exploration the DS version was
remastered using brand-new code written
specifically for the system yet it was a
complete disaster in every conceivable
way
issues ranged from poor sound quality
terrible visual compression text that
was hard to read and without a visible
mouse cursor it was impossible to figure
out what was actually clickable this
version was later ported over to the 3ds
but it only made things worse
it featured an auto centering cursor
mapped to the circle pad but it’s only
precise that it makes clicking on the
right object kinda difficult which you
know for a point and click game is kind
of a big problem before we unveil our
number one pick let’s have a look at
these dishonorable mentions
[Music]
number one Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis Game Boy Advance honestly how
could ii I messed this up so bad
fans were excited for this port because
of the GBA superior power it had 15
years worth of technological
advancements behind it and it featured
Sonic’s Spin Dash which wasn’t
accessible in the original unfortunately
it was a travesty in every way the
graphics and sound design are equally
abysmal and the controls are wonky worst
of all as the game’s performance the
game constantly lags and seeing how this
is a Sonic game and the whole point of
Sonic is to go fast you can see how this
would upset some people it was a
physical auditory and performative mess
and is truly our pick for the worst
handheld port of all time
[Music]
you
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