Now I'm Impressed // RG35XX Plus First Look 

Decent day 1 stock firmware for a budget handheld from Anbernic was not on my 2023 bingo card.

The part where you lined them up by size and then power. Chefs kiss*

Loved the size side-by-side followed by capability side-by-side. Very clear review (as usual)! Thank you!

Thank you for this!!!! I just ordered mine this weekend.

This is so much more thorough than I wanted or expected with this, but this was incredible! Thanks!

Very thorough, informative but efficient info. Thanks!

Ive been following your channel for a while now waiting for a handheld that fits my needs and budget, i think this device might be it. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for this EXCELLENT review and comparison along similar price lines. You've earned a subscriber.

One of the best videos/review I've ever watched on RU-vid

Mine is coming in a few day! Super excited for it.

Taki great video like always. Happy Holidays!

This is hands down one of the best reviews! It was so in-depth that I had to look at the one I just ordered to make sure I wasn't missing out LOL

thank you so much for this incredible review, so much detail and effort. thank you so much

Great review. The best review I have watched so far ;)

What would convince me to upgrade (from RG35XX).... 1) larger XYAB buttons, 2) better speaker (or stereo speakers) 3) shaders support to emulate CRT displays (esp. useful for HDMI output) 4) Bluetooth 5+

Very informative, great video!

Thanks for the effort and money invested for a proper good review. Liked and subscribed.

holy shit man i was worried as hell after watching the community post (i ordered mine 4 hours prior to that), but after watching this i can say that i have indeed made a decent choice for my very first retro handheld. thank you for this video.

Very detailed and good video sir ❤

Thank you for your valuable review, very professional and helpful.

Excited to get mine.

I only found this video AFTER I bought the system, but boy is this video good! I already did a lot of research before buying (it's my first retro gaming handheld, and it's actually not even for me but for a friend's child), but I learned even more here than I knew already. And it now even helped me for stuff that I was wondering now that I have the handheld in my own hands, for example if it is worth to install OnionOS 2.0. And I was shocked to see that N64 games instantly work as soon as I copy some roms onto the SD cards, because the console didn't show up in the RetroArch emulation menu before. So I guess what I'm saying is: Thank you for this great video, this was very well done. And if this is the quality you are always offering on your channel, I might very well consider subscribing now. /Edit: I just found out that I actually watched another of your videos before buying the system - the comparison video for RG35XX Plus / R36S / Miyoo Mini Plus / RG35XX. And I also commented on that video - however, that was a bit less enthusiastic. Basically, I said that the information presented in the video was very good, but the way you presented it was VERY confusing (no labels for the systems, order of how they were shows changed constantly, and you even changed the RGXX35+ model throughout the video (white model / black model) which confused the hell out of me.

As soon as we can get one of these handhelds running PSP smoothly, with analog controls and at this price point I'm immediately picking it up.

love the vids taki

You sir are a great reviewer... subscriptions achievement earned! Ps love the comparisons videos the market is 2 big and confusing i like knowing which is best then go from there

this vid came out 7 hours after I pulled the trigger on a miyoo mini+

Excellent Review ....You did well...

I don't worry about any software limitations since I intend to swap it out with GarlicOS 2.0 when that releases fully. Any problems the stock OS has are just temporary until that period of time, really. I mean there's no guarantee that all of these issues *are* software limitations, as you mentioned, and certainly no guarantee GarlicOS will cover all the necessary features properly, at least not in earlier iterations which will probably require some fine-tuning after launch, but as far as I can see, it's just a matter of time and I am a very patient man.

Mines on its way Im so excited

I may have to get this one now... I bought the RG35XX a couple weeks before Christmas

Thanks for the info. I bought 3 of these to give away for Christmas. I'm kinda wanting one for myself too

Can't wait for the review of the 35xx Horizontal, I guess it's everything this one is but horizontal 😊

I like the way you says: "before nintendo goes crazy....." 😁

I was very tempted by this but went with with RGB30 for the same price in the sales. XU10 was only $49 in the sales too.

Thanks. In your opinion, when it comes to an actual emulation use case, do you think that a RK3566 device can do more than this one assuming custom firmware is available ? I mean, is there a system which is out of reach for this one but that a RK3566 could handle, or a system which could get upscale while it would remain low res on this one ?

Im already happy with what the 35xx does. It's awesome they made an upgraded version, but I'm still waiting on a better ps2 emulation machine

Maybe in two years these kind of devices will be able to run everything without problem. Can't wait.

Hi Taki, what was the small portable monitor you used in this video? Where can I buy one

Now I wish I would have waited another 4 months before buying a retro Handheld for my library, the plus sound so much better than the base version and manages to play the systems im kinda interested in playing on the go.

note the a53 cpu is 3years older than the a35, which is effectively a shrink of the a53 with better power efficiency. H700 performance likely to be similar at a given clock than the rk3266, be interesting to see a performance comparison with the r36s using the same emulator

man, this looks reallya wesome. i have a miyoo mini v3 and im not the most tech savvy. the lack of wifi for updates really hurts me because ive already messed up trying to install a newer version on onion os. the capabilities of this really appeal to me, but i still like the portability of the original mini. ive been thinking about selling it for a while now to upgrade to something like this or plus. I'm still thinking i may just wait it out until the miyoo mini flip finally releases, if i can get my hands on one that is. even if scalpers upcharge it i may be able to sell my mini and all accessories to pick one up. though, i literally just got a pocket flip to dabble in android emulation. not as compact and pocketable but if it causes me to stop playing my miyoo mini altogether then i guess it wouldnt make much sense to get a different device. i do love the sp form factor though

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO !! FOR THIS PRICE IS A NO BRAINER BEST 2023 XMAS PRESENT

I’m happy with my regular RG35xx. Just used it on a flight to Texas. I also upgraded the battery to a 3500mah battery. 4+ hours of battery life

Now I'm really considering geting this! Thanks for your thorough review. Btw, what portable screen is that you used to test out the HDMI out...? I'm looking for a portable display just like that size. Thanks!

awesome!

C'mon Temu lol. Thats how i got my og 35xx for half price. Very impressive Anbernic. First time in a while where they are leading performance wise in a category (mini SBCs).

I liked the part where he put it next to the controllers at the end very sneaky :)

Thank you for all this content Taki. Been watching your videos for a long time, and I'm about to finally get one of these. Just one question : any "buzzing" sound while using headphones on the RG35XX ? I was about to get the RG353V and heard about these sound issues, so I worry a bit about this. I would also love to use some airpods with this, hope it gets fixed soon !

Right after you said "and here I have the quit option" my RU-vid app crashed😂😂

Glad I purchased the RG35XX plus today. I was thinking about miyo mini plus but it’s size is more smaller, and also about wifi support that lead me to purchase the latest model. Thanks for this review (I watched a-lot from other RU-vid videos too) before casting my order. Got it for $59.63 from ali express, free shipping to dubai 🇦🇪

The video is really fascinating to see, looking for things not everyone is talking about. i do have a question: what is a PD charger ? ^^

What was that mini monitor you were using when doing hdmi? It looked very nice!

Hi thanks for the great content ! I loved the new video, the deep dive How long did you wait for the delivery for this device ? (I know it has been shipped from China)

I investigated the H700 chip a little bit and it is fascinating, while it is not very powerful in general, it can do H.265/VP9/AVS2 4K@60fps decoding. It is probably because this chip was originally made for a projector and I guess they didn't sell too many projectors.

That are harder to come by. 😮‍💨 Looking at you Miyoo 👀

I hope there is more horizontal devices coming out with this price range. Haven't seen anything new since RG353PS.

Stock OS on the ARC D I just got has been great so far too, did Anbernic actually hire an OS team? Out of the box Saturn performance on that shocked the absolute hell out of me. There's light bleed in one corner and the game card slot has been a little flaky, but overall happy so far. Now I have the ARC D if I wake up feeling my Sega kid roots, and the 353p if I wake up feeling like a nintendo kid.

Hi, thanks for the video! :D Can I ask you a question? Do you know why does Garlic 2.0 for RG35XX PLUS have to be installed and used together with the SD with the stock system? (I read the procedure on Black's Patreon page on the Garlic 2.0 post) Can't just the SD (or single or double) be used only with Garlic as happens with Garlic 1.x.x in the original RG35XX? Because we know that the proprietary SD card is of poor quality and should be changed immediately. But if you need the proprietary SD to boot the SD with Garlic (as I understand), if that then gets corrupted, you won't be able to use the one with Garlic either..

I'm so hyped for this!!!! Can't wait to cozy up in blankets and play Stardew Valley on it :D

If this had analog sticks I'd buy it. It kinda kills the portability if I need to carry around a controller just for that. I'll stick with my R36S simply for that reason. As I'm on the road (the main reason I use these portables), wifi isn't a priority but I do have the dongle set up and working for the very rare times I need it. Finally, HDMI is nice...but again defeats the reason for a portable in the first place. At the end of the day, it'll boil down to what you are actually buying these handhelds for in the first place. If you're mainly a home based retro player, these really aren't ideal for that and there are MUCH better options of course. If you travel and or want something to play with during your lunch hour these are optimal, and for me the R36S is the best for it, for now. Good review, well laid out and very well explained.

Did they made improvements on the D-pad? My original 35xx always has accidental "ups" when i press to the right. I switched to the Miyoo Mini plus for that reason because it made me mad...

I spent 55$ shipped on mine on eBay. I’m extremely happy with it but I haven’t got the hdmi feature to work. Maybe my 6$ Amazon cable was no good. Gonna try an adapter instead and see if it works. Pretty bummed mine doesn’t have that functionality but I will see if I can get it going! If not I’m still very happy with it as a handheld. I have batocera running on it with a really nice rom set.

This is a pretty good device mine actually came dual booted with garlic os, it has lots of games, PS1 games run very well and there are some great ones. The only thing you might want to do, it is missing some Mario games, if you grab those yourself you will have semi complete game libraries. It's worth the price just for the roms really

I have the rg35xx. I don't really care about the additional consoles this new one supports, but if they get the Bluetooth to work with headphones/earbuds that might sway me. Also the rounded corners on the dpad would be a welcome change.

I bought myself an RG35xx a month ago. Now this comes out? Damn. So I need to upgrade, because my biggest issue with it is I cannot use RetroAchievements, nor my favorite SN30 Pro controller with it, without a dongle.

Thanks for covering this - great video as always! One thing which would be interesting to me if the buttons feel the same as the original 35XX (except from the slightly changed form) ... as in did they use the same rubber dome as before, because I personal find the to be phenomenal! Could you please verify if they've gone with the same ones or not?

Can you connect more than one Bluetooth controller? Would be nice to use as a little home console for 2 player SNES and PS1 games over HDMI. Kind of an Anbernic Switch.

I’ve been trying to find out everywhere if Garlic was worth it. I had no idea how new the Plus was when I ordered one, it was recommended to me by a friend, but I’m loving it so far. My only issue is that stock os runs PlayStation games so much better than retroarch right now, which isn’t a problem but I cant or don’t know how to make extra memory cards

Hello @TakiUdon, since it has OTG support, does it support the external device through the OTG? Quickest example is Audio Dongle (External soundcard) that produce sound. Took some device sample such as SHIO Truthear, Creative Sound Blaster, Jcally dongle dac etc. I also use my RG35XX for listening to music but the sound produce is not strong enough or not supporting my IEM (in-ear monitor earphone) driver.

Very Good

Cant wait to get mine in the mail. Any update to the problem connecting bluetooth headphones to your device? Thanks.

ALMOST perfect. I would really like this, but with joysticks directly on the device.

Thanks for bringing up the charging issue. It's definitely annoying having to work around a USB-A to USB-C charger to charge these handhelds. I don't even care about fast charging, just make them function with modern USB-C chargers. I'll pay the extra 10 cents in production costs...

Been thinking of getting my nephew and myself a retro handheld console. I might just order this and get my nephew the miyoo mini or the standard rg35xx

What is that neat little HDMI screen you have at 11:30 ?

They keep coming 😆

I would like to see an updated video, but showcasing Koriki

8:58 Wait how did you do the sharing of Nintendo Switch games to this? I don't think you can use moonlight on the Switch itself for hosting or such....

Some wipes music 🎶🎶

Did they fix the false diagonals? Didn't see it tested in the video.

The added performance that would allow the emulation of PS1, some PS2, DC, and N64 but lacks the analog stick to play them is a deal breaker for me. It's for 3 tier like you said but doesn't add the necessary controls, total bummer.

Any plans to review RG35xx H?

What are the chances of this FW being backported to the 35XX? Would love to have to simple interface when other people play and RA for me all in one OS.

Just bought 3 fully loaded onion os miyoo mini plus models (one for me, and one for each of my brothers for Christmas) and these drop before all of them are delivered…🤣 Guess I’m gonna be getting at least one of these since I mainly wanted something to run gba rpgs, ff7,8,9, +legends of dragoon. But if I can get n64, I neeeed the og paper Mario…

Cool portable would have one stick

The fact that the dev of Garlic OS rushed to launch it for Plus on launch instead of launching for the OG stings even more knowing it doesn't even bring any benefit to the new device in comparison to the stock firmware. I know the dev is doing it for free in their free time but idk, feels like they mixed up priorities

The face I made when I saw TOTK in the opening shot of this video 😳😅 Real talk though, I've never owned a retro handheld and heavily considered the Plus, but I found an awesome deal on the original RG35XX for £40 including shipping. That price was too good to turn down.

Hopefully they do fix the bluetooth audio issues. Being on commute and connecting my Airpods to this device was something I was looking to be able to do.

just got myself one cost me £81 with express shipping hopefully it comes befor christmas :D

I’m so glad I didn’t get the xu10,. Goes to show that just because it’s more expensive does not mean it’s better. Plus it’s not even anbernics product, they just list it for an affiliate

I've been thinking of a hand held that can play a good amount of retro and maybe some modern. I hear the RG35XX is good, but I've heard the RG35XX plus is better. I don't mind buying a BT controller on the side. The R 36S looks like it has a bad screen image. Meanwhile RG35XX plus looks like it has more quality. I've been wondering of possibly changing the OS in yhe future after some good time with it to ArkOS with the new version of Batocera. When I saw other YT reviewers the N64 was crisp sound similar to the console. Do you think the RG35XX plus would be a good investment as the first handheld? Its not my first time messing with emulators. The first GBA emulator I played on was on Windows 2000 years ago.

Honestly, glad i didn't pulled the trigger on this. Just get the RG353VS.

Is this worth buying over the R36s? Price vs performance

dang, this looks like a great device. probably was a mistake to buy a miyoo mini plus a few months ago

It's so, so close to what I want. I want it to fix the aspect ratio when doing hdmi out. I'd like the thumbsticks of the 353vs. And near/complete n64 and dreamcast performance. Basically, i want a 353v+. Honestly if garlic eventually gets everything running and fixes that hdmi out aspect ratio issue, I'll upgrade.

Now I need same device with one added stick.. 😅

Love the RG35XX Plus for the Hardware / Size. But I love the Miyoo Mini Plus for Onion OS. The Miyoo Mini Plus ist just a little bit too short on the bottom. Can't decide if I should switch from my Miyoo Mini Plus to the RG35XX Plus 🥲

The Miyoo Mini Plus with Onion Custom OS is the king in this segment hands down! Hard to beat overall!

WOW.

Looks like the price is now $75-90 depending on what color you want.