Thanks for sharing OP, I don't really have any first hand advice but I do agree that if you know anyone who is Trans that could be a very helpful and insightful conversation. It's really difficult to understand what it must feel like to be trans, to feel like you are a different gender and to experience all that while your going through puberty must be extremely difficult. Like others have said just let them know you're there for them, that you love them and that that will never change ,regardless of the changes they are going through.

Genesis - Mommy & Daddy, got it off ebay when we found a random genesis game in some backpack at a garage sale. Only game I ever had for it worth a damn was Sonic 2. Eventually Paid in Full a new one a few years ago Game Boy Color - Mommy & Daddy, christmas gift (I think, been way too long) PS2 - Mommy & Daddy first two we burned through since one died and the other had its CD reader eat shit, Paid in Full the last one that's still kicking Game Boy Advance - Mommy & Daddy, again christmas gift. Getting it and Pokemon Sapphire back in '03 was probably my best christmas growing up. DS - Mommy & Daddy. Don't remember what made them wanna get that for my siblings and I at the time but hey I wasn't complaining. Gamecube - Scrounging for Pennies. Didn't really cost much since this was well after the Wii came out but this was long before I had a job so you know. Wii - Paid in Full. Got it because I really wanted to play Skyward Sword. Not sure why, I never cared about Zelda much before or afterwards and I didn't even like that game that much. Vita - Scrounging for Pennies, didn't really have a lot of money at the time but damn dude I really wanted to play Gravity Rush and P4G. Eventually sold it but got a Vita TV later. Xbox 360 - Paid in Full. Only got it because my brother moved out with his PS3. Eventually sold it to get my own PS3 (so I guess that'd be Paid in Full as well) 3DS, Wii U, Dreamcast, Saturn, PS4, Xbox, Switch, N64 - Paid in Full. No real story to these I just bought them over the years.

I would go with Metal Slug. Though Contra: Hard Corps might be my favorite from both series, the Metal Slug series quality is just far more consistent than Contra's.

I've never bought an emulation device before but I will buy this and the dock. It seems like such a convenient way to play all these old handheld games.