The most POWERFUL handheld emulation machine [Ayn Odin 2]
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The Ayn Odin 2 Max and Pro are the most powerful retro handhelds that I've ever used. This Android based portable can play GameCube and PlayStation 2 VERY well, and even handle a surprising amount of Nintendo Switch games.
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I will say one thing: Switch emulation can be popular because it allows people to apply mods to their games! To do that on an actual Switch, you either need a very, very early iteration of the Switch for a physical exploit, or to pay out the nose to add a modchip.
You need a modded switch to emulate and get support so. Seems worth it to me!, plus v1 switch consoles are super cheap nowadays
Worth every penny for me. I can now play almost every ps2 and gc game at 3x or 4x, 30 or 60fps locked (full speed) for around 7-9 hours straight
Does it have budokai tenkaichi??
@@NathanG64im pretty sure you can add it yourself
@@NathanG64 It doesn't come with any games or emulators. You have to add that stuff yourself.
Late as hell but this was genuinely my dream back when I saw the Shield portable running Half-Life and Portal over 10 years ago now.
How did you get the ps2?
A big draw to me of the Odin 2 over a Steam Deck or ROG Ally is that it is an ARM device and thus has significantly better battery life when emulating PS2, GC, Switch, etc. I am also hopeful that through projects like Cassia we will see the ability to run Windows based x86 software through translation layers in the future.
But you miss out on the Steam Library.. There's so much more great stuff on there than just emulated games. I think that library adds a lot of value to the device. It even encludes pretty much all new Xbox titles and a good selection of ps4/ps5 titles like GoW and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
They're already working on making Linux compatible
tbh the other factor for me was weight. I got tired of holding the Steam Deck for long periods of time. @@Nucleosynthese
Well the steam deck OLED has a 50Wh battery vs 8000mah. So the power saving really doesn’t matter that much. It is a smaller device so that counts for something I guess.
@@derosecm it does, it does a lot, have you seen any actual tests?
The ad is 🔥!!!😂 2:59 It had me on the ground rolling!🤣
Why is the title "the best way to play switch games" if it can barely run switch games well? Isn't the steam deck way better for that?
Because it's clickbait that gets a video more views which = more money
Wait for Strato emulator this year
Because it's wullf den
why am I still subscribed this guy fell off so hard
It's mainly cause it's not the system's fault, but the driver for switch emulator. Once that get fixed, it will be a different story
He took a note out of wood from “beatemups” and clickbaited
I had a terrible issue with Ayn when i bought the first Odin Pro, i ordered a blue One, they made me wait 3 months more, then sent me a transparent one with broken leds
The Steam Deck is my favourite for general emulation, I don’t know if it does Switch, but considering its popularity and accessibility, at least many have an emulation device now.
Steam Deck does Switch pretty well. With the current price drop for the LCD versions, it makes the Steam Deck a comparable price to the Aya Neo 2. Course if you only care about emulation, the Neo 2 has better battery life and is smaller.
I always watch these videos even if I have zero intent on buying the device. I always like what you have to say.
Not the yellow grip
I would love to hear about it's cloud/streaming gaming potential (gamepass, steamlink, PS Remote Play, etc..) and compare it to Logitech G Cloud or PlayStation Portal that also just came out.
What a mad lad. Wulff Den didn't win a single TGA category, yet he's still posting videos with his head held high!!!
I think the only appealing aspect of having a console like this that can also do switch is that you don't have to mod a switch to do similar; and I feel like game wise, you'd want to do it to be able to run modded or hacked games.
Animal Crossing is one good example with a pretty good modding scene, but Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has an amazing one. Because it was created in Unity, fans have been able to do all kinds of stuff to the game from fixing following pokemon, bugs, and removing the chibi-artstyle, to adding in every single pokemon across every generation including Scarlet and Violet, and adding back stuff like Mega Evolutions (as well as silly stuff like "play as kirby"). It's very cool to have that as something you can turn and play on the go... (but also kind of sad the game couldn't do all this stuff already). It really seems like Pokemon BDSP is going to become the future Pokemon Fire Red in terms of creating hacked games and fan projects.
I honestly feel like you may as well get a steamdeck if you're going to do this at all. It has the cheap price or the other versions for more money, and can do everything here. And if that's not enough, wouldn't you get the ROG Ally?
Thank you for making this video. I've been struggling with buying this or not.
I just got my Odin 2 yesterday, its very impressive. Had no issues with my order, so strange to hear you had issues.
"and if you have a yellow one that means you'll quit that podcast"
So damn funny and heartbreaking
I was shocked but I also laughed so hard haha
Can’t wait for Wills tell all drama video in 6 months (podcast reference)
@@mafel97 yeah, it's feeling more like there is some drama there. I thought I could see it during the podcast, but wasn't sure
@@crisiswax nah I don’t really think there is. I think Bob just wants to focus on other things. That fact that Will joked about it on the podcast like that (Wulffden podcast) just makes me think there isn’t really much there it was just time.
Wow. There's piracy, and then there's Piracy with a capital "P." Switch emulation is Piracy with a "capital P," right now.
I also had a good experience buying the original ayn odin pro.
This is a cool device, it really shows what an Android gaming handheld can do, but I could only see somebody getting it if the size of the Steam Deck is a deal breaker for them.
Nintendo ninjas want to know your location
your fingerprints on the display just drive me crazy
holy shiat
Hahaha yellow means you will quit the podcast! I can hear Wood crying in the corner now.... 😂
emulating indies is only ok if you actually buy it. ive never used any steam software, but own multiple titles just to support some projects ive played 😅
With shipping and tax it cost 500€ in EU, I bought a second hand switch lite for a 100 made it cheaped for a 100 and bought a 1to micro sd for a 100, so it's a total of 300€ for the ultimate handheld, and for the other game, I bought the new gamesir g8 it turned my phone to a perfect retro device
With the Steam Deck getting as low as 300 dollars you gotta really want one of those to chose an Odin instead of a Deck.
The point this review is missing when comparing the Odin to a Steam Deck or other X86-handheld ist battery life and portability. The odin 2 weighs 35% less than the Steam Deck, is way smaller and has much better battery life. Hall-Effect sticks come on top. Switch emulation on Android is still in its infancy but the fact that as of writing the Odin 2 can handle Mario Kart, Mario Odyssey, Animal Crossing and basically any Indie Game flawlessly is remarkable. in a year or so it will basically be an adequate replacement for a switch. Without stick drift. The max variant of the Odin is too expensive, indeed, the pro model for 369 bucks might be the best deal in tech for emulation fans right now. By the way I love RetroGameCorps;-)
my odin 1 base came exactly 2 weeks after I ordered it
I mean it's not just for switch emulation,also most classic arcade cabinets,all the atari consoles,all the Sega consoles,all Nintendo handhelds,all Sony handhelds,nes,snes,n64,gamecube,wii,switch,ps1,ps2,pc emulation is getting better also all the things an android does.ooh alot of people don't know this but GGPO for android let's you play classic arcade games on line with people around the world.
Great review. I want this but on the other hand i have so bloody much games i havent played yet. I need 3 clones of me to even play the existing games :D
Why did your title say that it was the best device to play switch games if your recommendation is that it’s not? Weird lol.
Clickbait 🤑🤑🤑🤑
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I mean with the size of it, it's more of a true handheld than the Switch. It looks like something I could actually tuck away in my pocket instead of having a extra accessory specifically for it like a bag or carrying case. The Switch Lite was such a waste of potential. They could've made something much smaller and maybe even have given it a nice clamshell design. You can technically take the Switch on the go, but it's nothing like a 3DS or a PSP. Unless you have really big pants, your Switch isn't going to fit in your pocket, especially with Joycons attached.
The Odin 2 kinda reminds me of the Ipod touch. Same spec with its phone counterparts and at half the price
Currently having to email them over a case that wasn't in my order
I bought an Odin 2 Max and love it, but until a Switch emulator can pull off save states, I may as well just use my regular old Switch.
I also have an ROG Ally, but use this thing for lower emulation as the battery lasts forever!
Wulff you should do an update video. They've patched a lot of stuff and apparently with just the base model you can do crazy stuff and you have a max and pro
I preordered an Odin 2 to play ps2 and gamecube and honestly I'm dissapointed in the ps2 performance, everything is playable unlike on retroid 3+, or the Odin 1/Retroid 4, but there is still significant slowdown in Sly cooper and Ratchet and clank which are the first 2 games I've played with it. There might be a setting to fix this but I wanted to be able to just get the device and the roms and play with no fiddling. If I wanted to mess around in settings I would have just stuck with my anbernic 405v
What resolution did you play at? Did you use Vulkan or Open GL? What version of AetherSX2? Also if you have any emulation issue it's because of the emulators, not the device
@@RueLangston running Nethersx2 due to issues with Aether forcing an update that made things worse I've tried 2, 2.5 and 3x resolution with no differneces between them in regards to the slowdown, its usually when there are lots of projectiles on screen. I've been using the OpenGL renderer.
I just realized i've been an idiot in that i've been confusing the fan performace mode for the cpu performace mode, setting it to high has reduced the slowdown slightly but its still there in my tests
@@grilin18. Vulkan gets you better performance but either way I haven't tried Nethersx2 so I couldn't tell you. I have been using the older version of AetherSX2 from right before the one that added ads and worsened performance and they run flawlessly. If it's genuinely that bad then you might wanna lower your resolution a bit more ? There are patches you can find online very easily to improve your performance but it sounded like you weren't willing to go that route
@@RueLangston ill try vulkan for a bit, I was using the same version of aether as you are but mine kept being updated by the play store without permission so I'm using the nethersx build that is effectively the same but it disconnects it from the play store
If I didnt already have an S23 ultra I would def get one of these
You are just so entertaining. I love your channel. Debating if i buy the ayn odin 2 since i already have the logitech g cloud.
I plan on getting one this or next week🎉 but they only have the Pro and Max, So no normal one 😢
The only reason I can commend switch emulation is being able to play the same games at a better quality. In my case, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate can run at 60fps when emulated vs the locked 30 just by using a cheat code. some other games do the same.
There's nothing on this piece of paper... hahaha this guy cracks me up.
The steam deck is nice but it's huge and will have much worse battery performance, so I'd rather get the Odin 2. I have a PC for PC gaming 🤷
... Imagine downloading an APK on a computer to push to an android device.... With wifi.
Update 3months now.
Pre edit: 2 months later it's still on sale for $459 for the max
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe wants you to install Switch firmware to properly start, by the way ...
Love you reviews!
Hey Bob, I'm currently playing fire emblem awakening on my odin 2 pro, but I have noticed I for the life of me can't configure it to no lag when I attack and the little animation happens. The odin 2 pro should play it right? What am I doing wrong?
I ever considered emulating Switch be it a handheld or a phone. End up I just bought a Switch secondhand and added homebrew to do retro emulation instead ^^"
Ayn seems cool but if your walking around with a $800 - $2,000 Android phone/foldable just buy an controller grip for your phone or atleast use an Xbox controller if you already have one.
Your android phone can absolutely destroy these cheap Android handheld... If you have money to waste... Your better off wasting it on a steam deck, Asus rog ally extreme, or Lenovo legion go.
After playing with my odim 2 for a week now i can tell you it needs work.
For one mine has slow download speeds, also when i try to pull menu down to see download progress or any other progress it does not work, its buggy and feels like an unfinished product.
Im kind of wishing i would have waited for the pocket S or something.
How does it compare to the base z1 version of the rog ally? You can find them at best buy right now for $319 (open box) or $350 brand new.... you're point of just buying a switch instead is more about being able to do that and MORE as apposed to buying it just for that...i was interested in the odin 1 or loki moreso than the odin 2 (i like having the odin and loki logo in the bottom left 😄)....
But again, considering the current sale at best buy for the rog ally i would like to know how it would compare considering it's even cheaper than the steam deck at the moment.
I feel like this channel is turning into the movie Groundhog Day - I feel like every handheld emulators gets an update or upgrade and there are a dozen of them now so like... 28 times a year we get this same video hahah wtf
Fun fact, Ayn and Retroid are owned by the same parent company!
I will say also in the steam deck vs odin point. the battery life and screen resolution are other big factors for me. the steam deck is fine if u just wanna play something on the sofa or what not but the odin is a true road trip warrior. i was playing dark cloud 2 on the middle performance level at 1080 p (which really helps the text in that game) for about 2 hours. my steam deck would have been mostly dead by that point if not plugged in while the odin had only dropped 15%. that simply amazed me. also unless your goal is switch emulation the base odin is a really good deal. I have the pro and i honestly thing it is overkill for a lot of systems. I did notice there is a big difference between the base performance and the middle one. dolphin, aether, and duckstation at higher res were almost usable on base performance but ran perfect at 1080p wide screen hacks on in all 3. The only issue with aether is the bs with the dev. hopefully play! will get better.
Exactly! Also for local gaming streaming your games to the Odin should work (haven't tried it yet. I wasn't really convinced by streaming games locally when I tried it out a few month ago on my tablet but I should try it again now that I have the Odin)
the steam deck OLED solves this. I was able to play Spiderman on default settings with HDR for about 3 hours. I imagine emulation would perform better.
@@pde2619 nah man. I mean the battery is bigger on the oled for sure and the screen is more efficient but the guts are still going to suck more power than the Odin would ever need at once. Like don’t get me wrong the steam deck is great, around the house, but I can rely on it to get thru a full trip without a massive battery bank
@@maxmustermann-hx3fx I have tried it out with steam and psn and I mean it works but like I have limited use for it when the steam deck is right there and they only reason I would play the ps5 is to get the higher video res which u loss a lot in the remote play
wasn't aethersx2 development stopped a while ago?
I only emulate indie games when I own them but wanna play it on multiple devices, cause I'm not looking to buy another copy of Hollow Knight.... Unless it's Silk Song
Quit simping for Jirard, take a step back and look at the issue OBJECTIVELY
As tempting as this sounds, that thing literally has the same specs that my Samsung S23 does so now I'm like, I might as well get a bluetooth controller and just play on my phone. Lol
At the same time I don't want to drain my phone battery. I do realize this does mean that I can test the base model Odin 2 emulation using my phone and if I like it I can get it or move to the better version.
Exactly. Most people already have the Android phone to match this.
Awesome channel and content, I have to tell the host that he needs to work out though.
I look at it this way. It's the most powerful android device. That chipset on a phone would be $500 +. You can get a Steam deck at a similar price but you can't get as much battery. I would also not buy the max and even the base model is worth it. Just know it can reach the limit on ram.
Yeah but in my opinion the software needs work I hope they release some updates to address the issues.
Not to mention this thing has slow download speeds. I tried contacting a y n and they're no help at all, they just tell me it's probably my network even though all of my other devices have regular download speeds
@@mrhow2712 AYN has a good track record with software. They already release a patch for a virtual memory option. So they are listening. I personally have not seen an issue with WiFi. I test it with WiFi 6e on multiple bands. How are you measuring?
what is that display at 18:53? Looks like a weird aspect ratio
The whole point of an Odin is to hit that ~$300 sweet spot between a T618 handheld and a Steam Deck.
Being more expensive than a steam deck and significantly worse kinda makes this thing pointless for emulation.
Wait… what’s wifi 7? 6e was the best/newest I was aware of
What do you suggest that’s affordable to play ps2 game Ive games? I just wanna be Fatal Frame2 and Eternal Darkness 😔
Retroid pocket 4 pro plays Playstation 2 and Gamecube games without any problems and it's only $200
..., OK so I have a switch and I gotta say I understand emulation and love it a lot. but is there really a point of emulating switch on android?, Cause like I understand the wanting to upscale and run at a locked 60 but that isn't really possible yet with most of the library of switch. Which leads me to think it's more for piracy :p, I recommend dumping your own keys from your modded switch whether it be a Mariko (v2/Lite) Aula (OLED), or erista (V1). It's surprisingly simple and almost anyone can do that without having to resort to piracy :)
Yeah its pretty much just for piracy which is really sad. The only way you're pushing higher frames or resolution is on a much more expensive handheld like a rog or a pc even then the amount of performance you need to just get 60 on a game that runs on a old ass mobile chip is insane it really doesn't scale well. Honestly makes me wonder how long and what devices we will need to push into ps4 emulation as PS3 and 360 is already fairly high end for modern standards. Switch 2 is also going to likely going to be more powerful than a PS4 considering the steam deck is so I imagine switch 2 emulation will take a lot longer than og switch emulation.
So does it have all the games pre-installed and are they all free onto it or do I have to buy the games?
Download the games
hey mr den where is the file for the joycon grip you designed?
You missspelled SteamDeck Mr.Wulff
is it better than steam deck at emulation???
What if you are emulating indie games you legally dumped form a early bought nintendo switch probably won't since I just get indies on pc but you know it's nots dirty
I knew yellow grips were bad luck
The model you get shouldn't really matter that much the storage is expandable and the ram won't really make a difference in most emulation just get the cheapest model
If you have a yellow one, it means that you're most likely gonna quit that podcast with that person. - Bob 2023
Clickbait: Mario does not pop out of screens..lol
Already got an Odin and a Steam Deck plus a gaming phone, but I still want an Odin 2 for android games. My Redmagic handles android gaming just fine, but I really want something with physical buttons.
Let me buy that extra Odin lol😊
Finally, a way to play my favorite Switch games on the go!
Nintendo needs to take some notes!
😂😂😂
It would be pretty cool if Nintendo developed a portable handheld of some kind. They're really far behind in that department
@@NationXyou mean like a switch portable? Ridiculous, too much of a good idea; they’d never.
@NationX you mean a handheld that run nintendo switch games at a stable fps and at least 720p
What's kind of being neglected in terms of information about this device is that the 450 something dollar model comes with 512 gigabytes of storage and a micro SD card slot. This has all the internals of Galaxy s23 Ultra minus camera and phone for damn near $800 less... For an Android device that is pretty damn impressive
512 GB of storage 16 GB of RAM and a snapdragon 8 gen 2.. All things that you cannot find together in a device around $450
yeah but why? at that point shouldn't be better just go for a steam deck?
@ The benefits as far as I can see of using Android are that you have all the easy access to Android apps. Your Netflix and Hulu should work a lot better on there than they should the steam deck. Still a lot cheaper than buying an iPad
@portability and battery life. The steam deck is terrible for both.
I bought the Pro to flip. But now I'm keeping it, I keep trying to max it out w Burnout 3, but it just goes. It works in the lowest setting for power and fan management. MGS2/3 look better than what was available on the PS3 versions. It's almost weird how perfect everything runs. And the battery. I'm getting almost 9 hours of straight PS2 gameplay.
@Android OS is so much more user friendly. Things tend to just 'work' on it, I like Steam OS..
Totally on board with the Switch emulation thoughts. When I was in school I totally would have been tweaking on it for hours "because I can" even if I had a Switch. But now that I'm in my 30s and have too much stuff to do, I just want to play games and not waste time screwing around making things work. I pretty much play all Nintendo games on real Nintendo hardware because everything else so far is a compromise. A real Switch just works, and everything I've seen/tried so far for DS emulation is so much worse than just using a DS.
I do have some of my PS2 and GameCube collection on my Steam Deck for convenience and if I don't want to go to the TV. Something like this would be cool for something smaller and lighter, and way longer battery life if you're not planning on playing bigger PC games on the go.
I feel you. It's fascinating for me to watch all these handheld work on emulators but I'm just too lazy to screw around to make things work. I don't play retro games but still playing nintendo. Just playing the real device itself make things work flawlessly. Also I play online a lot so Nintendo emulator was never a thing for me.
I am a retired network administrator. Back in my younger days I use to love tweaking on hardware and software to get stuff working. Thats how it was when I first started using Linux in the mid 90's. Today now that I am in my mid 50's, I guess I am just tired of trying to get things working right. I still like tweaking stuff, but not to the point that I use to. I just want things to work. There are so many of these devices these days, I feel that they should just work.
Watching this and seeing Yuzu again made me furious with Nintendo again! To hell with Nintendo!
Great video! The big thing the Odin 2 has going for it is it's CPU. This is one of the cheapest devices I've seen with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in it.
But at this price, I'd recommend a Steam Deck
@MrSujano That doesn't look like Aethersx2's website. Are there updates for the emulator?
agreed if one does not mind that the steam deck is much bulkier, weighs 50% more and battery life is only half of the Odin. I have both devices, since owning the odin I do not really use the deck any more.
The 8gb model will do just fine, the switch only has 4gb of ram. I bought the 8gb. Save yourself some money you'll never use the 12gb of ram or 16, it's not a Ryzen or an Intel, and it's never going to play AAA games that would use the extra ram. PS3 has 256mb so even if this thing could pull off PS3 emulation there is still PLENTY of ram. It's the same hardware minus the ram and the internal space. Don't waste the money on it.
aight thanks mike
At 53 years old, I'm a novice when it comes to emulation. I have a couple of Anbernic devices and had ordered an Odin 2 pro. I cancelled my order not because of the price, but because I wasn't sure if I would have a device that would do what I wanted to do. Which is retro emulation and Android games. A dedicated android device just for game is appealing to me. I ended up woth the Retroid Pocket 3+. It's the perfect device for learning emulation. Im just disappointed that it says Diablo Immortal isn't compatible with my device. I am still looking to get an Odin 2. I think it's a great device overall.
Hold up! Marriage?
i think whats underrated about it is that if u compare it to like a steam deck for its price is the fact that the ayn odin is way smaller than the steam deck, runs quieter and arguably have the same if emulation capabilities
Let`s also mention the extra amount of play time you can get out of an android device when compared to PC/Linux!
It may have the same emulation capabilities but it also lacks the ability to play most of the steam library which kind of more than makes up whatever cost difference there is.
@@AwkwaBear I have a gaming pc for that. I think devices like this are more for retro games.
@@pistolao_vr Who's going to game on a handheld for more than a 2 to 3 hour session anyway? The Steam Deck gets anywhere from 3-7 hours of battery life whenever emulating games (dependant on emulator). It's not exactly what I class as being an insufficient amount for most people. Hell, access to being able to play AAA PC games, having a fully functional PC and being able to play 80% of Switch games fairly flawlessly on the Steam Deck (far more so than on the Odin), is in itself probably worth paying out an extra $150-$200 for those privileges. However, the fact that the 256GB LCD Steam Deck can now be picked up for £100 less than the Aya Odin 2 here in the UK, just turns the whole decision, into an instant "no brainer". Hell, you could even pick up a Retroid Pocket 2S alongside that Steam Deck and still come in under the £450 price of a Aya Odin 2. The Odin 2 is just too expensive for what it is. If it was a £250 - £300 handheld, then it would be one hell of a good deal and likely a must buy. However at £450 it just gets outclassed and bitch slapped by both the Steam Deck and the Z1 Ally, which are both in the same ballpark on price.
BTW, I've also got a feeling the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro due out next month for $200, will make the Odin 2 look terrible in comparison (around 75% it's performance for well under half the cost)
@@DarkSabrewulf123602 How retro is _retro?_ Is a PS4 a retro system? Does anybody want to play Atari 2600 for more than five minutes once? Something like this is overkill for OG Nintendo.
You lost my respect when you made your tweet defending the completionist as a good person. Charity fraud and lying about where donations truly go for over 10 years is a serious crime, and no matter how buddy buddy you are with him he still deserves to be called out for it. You and Wood should have just kept your tweets to yourselves.
I did actually broke a nail while opening the microsd slot... 🥺
But great video! I was waiting to see what your thoughts were on the Odin 2. I bought it and pleasantly surprised by the whole purchasing experience (especially after all the Loki issues).
Thanks for clarifying the AYN and AyaNeo btw, I used to get them mixed up when I first started getting into the space cause I didn't know any better and I'm sure there will be others in the same boat too. Thanks man!
I find the Micro SD slot is un-openable without a tool.
Switch is arm based, Native code Execution (NCE) runs every arm base instruction from the processor directly on your android device since it is Also arm based, no emulation, its all Native, with some exeptions but in general thats what nce does
yes, that is why as of now even most AAA games from Nintendo run with fantastic performance
For $299, the best value handheld by a mile. The Switch has 4Gb RAM, so it should be possible for all games to run well on the 8Gb Odin 2. Emulation gets better each day. That Snapdragon Gen 2 is amazing value when you compare the phones that it comes with. This demonstrates that great tech can be made, for a profit at a great price.
I would have thought that PS3 gameplay would be within it's reach.
Did you get the Bass model? I was thinking of getting it but all the reviews are all for the Pro or Max. How’s the performance?
@@Lasjah Firmware of the Odin 2 has been updated recently so that any model can use 4 additional GB of storage as swap. That has drastically improved Switch performance on the Base model.
@@franzgucktyoutube Thanks dude! Now I just have to wait until the Base model comes back in stock.
Ram doesn't work like that because I beleive The Xbox 360 has 512 MB of ram while It ran Fucking Metal gear solid 5 and GTA 5
since this runs on Android os, I can play android games on this right? So I can play Genshin and Star Rail with it and some of those rpgs.
yeah, any app on the google play store and any apk you want to run
I have an Odin 1 and love it but I'll be getting 2 as well so I can finally have a smoother PS2 experience.
I did consider the Steam Deck but portability and battery life is much more important to me.
Dude supports jirad, dislike
I agree that Odin 2 vs Steam Deck is an interesting and real comparison. However I think you've failed to mention that you can play Wii, Gamecube and PS2 at an upscaled 1080p resolution as well as great performance in FPS. These games simply don't look or perform as good on the Retroid Pocket 2 and Anbernic RG405M
I’d been had this internal debate since the Steam Deck Oled released, which one is really worth it? Odin 2 or the Steam Deck Oled? Idk man, idk I hate it
@@Carcosahead
Really not comparable
@@Carcosahead The way I look at it, the Steam Deck is more of a gaming PC alternative than anything else. The battery life isn't that great and the thing is big and loud. I don't see it as particularly practical for on the go gaming. It is more powerful though and will play "modern" PC games. It's more suited to gaming on the couch or somewhere like a hotel room or a relative's house. The Odin on the other hand is smaller, quieter, and has a better battery life. In my opinion, it's right on the edge of practicality for gaming on the go. It's large, but still small enough that it's not a chore to take it with you when you're on the go. It's perfect if you just want to play some N64 or Gamecube games while you're out of the house. It just depends on what you want.
Personally, I wish I could get something with the power of the Odin 2, but in the footprint of a 3DS XL. Something you could reasonably fit in your pocket. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon though, so I might just pick up the Odin 2 or the pro version.
@@Carcosaheadif you want to play pc games,buy steam deck.
Simple as that.
I love the aesthetics of your videos and representation
Thanks for this video I’ve had an Odin 2 base for over a month now and it’s amazing I would recommend you have the same keys as your firmware version and have force maximum GPU clocks and use asynchronous shaders are turned on in Yuzu! It drastically improves performance and the key/firmware thing fixes issues like the MK8 Deluxe MII issue! Also Aethersx2 is no longer in development so make sure you don’t grab the latest version you get version 3668 because it’s the same as the latest but it doesn’t have ads and make sure you turn off auto updates in the play store!
thanks for supporting this amazing creater
Good tips. Ill set that all up!
@@WulffDen awesome I have a steam deck as well but switch emulation on both of these devices is more for fun otherwise I’ll just play a game on my switch for locked fps, but for all emulation I’ll use Odin 2 and steam deck for modern experiences!
The mii issue in MK8 means he didn't install the switch firmware.
@@CaPiTaN3588 exactly what I said
I am not interested in Switch emulation, and that's even a tricky matter for a lot of reasons... I totally agree: if you want to play Switch games, just buy a Switch. But I definitely love the idea of upscaling PS2 and NGC games, and even use a handheld as a console to plug to TV: that's the main reason why I would consider an Odin2 (and also because it seems great with controls and ergonomics). However, I totally agree: price is an issue, and there's the Steam Deck just at the corner. Having something slightly less powerful, just to have 1080p PS2 without Switch emulation, around 250$ maybe, and in a smaller form factor, is what I would seriously consider (Retroid Pocket 4 hopefully).
odin 2 has great switch emulation and I don't want a switch because of the shitty OS, android gives you much more
My ROG Ally is great with some games…I mostly have to emulate Switch on PC. I also have an OLED switch and I buy the games I emulate…but the graphics for most games that are Mario are very dated.
The Retroid pocket 4 will be a great fit for you. By the way: When using emulation you can mod the games. Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for example already runs breath of the wild with 60 FPS. something the switch will never be able to.
@@franzgucktyoutube When I wrote this comment, the RP4 Pro was not out yet. Now I can say that this device is the closest to my ideal handheld, but being honest I am still more than satisfied with my Retroid Pocket 2S, so I don't feel the need for an upgrade right now. I think also the upgrade to the RP4 Pro would not be worth, and this is because audio is better on the RP2S, as well as button positions (start and select in particular). I also need a really compact device, and RP2S is better also in this sense.
I love my Odin Lite. It's so good all the way up to PS2 and GCN games. It's the perfect size and feels great in my hand. I'd love an Odin 2 but I have so many handheld devices today including an Analogue Pocket, Steam Deck, and various others. Plus I just bought the Odin Lite about a year ago. Just can't justify the cost as much as I'd love to have one. I also have a Razer Kishi V2 and a Galaxy S23 Ultra phone that will perform better than the Edge.
the odin 2 is on par with your s23, as its the same cpu