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Battery life is good, especially on airplane mode and with lower brightness. The Odin will play just about whatever you want, whenever you want.

It’s particularly true for those of us who aren’t persnickety about perfectly imitating the visuals of a CRT or original Gameboy screen in sunlight. It feels a bit excessive to describe what the Odin does well - that’s just about everything it sets out to do. Do you want to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker at the beach? Final Fantasy X-2 on a plane? Yoshi’s Island while you wait for takeout? The Odin can do that. I bought this as a pre-order from a new company and am more than used to waiting for manufacturing like this, but it’s still part of the “price,” isn’t it?īut I won’t mince words with you: If “what you want it to” is “emulate pretty much anything from all retro consoles, the PS2, and the Nintendo GameCube on a convenient handheld device,” then yes, it will. It also took about four months to get here. Even accounting for the roughly $30 shipping, that’s close to the full price of a Switch. Including shipping from the AYN factory in Hong Kong, it set me back just shy of $320. That is: Will the AYN Odin Pro do what you want it to? There are many specs I could throw at you, but consider this a layman’s review that’s concerned with demonstrable, real-life performance. Add in game-streaming capabilities and you theoretically have the ultimate gaming handheld. The self-proclaimed “Ultimate Gaming Handheld” promises access not only to the libraries of the SNES or PSX, but also well past, dipping into those of the PlayStation 2, Wii, and even the 3DS. You might have heard of the AYN Odin Pro - it’s amassed over $3.8 million dollars and 11,000 backers on Indiegogo. If I was going to get an emulation device, it was going to do damn near everything. Dozens of different devices were being recommended - most of which were inspired by the various Gameboys in form factor and designed to run games from the NES to GBA era.īut, dear reader, I am not someone who does things halfway.

Suddenly, there were talks of mass emulation efforts both for personal enjoyment and game preservation. My curiosity was reignited earlier this year when another of Nintendo’s needlessly cruel anti-piracy lawsuits came into the public eye. I’ve been happily handheld-less for years.

I limited my leisure screen time, too, and since my only commute was driving to the grocery store, I didn’t see the point. When the pandemic began wrecking both my sleep schedule and poor eyeballs, I imposed a “no electronics in bed” policy for myself. I bounced off the Nintendo Switch hard when it became clear it was a jack of two trades that was just okay at both, with a library sorely lacking in games designed for a handheld experience to boot. It’s been a long time since I’ve used a gaming handheld, and longer still since I’ve wanted one.