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Retroid pocket 2S! Plus a ROG Ally X and youre set for everything in the gaming world libraries. Wish i could hold a RP 4 pro before buying but its shipping is the problem. Id like to test the pocketability.

The expensive big android handhelds that can't fit in a pocket easily don't make sense to me vs a steam deck, Ally X, Ally, and the other very powerful PC handhelds which overlap in price range

First of all thank you for the review.
But if we get 5€ everytime the word "fantastic" has been used in this video, probably we could buy all of the handhelds.
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Greetings from Portugal.

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should i buy the ayn odin 2 or just wait for an odin 3 by the end of the year?

What is the best one for 3ds?

Talk about the Odin Light little nuts 😂😂😂😂😂😂 🔥 Device❤

So which one is the best

My anbernic has bin running on the same battery for three days. Gaming on And off.

Use chapters

Fantastic!

Bros hellbent on being able to play Genshin Impact 💀

Nice video!!!
Odin 2 is the android daddy… but its cost almost the same as a steamdeck, before, with yuzu on the market, it would have been interesting to get one (and also to play warzone mobile), but now, android limitations are real, steamdeck is getting cheaper.. and switch 2 will come next year. So it's a little harder to fork that kind of money. I would love for retroid to pull something from the anbenic catalogue and do a RP2s with square screen or a 4 inch, and a RP4pro with a 5 or 5.5 screen … that would do a lot for the PS2 games that we can play. (I had rp2, Rp3 and 3+ and got rid of all.. staying with linux devices for the time being).

The RP4 Pro is awesome. As someone else said the pro has a more powerful SOC in addition to more RAM. You also stated it uses the anbernic front end. It uses retroid’s front end, but it really starts to shine with ES-DE. The pro runs a huge amount of the PS2 library. I’ve been killing my backlog of PS2 games that have been haunting me since childhood.

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I am in 2 minds regarding the console options…thinking about Odin 2 or RG556…which one would you prefer? 😊

I'm loving the Odin 2 and RGCube

Do any of these are able to play past the PS2 such as 3DS and some Switch games?

Daaaaaaaamn, the RP4P got done dirty in this review.
What are you talking about the difference is 4GB of memory? That's a difference. It also has a way more powerful processor that has almost twice the throughput in benchmarks along with HDMI out on the USB-C which the base doesn't have, all for $50 more than the base. You relegated it to what's basically the most pocketable "streaming device" because of this but the extra money changes the dynamics entirely, as you can play the majority of the PS2 library as I understand it, yet you wrote off the bulk of the PS2 library.

And I'm surprised the Odin 2 mini didn't get brought up.

You have so much info wrong I don't know how nobody has called you out on it 🤦

13:50 time stamp. IMO, I'm not sure if you have multiple emulators or not(maybe not), but I've seen more variety on all devices listed. They can emulate(ps1, ps2, dreamcast, N64, all of Nintendo, Xbox & Xbox 360, GB, GBA, nds, 3ds, and even PC games from Xbox one to today.

Are android base handhelds better or linux ?

Diablo immortal does have controller support.. been playing since first release and been using xbox controller. It doesnt need a mapper.

Buy an Odin 2 and live happily ever after….

AYN Odin 2 is the goat

I've had my eye on both the RP4 and 4Pro since their announcements respectively. Air looks really attractive to play Hoyo & Android games but the price point is holding me back. Unless there's a crazy sale on them.

I never understood the appeal of these devices for people who already have the latest phone. But, now I realise I could save money buying a cheaper phone and save my phone's battery life at the same time. I would want atleast snapdragon gen 3 tho, so I can play ps2 at 4x-8x resolution.

Fantastic! 😁

Good review, thanks. I only wish you mentioned how well they Odin and Air run windows games through Winlator or Mobox. Most of my old favorites are PC games because that's all I had growing up, and that's how I learnt to emulate through no$, desmume, visual boy etc etc etc. Now it's the reverse, I'd like to emulate up to Mafia 2 or Don Bradman Cricket 2014 for PC on a budget handheld; my phone can run the latter, so I figure the Odin should also. I want something optimised for gaming. I may get the Odin 1 pro, or 2 base, but it's a $100 price difference so I'm gonna think hard.

G cloud play PS2 games you can see video on YouTube 50 games are tested. Dreamcast no problem. Pc games form '90 no problem. GameCube no problem.

Quick someone gift me one of these lmao 😂😂

odin handheld is kind of expensive base is 300. So my budget is 200 max i think the rg556 is the best option?what you guys think? I manly like psp.

One of the very best Android hand held reviews I've ever seen, thank you! A couple months ago I started looking for an upgrade to my beloved but dated GPD XD+. Nerding out to reviews before deciding was half the fun. And I found my retro hand held soul mate with the black Anbernic RG556. I curl up with this thing the way people curl up with a good book. I absolutely love it. It's so ultra comfortable to hold and play, build quality is solid, great battery life, the control layout is perfect, the sound is remarkable, it's just the right size, the stunning 1080p AMOLED screen makes every retro game you play on it look completely remastered, the PS2 emulation is waaay better than I was expecting, and the price is unbeatable. I'm not fluid at all in customizing, so I picked up the variant pre loaded with over 4400 games. The factory front end is perfectly fine, and the game library is very deep. Then I picked up a 480 game PS2 library SD card that never leaves the slot. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing it is to play my all time favorite PS2 games like MOH; Frontline, RAC and Contra; Shattered Soldier again on a hand held like this. Plus all the GooglePlay stuff too. As someone who was in my early 20's when the original Game Boy dropped, it just completely blows my mind how far hand helds have come, and how many great choices at every price point are out there right now.

I want F-Zero GX + OLED + POCKET

rg556 – too weak and too huge
4 pro – good power but no oled
Pocket air – ugly, and weak
g cloud – mmm compression yum
odin 2 – awesome power but no oled, huge and expensive
rg353v – looks uncomfortable
2s – I love how it looks, great audio, sadly meh power for PS2 and Gamecube and no OLED
closest I found what I want is Ayn Odin 2 mini, but still that is insanely expensive and it has mini led not oled
Steam Deck OLED is great software and hardware wise but wayyyyyyyyyyyy too large

Analog is not the same as hall effect

I just want something cheap, Android, that i can install the PS remote play app.. what's the best?

Subscribed because you answered the question I been dying to find out, how does it feel in your hand the Odin 2 – finally someone answered it.

ODIN 2 MINI IS OUT !!!!!!WATCH A REVIEW ON IT YOU'LL SEE ITS TOP 1!!!!!!!!!!! ⚠️⚠️⚠️

3:25 is such bullshit. I never turn off my RP4Pro, I leave it in sleep mode and it loses mere 1% of battery over night. With a game running in RetroArch.