Odin2 Mini Review: The NEW PS Vita Pro!

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Ай бұрын

The AYN Odin2 Mini is a PS Vita lookalike with a beautiful design, powerful hardware, and great software, but it comes with a few caveats.
Get one here: tinyurl.com/mini2okwtf
And use the code Odin2Mini10 to get $10 off during the pre-ordering period.
Russ' fantastic starter guide:
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Spreadsheet with community-tested games:
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@raulserranomena Ай бұрын

Awesome review! Was waiting for it!

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@steve7814 Ай бұрын

Ayn makes a case. If you order before the 21st it comes with the case.

@Jabbernut-games Ай бұрын

and a screen protector

@steamdeckknights8978 Ай бұрын

Ordered a week ago i missed my OG Odin 2 try a RP4 Pro trash this was a godsend!! I will also try and use emudeck this time around for setup as i didn't know of this method!

@geggyboy1269 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@l3oomll7 Ай бұрын

I sold Odin Lite while ago, did not buy anything to replace it. I think O2M is the one!

@hennynrat8906 Ай бұрын

Great video! How did you get the android app tab in emulation station?

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

There’s an app that does it for you called ES Applauncher. You can find it on Github, it’s by schattenphoenix. Also, thanks.

@johnsducks9816 Ай бұрын

I never got a regular odin 2 because i already had a steam deck and didnt need another large handheld but im definitely getting one of these the size puts it in a completely different league from the deck

@mrmelloman5961 Ай бұрын

i know its an expansive setup but i think that the mini with a steam deck is the perfect setup you'll be able to play a ton of aaa games with the steam deck and its just massive size but also emulate the harder systems on it while the mini you can take anywhere and still emulate a whole load of systems i think they make the perfect duo just a very expansive one.

@jonnmgo7524 Ай бұрын

I'd rather get an ROG Ally

@mrmelloman5961 Ай бұрын

@@jonnmgo7524I was thinking about that but with all the customer support issues that Asus is having right now at at that point I’d go for the steam deck OLED that has a way better battery life so that’s why I’d rather go with the steam deck even though I love the rog ally the battery is a massive downside for me personally it also has a much better screen

@joonyer_ 16 күн бұрын

@@jonnmgo7524battery life on the Ally sucks and it’s the reason I don’t use mine and am considering an Odin 2 for emulators

@RyeJ_86 Ай бұрын

I already ordered mine. I think the only real curiosities of mine are how bad the vignetting is, and more importantly battery life. i have a general idea, but it varies quite a bit based on what you're playing plus the screen settings. Would love to see a reviewer do some kind of spreadsheet with a few common applications.

@makhlegendary9295 Ай бұрын

does it heat more than odin 2 pro?

@zZiL341yRj736 Ай бұрын

Nintendo: show that fucking game again. I dare you! You wanna go out like Yuzu?

@toututu2993 Ай бұрын

Nintendo president is a drug addict, he is as evil as WW2 Japanese Empire

@Ghostlynotme445 Ай бұрын

It’s Android device it can’t run rpcs3 or Xenia & xemu

@bulletpunch9317 Ай бұрын

It can by emulating x86@@Ghostlynotme445

@jonnmgo7524 Ай бұрын

It can if developers ported it to Android

@kaox44 Ай бұрын

ROFL! It's true...

@drenzlife Ай бұрын

when you handling it... does its build quality feels premium or cheap?

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

Premium. It has a heft to it.

@christopher_schwab Ай бұрын

Do you think the Odin 2 Mini would be powerful enough to play a modern PC game that is new but with lower settings like Baldur's Gate 3?

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

It runs Android, so it can’t run PC games, except maybe with Winlator but not sure that’s a great experience.

@christopher_schwab Ай бұрын

@@overkillwtf Great point - thank you. An obvious oversight on my part!

@filmjkk Ай бұрын

Try out the Waterfield case for the Switch Lite! Expensive but top tier quality

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

Will check it out, thanks!

@vulfreyde Ай бұрын

This looks like the perfect handheld I was looking for a couple months ago. But since it didn't exist yet, I got a Steam Deck instead. And the Deck is great, but if the Odin2 Mini had existed 3 months ago, I would've owned it right now.

@jpcarsmedia Ай бұрын

I just purchased a Steam Deck over Odin2 Mini. My PC game library is massive and Steam is so convenient. Think I made the right choice. Still kinda want to try the Odin2 Mini or its successor.

@pedroribeiro5996 4 күн бұрын

Bro just get the 20$ Top Player case, cuz it work with the (Vita+l2r2shell) is about the same size with that Shell

@Shinobi33 Ай бұрын

The PS VITA's face buttons were too small and the sticks didn't control FPS games well. Hopefully this mini improved on this

@stk42 Ай бұрын

2:48 this shot right here is why i hate it when people say “just get a steam deck” whenever talking about like this. they serve two different purposes. And sure while it is a tad expensive things cost money to make and keep in mind the phone this chip normally comes in is a 900+ msrp

@stk42 Ай бұрын

along with the fact this guy has a bit more premium feel to it that the deck doesn’t quite have due to valve cutting some corners to cut costs. also case wise i would look into the stretchy sleeve- style cases or maybe even see how a 3ds case might fit.

@gmetals Ай бұрын

Man you’re so right. Steamdeck is ridiculously big

@returnofmerenguespersempre6664 Ай бұрын

I have this "might as well" buyers dillemma. Im thinking, for that amount of money an Odin costs I might as well buy a Steamdeck. And when Im thinking about steamdeck I think I might as well buy a laptop which probably has better performance if GPU is not integrated and better battery time. Pls help. Why buy these handheld pcs over a laptop :/

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

This is a tricky one. Basically the question is what you plan to do with something like a Steam Deck. Do you ever wish to use it easily for anything seriously besides gaming? You can hook up a Steam Deck and transform it into a PC but it‘s a barrier to doing it quickly. If you just care about gaming: Steam Deck. If you want to do something else: laptop. Again, you can do it all on Steam Deck but it‘s inconvenient.

@returnofmerenguespersempre6664 Ай бұрын

@@overkillwtf Thank you very much for your answer! I appreciate it a lot!

@Huyndoan 27 күн бұрын

You're not wrong. However, in reality, the experience is very different when using a Steam Deck vs this device vs a laptop. For example, I have a SD and hate it. It's big, heavy and battery is not that good.

@robertl8069 Ай бұрын

I will stick with the Odin 2 Pro with its superior Battery life, ergonomics, larger screen, and analog sticks

@GhostLinx Ай бұрын

For the case you should get a switch lite case although maybe you did already but its not that you showed in the video 😅

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

Didn't think of Switch Lite cases, thanks!

@RichFromQueensNY Ай бұрын

A little bit too pricey especially for the low battery life. We'll wait for the drop 100 bucks down the road when they release something else. Or just get the newer thing deck doesn't have to be OLED pretty decent battery runs switch perfectly and everything else. Plus you're going to be able to play PC gaming.

@ponzi_bunny Ай бұрын

I bought a 1.5 tb sd card 😭 for my white pro model.... 😵‍💫Lol

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

Don’t give me ideas… I had to remove stuff from my 512GB.

@gregorybolivar5712 Ай бұрын

Just dropped a 1tb micro SD-CARD Lexar on my A-O2 Pro...Black Edition... It's pretty much loaded... Music...Movies... Android Games: Modern Combat 4 N.O.V.A. 3 Samurai Vengeance 2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six... Mixed Emulation: PS1...PS2...PSP...PS-VITA... DreamCast... and more... Which the unit has front / Back cameras...since the cpu supports it...🙃🤣🧐🤓😊

@zZiL341yRj736 Ай бұрын

My 512GB is enough, not sure what you're trying to do with 1.5TB? You're planning to store 1000 roma for every systems?

@netnomad47 Ай бұрын

@@zZiL341yRj736 Unless he plans to have many Android Games and Switch Games which are the biggest

@christographerx64 Ай бұрын

Be aware the 1.5tb cards copy at 20MB/sec where the 1TB or 512 Ultra Extreme you will get 90MB/sec. Just something to be aware of. I have Odin 2 Pro with 1.5TB Sandisk Extreme.

@JerrardJDDavis-gy9hh Ай бұрын

Will It Play PS2 And Nintendo GameCube

@cb52959 Ай бұрын

This should essentially be identical to the Odin 2 performance, so ‘yes’ is the short answer.

@cb52959 Ай бұрын

Also see 7:42 lol

@netnomad47 Ай бұрын

No, it won't even play N64. You're stuck with NES and Atari buddy.

@JerrardJDDavis-gy9hh Ай бұрын

@netnomad47 Really That's Gay (Lame)

@keyboy1001 Ай бұрын

It'll play those just fine

@agamaz5650 Ай бұрын

i want to love this so much but apparently gets too hot

@cheeeeezewizzz Ай бұрын

No reviewer said it gets hot. It gets a little warm if you are running it full out emulating something like ps2 with excessive settings.

@jonnmgo7524 Ай бұрын

Doesn't get hot, just doesn't stay as cool as the Odin 2, which honestly did not even need it's cooling system...

@busterhoodstar6598 Ай бұрын

$200-$250, yes. Anything more. Hell no.

@DjVendetta Ай бұрын

they ruined it with the cross eyed controls. would have been great if they had the joystick on top.

@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Ай бұрын

The joystick is on top

@kaox44 Ай бұрын

Love it but too expensive. I'll rather get a Steam Deck, and it'll walk all over this thing.

@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Ай бұрын

You can't fit a steam deck in your pocket.

@mariusznowak725 Ай бұрын

Can I play any ps vita game on this.Hmmm?!No!!!. This is a handheld emulation console not a Ps Vita!!!!!

@jonnmgo7524 Ай бұрын

Can you play Switch games on a PS Vita? No..

@mariusznowak725 Ай бұрын

@@jonnmgo7524 It's not about what you can play on Vita,it's about how he named this device -"Vita pro",if this is Vita Pro can y play all Vita games!!!???

@netako Ай бұрын

1:37: It's “Ha-DOH-ken”, not “Ha-doo-ken.” Butchered pronounciation aside, good review.

@overkillwtf Ай бұрын

D'uh, it's Japanese. I'm actually learning the language right now. 🙃

@emilianomontanari283 Ай бұрын

odin 2 is far better overall

@AhmadZakwan-fd3xc Ай бұрын

And?

@jonnmgo7524 Ай бұрын

Not really

@KirboWurbo Ай бұрын

nah it's the same, the mini just has a better screen and better size (imo)

@johnsducks9816 Ай бұрын

Ur insane not even close to accurate. Mini has much better speakers, a much better screen, and is pocketable.

@Mustradamus Ай бұрын

It's better hardware spec wise, but my psvita is modded and everything is free so I don't really see the point unless you want to emulated everything than get the Odin they are amazing devices.