Today we’re putting the new AYN THOR Pro handheld to the test with 30 Nintendo Switch titles, all running through the latest build of the EDEN emulator — and the results honestly surprised me.
The THOR has been getting a ton of attention for its performance, thermals, and design… but how does it hold up with Switch emulation? Pretty well, actually. Some games needed tweaks, and a few performed better using Sudachi, but overall the experience has been solid — especially when experimenting with different drivers.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Inside
01:05 Hollow Knight Silksong
01:38 Ball x Pit
02:05 Lapin
02:43 Soldner-X
03:13: Red Dead Redemption
03:49 Cocoon
04:33 Monument Valley
05:08 Kirby Forgotten Land
05:47 L.A. Noire
06:27 Gato Roboto
07:00 Absolum
07:43 Carrion
08:08 Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD
08:40 Metroid Dread
09:15 Contra Operation Galuga
09:57 Crossy Road Castle
10:29 Night Striker Gear
11:04 Streets Of Rage 4
11:40 Golf Story
12:16 Huntdown
13:02 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
13:31 DK Country: Tropical Freeze
14:08 Final Fantasy Tactics
14:47 TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
15:26 Broforce
16:01 Celeste
16:38 Super Mario 3D World
17:23 Balatro
18:10 Doom 64
18:47 Final Thoughts
If you’re into handhelds, emulation, and performance testing, you’re in the right place.
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Simply because of driver support this is a much better chip to invest in over the odin 3. The guys behind turnip have said they don't have time to work on the elite chip set for at least a couple years
Having played it on the original hardware I cannot consider any of this playable. Looks so slow
Hi thank you for this video! I have a concern about the temperature some times I saw that the console reached the 71 C. Do you feel comfortable while you playing with that temperature?
I have issues running totk, keeps crashing …meh,
From the Eden Team; thanks for covering and sharing this❤
I would advise visiting EmuReady when anyone has trouble getting a game to run. It’s a community project where people share settings and compatibility reports
does red dead really run good on this?
why is the fps higher on the small screen than in the fps overlay?
You should test 3DS emulation on this thing!
Thank you so much for this! Excited to try some of these out
Can you test persona 5 royal?
Holy cow, that is so awesome!!! i'm getting mine in 2-3 days, can't wait 😀
Ive seen plenty playing totk,botw,super mario bros deluxe yet i cant cant botw over 20fps, totk wont even load and mario just shuts down after the title screen … wth.. and yes i have the latest gpu driver…
Honestly even the Flip 2 which uses lower chipset (same as Thor Lite) could run most Switch games just fine
Does it make switch games run better than on the switch itself. Especially more powered games like Pokemon za
Bought this 5 days ago, waiting on it to be shipped so I can play and vibe with it before I go to bed every night. This is gonna be so awesomwe
What about battery life? Will it last for 3 hours atleast?
im watching this before the ninjas come
So this is the pro 12 model? Looking to chop in my new 3ds to make this my daily driver as I work away a lot and me and the Mrs share a switch 2 she like to play when I’m away from time to time
Perdonate l'ignoranza ma il setting h perf, perf, e standard a che impostazione fa riferimento?
Awesome!
8:16 only thing I’ll say here is …. The whole point of this device would be to play dual screen games and the switch port removes that bit I do get it tho
Ps2 games would be cool to see if u haven't
can you do gamecube/wii next?
Does the Thor have HD rumble? Golf story is a game that makes good use of HD rumble.
Hey! Good video. I wanted to see more demanding emulation, did you tested games like the Zeldas or Mario Odysey, Mario Kart 8 deluxe and Lugis Mansion 3 insted of 2HD?
Hope your channel keeps growing!
Does the extra ram helps with switch emu?
No botw or totk 😢
Which version of ayn thor do you own?
Man, crazy how smooth you can get Switch running on that thing.
Great video, thanks for the content.
Gonna have to try some switch games out, thinking about setting it all up on the weekend.. just need to do some digging 🔎
Hi,
Is this Eden 0.4 rc1?
Which Sudachi is better I think there are two one icon has circle and button within and other looks like Yuzu but with different color icon?
Im not very techy pardon my errors.
Thanks
the new version of eden is better but I still prefer sudachi or citron for compatibility
Good man – just what I was looking for!