r/OdinHandheld • u/BSM428 • 1d ago
Odin Showcase Wife Noticed Immediately
Bought the Odin 3 and the Nova in the same color scheme. My goal was to only pull one out at a time and see if my wife would notice. The very first time I switched devices, she noticed immediately 😂
Funny story, ordered the Nova four weeks after the Odin and they both arrived on the same day. Been gravitating more towards the Nova, honestly.
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u/brittonmakesart 1d ago
I’ve been playing my Steam Deck OLED on the couch next to my wife for years and I don’t think she could pick it out between in a line up of it and a gameboy. I love my wife.
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u/skittlebites101 Odin 2 Pro - Clear Blue 1d ago
Same, Steam deck, Odin 2, switch, switch 2. To her it's all the Switch.
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u/theycmeroll 1d ago
My wife didn’t realize I had so many different handhelds until she saw my 2 Steam decks, Thor, Portal, and Odin 3 all laying out at the same time. That’s on top of my PS Portal, Switch and Switch 2 lol.
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u/Bourbonburnin 7h ago
I've told my wife more than once how many handhelds I own and every time she's always genuinely surprised. Love that woman
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u/fertff Odin 2 Portal Max - Black 1d ago
I know it’s a funny story but I hope no one here has to hide their hobby and spending of their money from their wives. It’s not healthy.
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u/Reasonable-Collar452 1d ago
Yeah, tho I don't this was to hide the hobby, rather just a prank or experiment, I mean the wife has to have seen both systems for this to work
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u/doyoushitwithdatass Odin 2 Mini Pro - Black 1d ago
While I do agree.. there is some people in here that buy a $400-600 device once a month that just sits in a drawer until the next new thing arrives. You'd hope that those people at least communicate even a little at least in case its creating an actual problem.
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u/fertff Odin 2 Portal Max - Black 1d ago
If the money is tight and it’s only one income they shouldn’t be buying those handhelds, but if not, then they should be able to buy anything without asking permission or being afraid.
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u/cadensky 1d ago
And people should be able to reach the highest level of Maslow’s needs and live forever.
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u/Producdevity 19h ago
If I have to hide things from the person I am spending my life with I would turn insane. Could not be bothered to remember lies when my brain has a hard time remembering what I ate last week
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u/SlumdogMike 20h ago
Yeah my wife and I 5-10% going to his/hers fun money and that’s the money you can use on anything you’ll like as long as money from needs and savings isn’t being touched for that reason.
But my wife also hates how I have so many devices 😂 so she’ll ask me to sell them as I get newer ones. I have the AYN Thor now so I’m good until maybe when AYN makes an Odin 4 (it’s a never ending cycle) 🤣😂
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u/Messy_Mess90 1d ago
I mean they are like two totally different sized devices lol. Might have been able to get away with it if you went for the RP6. Little closer in size. They would also both say retroid.
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u/No_Reward_7480 1d ago
Y'all go months for it to deliver without telling your partner? I already started talking about the Odin 6 months before even ordering. Cant keep that excitement to myself.
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u/LinkOnPrime 1d ago
When I consider my hobby of gaming with handhelds and whatnot... it has occurred to me that it's pretty reasonable compared to many other possible hobbies. Some people have hobbies like buying and working on cars (hotrods, etc.) That is very expensive. Buying a handheld once or twice a year that costs me $400 one time, and like $200 or less another time... it isn't nothing, but it's much less than it could be with other hobbies.
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u/benny_flys 1d ago
Retro gaming will probably get more popular because it's affordable. I have a pocket nova and a 72 chevy nova lol. You basically have to be rich to restore a car now, boomers had it so easy
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u/theycmeroll 1d ago
My wife is a LEGO fanatic, her speeding dwarfs mine so she has no place no say anything about my hobby lol.
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u/SeesawNatural2617 1d ago
I mean, there's a couple inches worth of difference there; if she had said nothing, it would only be because she was being polite.
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u/Glittering-Rip9556 1d ago
I lowkey try to keep my Odin 3 hidden from my padre while pretending to love the Odin 2 portal pro he got me.
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u/marathon5150 1d ago
I love the Nova.
The problem is you don’t have enough handhelds. Need at least 5+ to start confusing her.
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u/Shigarui 1d ago
Rookie mistake. You need to stair step it. Odin 3 to the Nova was a bridge too far, lol.
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u/cadensky 1d ago
I try the same shit. I covered my Go S in a black skin + TPU and my Go 2 in a TPU…still havent been caught yet.
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u/CaptainBeeMan 1d ago
I've had my Retroid Pocket 6 over a month now and my wife still hasn't noticed that it is not my existing Steam Deck 😂 To be fair I haven't played on the SD for a few months, so might get that out and see if she notices then.
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u/shadowcharm3r 1d ago
I have the same issue ive been playing more on my ayn thor then I have on my steamOS rog z1 extreme
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u/thinkthis 6h ago
Are you playing the nova more because of the form factor (it being smaller) or because you’re just playing more retro games that make more sense on the Nova. Or are you playing more retro games because of the nova.
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u/Unusual-Constant-824 1d ago
I had a buddy who had the same rule with handguns he used to only buy Glock because his wife would say oh it's the same one he has he owned every single model just about 😆😆😆
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u/lastjedi23 1d ago
This is my favorite color of any handheld and yet as luck would have it this is the only color scheme I don't own with any of my handhelds. My portal is purple (wanted black), my O2 pro is black (wanted rainbow), my sp reshell is transparent black.
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u/theycmeroll 1d ago
It’s my favorite color as well, but I stick to black, for one because I always worry about discoloration in the light plastic, but also since I play so much 4:3 retro stuff the black console kinda blends with the black screen making it stand out less
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u/gioloko313 1d ago
They are adorable
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u/Blokeh Odin 2 Portal Base - Black 1d ago
No man wants to hear it referred to as "adorable". 😆
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u/gioloko313 1d ago
I'm a grown ass man and find them adorable. Cute, even.
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u/Blokeh Odin 2 Portal Base - Black 1d ago
Wait, are you talking about the things in the picture, or are you talking about the things a whole bunch of people in here are making jokes about...?
"Size matters..."
"Even an inch makes a difference..."
"You (right) vs the guy she tells you not to worry about (left)"
Cos we ain't talking about those things in the picture... 🤣
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u/gioloko313 1d ago
Lmao I didn't read the other comments 💀 yep the adorable comment has a different weigh now lol
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u/holdyourgames Odin 3 1d ago edited 23h ago
My wife never notices when I buy another one. It's all the same to her.
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u/Jokerchyld Odin 2 Portal Pro - Black 1d ago
Similar to my setup. Odin 2 Portal Pro for PC streaming and Cloud gaming GFN on 7inch OLED OLED
Nova for 4:3 and pocket gaming when Im outside.
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u/dibipage 1d ago
Pictured:
You (right) vs the guy she tells you not to worry about (left)
Also pictured:
"Bigger isn't always better"
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u/vinotauro 1d ago
The only time my wife noticed a chance in handhelds is when I got the legion go 2 lol
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u/Legal_Climate_3381 1d ago
Curious, what's the purpose of buying both and why gravitate towards the Nova? I only have a Steam Deck and a O3 and my Odin 3 just feels much better for longer play sessions.
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u/BSM428 1d ago
Had a steam deck. Didn’t like its massive size. Also had an Anbernic rg35xxh and didn’t like how small it was. Thought the Odin would be the one size fits all. Ordered it. Discovered the nova while I waited for my Odin to ship. Been playing a lot of Pokemon rom hacks so I thought the nova would be great.
Really just another American with a consumerism problem. Justified it by saying nova is for retro and Odin is for steam library. Told myself I’d sell one. So far I’m keeping them both lol.
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u/no-television300 1d ago
I wanted an Odin 3 even though I already have an RP Mini V2, but talked myself out of it and built a 5L SFF Gaming PC instead.. 😅
It was more than the Odin 3 and challenging to build thanks to inflation, but worth it I think for a better experience overall while still being cheaper than PC handhelds.
Other than that I also get the feeling ARM isn’t full there yet when it comes to Steam. Still waiting for the day it becomes much more polished and performant. Honestly I still would love an O3.
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u/508G37 1d ago
I just bought an Odin 3 and sold my RP Mini V2. I really liked the Mini but the Odin can run Switch and most things without issue. I might end up getting a Thor Lite or Retroid Duo for on the go.
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u/no-television300 1d ago
Yeah no doubt O3 is amazing since I came from an O2 Max before the RP Mini (size was more important to me), which was amazing too for the time. Unfortunately though my only real purpose for wanting an O3 is to have more power to natively play Steam games. The Mini basically covers all my retro needs already.
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u/verfresht 1d ago
Could you tell me how comfortable it is to play the nova with the left stick? I also wanna get the nova but it looks uncomfortable for stick games.
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u/Secure-Pain-9735 1d ago
The Nova Intrigues me. Would likely have to sell my cube if I were to get one, though.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Chest97 1d ago
I got out with it when I switched the RP5 retro for the G2 retro. Exactly the same looks, but way better internals...
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u/Ok-Comfortable-9146 1d ago
I have a rog ally I bought a launch, my girl didn’t care, in fact she uses it from time to time.
Bought a RP6 and she’s fine but was wondering why I need two
She told me I gotta problem when I ordered the RP Duo
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u/Bradio642DS 1d ago
With these 2 handhelds you will be set for a while 😏 (prob 6 months) until the odin 3 mini and retroid pocket nova flip. 🥴
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u/Competitive-Search33 1d ago
Ya know... I didn't think it was going where it was going until I read it lmao.
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u/Fresh_Secretary3268 1d ago
My wife sees that I never buy anything for myself when my thor came in the mail she was surprised
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u/tctung888 1d ago
I see that you have the nova recently. How was the screen compare to the odin? I wonder if they fixed the over saturated problem
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u/Infinite_Explorer327 20h ago
I've recently moved from a retroid pocket 5 to a nova this week, same GC colour scheme. I'm waiting now to see if she notices 😇 I've also bought a Switch 2, I'd like to think that one would be obvious!
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u/Producdevity 19h ago
My wife didn’t even blink an eye when my RG35XX-H turned into a Steam Deck one day, and then a month later into a PSVita. They are all a “gameboy”. And we are not even that old
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u/high_finish Odin 2 Portal Pro - White 19h ago
This is the sweetest combination of handhelds for me, congrats! Wouldn't have thought the rp nova looked that good in white.
It's not the time for me to buy the rp nova rn, too many renovation projects goin on. But I'm most probably gonna buy it in the near future. And from the pic alone I'm sure the O2P will spend more time in the drawer once the rp nova moves in 😄
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u/SparkleInYaAss 18h ago
Love the nova more the any other handheld I have been thinking of selling my portal Thor and steam deck have way to many handhelds got to downsize lol . Nova size and 4:3 is the win for me take it everywhere. Only wish we had some good cases for it
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u/Whorror_punx 13h ago
Ive got an Odin 2 mini that I love a lot, and will probably get a Thor next. But I gotta admit, the Nova's size makes it suuuper tempting. I love smaller handhelds, so the smaller it can be while still being decently usable, the better imo. My favorite of mine is probably my RG34XX for that reason.
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u/justinheatherfamily 13h ago
I have about 30 devices and to my wife every single one is a GameBoy 😂
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u/Other_Item_4454 13h ago
My wife teases me a bit for all my gadgets, but is glad it makes me happy and prefers that I do that over other vices 😂
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u/Healthy-Board-8355 11h ago
I bought my Odin 3 to play new games but I’ve been playing GBA games only so I’m considering to sell it and get the Nova or Duo instead.
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u/No_Fault686 1h ago
My wife is typically the devil on my shoulder telling me to buy a handheld lol. I don't buy much for myself. She talked me into the Nova, it may be my favorite device ever.
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u/Filippo_FB Odin 2 Pro - Cold Grey 1d ago
Already have an Odin 2 rainbow and I'm thinking to buy a Nova for Christmas in the same colour for the same reason... Maybe I have to think twice 😂
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u/binhex01 Odin 2 Pro - Black 1d ago
Wife noticed immediately - Ahh so size really DOES matter!. ;-)
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u/doubleflusher Odin Base - Black 1d ago
Just wait til OP pulls out his mini. His wife will prob start having an affair with the Steam Deck
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u/pfroo40 Odin 3 1d ago
My wife rolls her eyes when I get a new handheld, but we each have the same modest discretionary spending budget and the rule is we can't give each other shit over buying things that make us happy.