AYANEO Pocket S2 Review – The most powerful Android gaming handheld we’ve tested (DROIX Blog)

Summary

DROIX blog review of the ayaneo-pocket-s2. Published 2025-08-08 on droix.net.

And now on to Ryujinx and Eden with the Turnip drivers installed. Our go to game Cruisn’ Blast runs at 60 frames per second as you would expect. The great Yokus Island Express runs at a solid 60 frames in docked mode as well. We found most games to run fine. Even the more demanding first party titles can get very playable speeds, that popular early action RPG game runs great as an example.

PS2 emulation is super smooth on the AYANEO Pocket S2
The performance with older handheld consoles is excellent, both on the device and on a TV. Using Citra, you can upscale games to 1440p on the built-in screen for crisp graphics. For the big screen, you have the power to increase the rendering to up to 8x, letting you enjoy your games in 4K.
The Citra emulator runs great upscaled on TV
The Vita3K emulator also runs great with compatible games. You shouldn’t have any issues running most at the standard resolution. Depending on how demanding they are you can increase the rendering resolution. With TxK and Gravity Rush we were getting stable frame rates at 3X which is just over 1440P.
And now on to Ryujinx and Eden with the Turnip drivers installed. Our go to game Cruisn’ Blast runs at 60 frames per second as you would expect. The great Yokus Island Express runs at a solid 60 frames in docked mode as well. We found most games to run fine. Even the more demanding first party titles can get very playable speeds, that popular early action RPG game runs great as an example.