Photo: Kotaku The Steam Deck has unquestionably revitalized people’s interests in handheld gaming on anything other than a Switch. But had it never happened, 2022 would still have been a year packed with Switch-sized gaming devices, primarily thanks to evolutions in the world of emulation. Right at the front of that pack is new console creator AYN, with its crowdfunded Odin handheld, and it is absolutely superb. AYN’s 2021 pitch was smart. A 6-inch-screened gaming device designed not to run the latest AAA console and PC games, but rather one capable of emulating previous generations to a standard the emu market was presently lacking. It certainly proved a popular notion:…