I’m not going to beat around the bush—connecting four Bluetooth controllers to an iPhone, casting an old title to a TV, and playing retro multiplayer games is insanely cool.
Sure, you can play retro games on a laundry list of other platforms, but pulling out your phone and picking up a game on the go is extremely convenient. Add in the ability to cast it to my TV when I’m at home, and this is basically how I want the Switch to work.
I’ll admit that there was some trial and error to connecting all the controllers, and my friend’s TV didn’t appear on my AirPlay list until after a soft reset, but once it started working, it was rock solid and played just like a console. The Xbox Home buttons even opened up the Delta menu, allowing us to drop save states or change games easily.
There isn’t much more to say about this feature other than to gush over how insane it feels to play games 100 percent wirelessly from an iPhone. It feels super cool, and the idea that my phone is an actual console has been blowing my mind. Hopefully, more games outside of Delta will start using this feature since it makes iPhone couch gaming very approachable. I’ve seen reports that this is sometimes quite laggy, but during my tests, it just worked. I know that’s an overused tech trope, but it turned a room full of PC gamers into mobile fans in the blink of an eye.
Beyond that, I should say that we played for about three hours, and for the first two, my phone was only running on battery. It drained about 25 percent in that time, but at that rate, a fully charged phone should last for a pretty long gaming session.
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