Dolphin Emulator on Android finally lets you drag your friends into online Gamecube and Wii games

Dolphin Emulator on Android now allows users to drag their friends into online Gamecube and Wii games, thanks to a recent update. The development team explains in a progress report that they enabled NetPlay support on Android and made it cross-platform. NetPlay is a feature that enables online multiplayer for games originally designed for local multiplayer.

Traditionally, this feature required all players to be on the same operating system and desktop environment. However, Dolphin has now opened up NetPlay to Android users, allowing cross-platform gameplay. The blog post notes that while NetPlay still relies on a method called lockstep, which necessitates all emulators to run at nearly the same pace, Dolphin's solution was to run the application on a single CPU core. This limits the application's power but allows for online multiplayer with Gamecube and Wii titles.