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Personally, I don't see any draw over just using a Kishi style controller with your phone.
Even if you wanted a standalone device. It would be cheaper to buy a cheap phone to go with the controller, and then you could use it for local emulation.
I wish it had the WiiU style connection (instead of going through WiFi), since at least then it could be used for interesting asymmetric multiplayer games, or multiplayer games without screen splitting. Maybe they'll add that down the line, though...
This thing has the haptics. Your phone will at most have rumble. Not saying that's a $200 issue worth solving lol but it is all the haptics of the controller as well as a remote player. If it also has virtually no latency then maybe I'd consider it. But I have never seen a device besides the Wii-U tablet pull that off.
The WiiU tablet wasnt very portable. Once you left the room where your WiiU Base was plugged into a TV it started acting up. You basically had to be in the same room but not he allowed to use the TV. I'm afraid that type of technology probably hasn't moved forward fast enough to try anything else but wifi. It's a sad day.
At least you can use these as a more expensive controller as well, right? To play with your friends on the tv. Surely? Right?
Oh i know the range isn't great but it's easily good enough for you to play, for instance, in your bed or somewhere comfy. I was just speaking to latency.
I actually couldn't. Oh well, it's in the past anyways :)
I think it has the reactive triggers too, but as you said, that doesn't feel like a 200USD feature.
I am hopeful they might introduce a WiiU style connection down the line, since if I recall correctly it just needed a 5GHz WiFi connection and I am fairly positive both devices have the appropriate antenna for that (though it would limit their 5G WiFi connectivity while in use). Maybe they could implement it through a wired connection, too. This would be less convenient than wireless, but would certainly have lower latency. Having said that, until they announce a low latency connection, I wouldn't count on it.