Delta emulator is getting online multiplayer for Nintendo DS games

The excellent Delta emulator for iOS is about to get even better: soon, the app will get support for online multiplayer in Nintendo DS games, according to Delta developer. riley testutTestut’s post about this feature includes a video Mario Kart DS Seeing a race being played between two people on an emulator immediately took me back to a game I played on my DS many years ago.

Nintendo shut down DS’s online services a long time ago in 2014So we asked Testut how the online services would work. “It’s based on the online support of the MelonDS, which connects to third-party Nintendo [Wi-Fi Connection] servers (such as Kaeru, Wimfy, AltWFC, etc.),” explains Testut The Verge“This means all 10 million-plus Delta users will be able to connect to other Delta users and to users on real devices who are using these third-party Nintendo WFC servers.”

However, “this also means that it’s limited to Nintendo DS games right now, but all Nintendo DS games that have Nintendo WFC are supported,” Testut says. The Delta team doesn’t plan to host its own servers, so online multiplayer will be free to all when it becomes available.

You may have to wait a bit before you can try out online multiplayer. Testut says the feature is coming first to the beta version of Delta Patreon Subscribers“We don’t have a public release date yet,” says Testut. While that’s frustrating, it means you have plenty of time to get something Mario Kart DS Practice in.