The Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu just got a new experimental update for Android.
Based on our testing, it runs many games at full speed, but only on powerful devices.
This is the first official alpha build, and it’s still a work in progress.
This year has been a big one for emulation on Android, and it doesn’t appear to be stopping any time soon. A big update to Android fork of the Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu just dropped, and it features surprisingly good performance — if your phone can handle it.
Cemu is a very popular Wii U emulator for PC that’s been around since 2015. It has made great progress over the years, with most of the Wii U catalog playable on compatible hardware. However, it wasn’t until last year that playable forks for Android started to appear.