Razer Kishi V2 review: Mobile gaming controller borrows from the best

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Like it or not, console-quality mobile gaming is on the rise. Not only are titles like Diablo Immortal showing that games don’t have to be pared down as much from their console counterparts, but Netflix is heavily investing in the space, and services like Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, and Xbox Game Pass allow you to literally play console games on your phone.

But unless you want to use lackluster touch controls, a good mobile controller is necessary to make console-like gaming on mobile worth it. The original Razer Kishi was already one of the best mobile controllers out there, but it had a few flaws. Razer wiped away many of those issues with the Razer Kishi V2, which was released earlier this month.

By taking some design cues from its competitor, Backbone, the Razer Kishi V2 improves upon a solid design to create an amazing mobile game controller that is nearly console quality. Although it’s a little bigger than the original Kishi, which isn’t the best for portability, I’m already sure this will be my go-to mobile gaming controller going forward.

The original Razer Kishi was an excellent mobile gaming controller, but it could be a pain to insert your phone into it. You had to hold down release latches so a stretchable support band could floppily fall back before you could insert the phone into the controller. It was a hassle to stretch out and squash back into place once you took the phone out. The Razer Kishi V2 does away with this issue by replacing that support band and latch system with an extendable bridge.

To put a phone into the Razer Kishi V2, one simply has to pull one side of the controller to extend the bridge and place the phone inside. It’s way easier to use and has encouraged me to use the Razer Kishi V2