The Nintendo 3DS is a huge success and is one of the best-selling portable consoles in history, successor to the equally popular Nintendo DS. There are many people who would like to play console titles on the touch screen of its Android smartphone maybe using a good emulator.
It's been several years since the release of the 3DS and most people expect to be able to see Nintendo games running easily on software that emulates them. The current situation is that there really are some valid DS emulators (the first from Nintendo), and something is also moving in the panorama. 3DS.
Unfortunately, knowing the desires of the players, there are many smart people trying to make money behind their backs. there are countless videos false that on YouTube show ghost emulators in action, which do not exist or do not work. Some fake emulators have also appeared on the Play Store with the aim of deceiving customers and making money behind their backs.
So there are no 3DS emulators for Android?
That's right, today there is no trace of a 3DS emulator for Android, not even in embryonic development.
Sooner or later work will probably begin to bring "Citra" to Android, but we are still far from that result.
Yes, there is one and it is also very promising! Read on for the latest updates.
Citra is the name of the only software emulator for 3DS, which has already been in development for some time for Windows, MacOS and Linux. It is compatible quite well with many successful commercial games, such as: Super Mario 3D Land, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Zelda: Majora's Mask, Super Smash Bros, Pokemon Omega Ruby (hence also Alpha Sapphire) and Sun (hence also Moon), and many others. (compatibility list is available on the emulator website).
March 2019 Update: work for portability Citra en 3DS They have moved forward and led to the creation of an unofficial version (hence not available on their official website) and from a first analysis it seems to work well with 3DS games. It obviously has problems and bugs with the heavier titles in the small company Nintendo's library, but it's a downhill road.
Don't expect to run this version of Citra on less powerful smartphones: in fact, the 3DS emulator can only be used on smartphones equipped with the shiny new one. Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 or future higher performance chipsets.
To date, the reference smartphone equipped with this graphics chip is the Xiaomi Mi 9.
Xiaomi Mi 9- Rear camera composed of a 48 Mp + 12 Mp + 16 Mp sensor - the photos taken have...
- Procesador Snapdragon 855 Qualcomm SDM855; 1x Kyro 2.84 de 485 GHz + 3x Kyro 2.42 de 485 GHz + 4x 1.8 ...
- Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac; Bluetooth, USB, NFC and GPS connection
Videos have been published showing the performance of this unofficial version of Citra; Check out the one dedicated to the Shovel Knight game on the Xiaomi model mentioned above:
In any case, if you really want to enjoy the masterpieces in the console's catalogue, there can only be one piece of advice as a gamer: buy it, it's now cheap and it's easy to find most of the titles. in offer.
To buy it you can search on Amazon where it is usually on sale or choose (if you are not interested in 3D) the new version. Nintendo 2DS XL.
New Nintendo 2DS XL- Ergonomic clamshell design, lighter and with the same power as the New Nintendo 3DS XL
- Compatible with the extensive catalog of games for Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo...
- Built-in NFC sensor, will natively support amiibo cards and figures
Or if you want to save as much as possible, opt for one of the many used models (sometimes even modified) available cheaply on eBay.
Would a 3DS emulator on Android be technically possible?
Given the power of today's high-end processors, the answer can only be positive. Thanks to these processors it is possible to emulate quite easily (through the Android version of the Dolphin emulator) the GameCube y Wii. Furthermore, the use of Vulkan API simplified the work of porting Citra to Android.
In addition to 3DS, we remind you that today there are Android emulators for the following recent consoles:
- Nintendo: Wii, GameCube, Nintendo DS;
- Sony: PlayStation 1, Play Station 2, PSP;
- Mezclar: Dreamcast.
What are the top fake 3DS emulators for Android running online?
Outside of Citra, there are several fake emulators that often change names and are also found on the Play Store. they all turn out useless and dangerous. The best deeds carry the deception to the end and even require the insertion of a console bios and shortly after insertion they continue to show the same message.
algunos fake online available are:
- Stable 3DS – Beta Emulator;
- Simple x3Dx Emulator Beta;
- 3DSE – Emulator;
- Magi 3DS Emulator – BETA;
- Mi 3DS.
Therefore, we can only wait for them to improve the unofficial 3DS emulator on Android and cross our fingers that this happens as soon as possible.
We take this opportunity to invite you to watch videos on YouTube with a critical attitude, so as not to be fooled by too much "hype" or the desire to see something that works as we would like but that in reality turns out to be a hoax.
The truth about the 3DS emulator for Android
