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EMULATOR FOR PLAYING 3DS GAMES FOR ANDROID FOR ANDROID
EMULATOR FOR PLAYING 3DS GAMES FOR ANDROID ANDROID

As per a video linked on the official release post, an April build of the emulator could run Mario Kart 7 on a Snapdragon 855 with an almost constant 60FPS. SoC-wise, a Snapdragon 835 or better is recommended which is a chip from 2017 found in flagships such as the OnePlus 5, Samsung Galaxy S8, Pixel 2, LG V30 and various others.

EMULATOR FOR PLAYING 3DS GAMES FOR ANDROID ANDROID

When it comes to basic requirements, the emulator requires 64-bit Android 8.0 and OpenGL ES 3.2 support meaning that various devices will inevitably be left out but a good deal of these wouldn’t be able to provide good results anyway.

While the Nintendo 3DS is over 9 years old, emulating it with good results still requires pretty modern hardware and as a result, Citra’s team have set their port’s requirements quite high.

Performance improvements are always welcome but especially on mobile devices as their hardware capabilities are still limited to a certain extentįeeling like some Pokemon X/Y on the go but can’t be bothered to use your 3DS? Well, now you can play it on your smartphone!.

Various optimisations were performed by ‘jroweboy’ which culminated in significant performance improvements.

This port comes with ARM64 JIT which is able to provide pretty good performance together with the optimisations mentioned below.

The settings menu was also revamped and desktop-specific settings were removed.

The user interface received a significant overhaul from the Dolphin app, upon which it is based, to better accommodate different screen sizes.

EMULATOR FOR PLAYING 3DS GAMES FOR ANDROID FOR ANDROID

The release post, linked below, mentions in significant detail the work that went into Citra for Android with some of the port’s main features being: However, this interest from the community prompted some of Citra’s main developers to start working on Android port themselves and after 2 years, an official port has landed! Obviously, this unofficial port was pretty rough around the edges as it had performance issues and a UI that left quite a bit to be desired but it kindled a good deal of interest from the emulation community despite Citra’s team not supporting it. Citra for Android is finally here so that you can play Mario Kart 7, Animal Crossing: New Leaf and many other titles on your smartphone!įurthermore, none of the core team’s members had any experience when it came to Android development which further pushed the idea of a mobile port down the line but then, in 2018, things started to change as developer SachinVin managed to create a functional Citra port for Android!