Homebrew Official Citra - New 3DS Emulator

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devs are uninterested right now, Citra is open source and anyone is free to rewrite CROs themeselves so there may come a day but right now highly unlikely. For all the people constantly going about Pokemon, just buy a $60 2ds

Yeah.. Some people are very annoying and complain about Pokemon for a Citra emu. Why don't they just buy it on 3DS ? Jeez!
 

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Yeah.. Some people are very annoying and complain about Pokemon for a Citra emu. Why don't they just buy it on 3DS ? Jeez!
It was the same way for emulators such as DeSmuME (or any other Nintendo DS Emulator) and I believe, VisualBoy Advance (as well as other GBA Emulators) if I remember correctly.

People want to play Pokemon on emulators for many different reasons. Some of which include
1. Playing on a bigger screen (because Nintendo won't make a proper console version)
2. They don't have the handheld needed to play it, but still want to play it anyway
3. They have the game and system, but want to be able to cheat like crazy without messing up their save on the one they own
4. They want Pokemon from one of the other games, but don't have a second system/game and they don't know anyone else who does either.

I'm sure there are more reasons I could come up with, and list here, but I don't think it should be done here any way. We have had too much Pokemon clutter here already. I somewhat like the games, but if I really wanted to play them, I would buy the games. In my opinion, nothing beats playing the real game on the real hardware, regardless of any improvements that could be gained form using an emulator.

People need to remember though, this place is for discussing the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra. It's not Pokemon centrol, nor is it a place of magic and wonder where people can make Citra run any game perfectly. Good emulation takes time. Just look at how long it took the original DS to be emulated, and they still have some work to do in my opinion. Heck, we have a 3DS emulator that runs games, but not one for Vita. That should mean something, even if it's not fast at the moment, or can't fully play many games yet.

If people want an emulator that can play there games, wait until it's been officially released for awhile. If you, like myself, enjoy playing around with earlier builds just to see what can be done, then there should be no complaining. You should already know what to expect. (Heck, I even enjoy playing beta games, but that's beside the point.)

Sorry for the long post, but I think some of that needed to be said.
 
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So you're saying me to buy a 3ds for playing Pokemon.I have some money shortage.So I will try to make some money for it but as a kid I can't get 15000rs for a game.anyway anyone found the solution of my problems. Please help me ASAP.
 
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So you're saying me to buy a 3ds for playing Pokemon.I have some money shortage.So I will try to make some money for it but as a kid I can't get 15000rs for a game.anyway anyone found the solution of my problems. Please help me ASAP.

More like 10000rs according to google for the 2DS.. Also your monetary issues are not our problem - it's yours. Get a job / ask your parents. We are not obligated to write an emulator for you.
- Honestly, I'm furious about people like you.
Pokemon will still be around in a couple of years when the 2DS / 3DS are cheaper and it will still be the same game.
Either it will be supported on Citra then or you can get the real hardware.

For now your only option is to buy a 2DS and get on with your life - or simply don't play it for now.
Entertainment is expensive and emulators are not supposed (or able) to change that.

The greater goal (for me) is preservation of the digital culture and documenting how the hardware works.
In a couple of years (say.. 50?) the hardware will start failing and you won't be able to play Pokemen X, Y etc. - or any other 3DS game for that matter.
- And that's when it's Citras time to shine.
I'd bet a ton of people playing NES / SNES games on emulators have never seen the hardware in person.
It's becoming more and more obscure as consoles are thrown away, ripped apart etc.
And yet you know games like Super Mario in their original release form.
- We need that for consoles like the 3DS, consoles which make up a big deal of our pastime, which will be forgotten otherwise.

You do realize that Citra developer spend hundreds of hours on Citra? The minimum wage for me would be around 10 Euro when getting a job at the Uni which is 745rs. If you multiply that by the numbers of hours I work on Citra per week I could easily have afforded a 2DS if I worked a different job instead.
And it's not only me, there is a number of developers.
The cost of Citra is probably in the millions.
If you want to use Citra now, then learn how to contribute and work on it, however, don't be surprised if it would have been way easier / cheaper to just buy a 2DS.

You (and other people asking for Pokemon and having expectations) are just being a freeloader and it's pissing me off.
It's pissing me off to a point where I do not have interest in contributing anymore until the 2DS / 3DS is less popular.

To add to that, you are most likely not legally allowed to use Citra unless you own a 2DS / 3DS anyway because we still depend on data from the bios / rom.
If you are going to break the law for personal gain you might as well just walk into a store and steal a 2DS.
(There are ways around it and it's allowed in some countries, but just food for thought; it will probably change in a couple of years when Citra is more mature)
 

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More like 10000rs according to google for the 2DS.. Also your monetary issues are not our problem - it's yours. Get a job / ask your parents. We are not obligated to write an emulator for you.
- Honestly, I'm furious about people like you.
Pokemon will still be around in a couple of years when the 2DS / 3DS are cheaper and it will still be the same game.
Either it will be supported on Citra then or you can get the real hardware.

For now your only option is to buy a 2DS and get on with your life - or simply don't play it for now.
Entertainment is expensive and emulators are not supposed (or able) to change that.

The greater goal (for me) is preservation of the digital culture and documenting how the hardware works.
In a couple of years (say.. 50?) the hardware will start failing and you won't be able to play Pokemen X, Y etc. - or any other 3DS game for that matter.
- And that's when it's Citras time to shine.
I'd bet a ton of people playing NES / SNES games on emulators have never seen the hardware in person.
It's becoming more and more obscure as consoles are thrown away, ripped apart etc.
And yet you know games like Super Mario in their original release form.
- We need that for consoles like the 3DS, consoles which make up a big deal of our pastime, which will be forgotten otherwise.

You do realize that Citra developer spend hundreds of hours on Citra? The minimum wage for me would be around 10 Euro when getting a job at the Uni which is 745rs. If you multiply that by the numbers of hours I work on Citra per week I could easily have afforded a 2DS if I worked a different job instead.
And it's not only me, there is a number of developers.
The cost of Citra is probably in the millions.
If you want to use Citra now, then learn how to contribute and work on it, however, don't be surprised if it would have been way easier / cheaper to just buy a 2DS.

You (and other people asking for Pokemon and having expectations) are just being a freeloader and it's pissing me off.
It's pissing me off to a point where I do not have interest in contributing anymore until the 2DS / 3DS is less popular.

To add to that, you are most likely not legally allowed to use Citra unless you own a 2DS / 3DS anyway because we still depend on data from the bios / rom.
If you are going to break the law for personal gain you might as well just walk into a store and steal a 2DS.
(There are ways around it and it's allowed in some countries, but just food for thought; it will probably change in a couple of years when Citra is more mature)

Woah woah what a big speech..
 

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The greater goal (for me) is preservation of the digital culture and documenting how the hardware works.
In a couple of years (say.. 50?) the hardware will start failing and you won't be able to play Pokemen X, Y etc. - or any other 3DS game for that matter.
- And that's when it's Citras time to shine.
Agreed. There's been so much lost in other media that I'm glad someone is making the attempt to preserve what we have in this one. If not for emulators, a great deal would have been lost already.
 

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More like 10000rs according to google for the 2DS.. Also your monetary issues are not our problem - it's yours. Get a job / ask your parents. We are not obligated to write an emulator for you.
- Honestly, I'm furious about people like you.
Pokemon will still be around in a couple of years when the 2DS / 3DS are cheaper and it will still be the same game.
Either it will be supported on Citra then or you can get the real hardware.

For now your only option is to buy a 2DS and get on with your life - or simply don't play it for now.
Entertainment is expensive and emulators are not supposed (or able) to change that.

The greater goal (for me) is preservation of the digital culture and documenting how the hardware works.
In a couple of years (say.. 50?) the hardware will start failing and you won't be able to play Pokemen X, Y etc. - or any other 3DS game for that matter.
- And that's when it's Citras time to shine.
I'd bet a ton of people playing NES / SNES games on emulators have never seen the hardware in person.
It's becoming more and more obscure as consoles are thrown away, ripped apart etc.
And yet you know games like Super Mario in their original release form.
- We need that for consoles like the 3DS, consoles which make up a big deal of our pastime, which will be forgotten otherwise.

You do realize that Citra developer spend hundreds of hours on Citra? The minimum wage for me would be around 10 Euro when getting a job at the Uni which is 745rs. If you multiply that by the numbers of hours I work on Citra per week I could easily have afforded a 2DS if I worked a different job instead.
And it's not only me, there is a number of developers.
The cost of Citra is probably in the millions.
If you want to use Citra now, then learn how to contribute and work on it, however, don't be surprised if it would have been way easier / cheaper to just buy a 2DS.

You (and other people asking for Pokemon and having expectations) are just being a freeloader and it's pissing me off.
It's pissing me off to a point where I do not have interest in contributing anymore until the 2DS / 3DS is less popular.

To add to that, you are most likely not legally allowed to use Citra unless you own a 2DS / 3DS anyway because we still depend on data from the bios / rom.
If you are going to break the law for personal gain you might as well just walk into a store and steal a 2DS.
(There are ways around it and it's allowed in some countries, but just food for thought; it will probably change in a couple of years when Citra is more mature)

Any advise on where someone can learn coding to help Citra's progress?
 

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Any advise on where someone can learn coding to help Citra's progress?

Try check some C++ tutorials, examples and experiment with them to gain experience. Be curious and play around with the code, it should be fun to program. When you have a basic understanding you could probably start reading other people's code and comments.
 
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