Homebrew How playable are games on Citra On TV

[HideoKojima]

So I'm planning to play some 3DS games on PC linked to TV via HDMI. If anyone tried this or even on PC, how playable are 3ds games with that second lower screen not allowing the main screen to be full screen? ?(I know it's possible to only show the main screen yet sometimes one needs the second screen).

 

[Mayo1990]

It depends on the game. If the game doesn't rely on the touch screen that much or at all (Pokémon Games, Mario 3D Land) and such, they're perfectly playable

 

[HideoKojima]

It depends on the game. If the game doesn't rely on the touch screen that much or at all (Pokémon Games, Mario 3D Land) and such, they're perfectly playable

Thanks

 

[The Real Jdbye]

It depends on the game. If the game doesn't rely on the touch screen that much or at all (Pokémon Games, Mario 3D Land) and such, they're perfectly playable

Pokemon games use the touch screen heavily in battles though?

 

[RobXcore]

Pokemon games use the touch screen heavily in battles though?

Yeah but you can still select the commands using the dpad or analog stick afaik.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Yeah but you can still select the commands using the dpad or analog stick afaik.

But you can't see them.

 

[placebo_yue]

it'd be cool to have the main screen on TV and the lower screen on a tablet or something else huh? but now that sounds more complicated.. and why the wii U didn't sell i guess.

 

[HideoKojima]

it'd be cool to have the main screen on TV and the lower screen on a tablet or something else huh? but now that sounds more complicated.. and why the wii U didn't sell i guess.

Exactly!

 

[Pikm]

You could use "extend this display" in Windows settings to have the bottom screen display on a monitor and the top screen display on the TV

 

[Moon164]

it'd be cool to have the main screen on TV and the lower screen on a tablet or something else huh? but now that sounds more complicated.. and why the wii U didn't sell i guess.

It's funny that that's exactly how I played Pokémon Soul Silver on Wii U.

Wii U is perfect for Pokémon, you have the game on TV while the entire menu and options are on the Wii U GamePad.

To be honest, I had a more comfortable experience playing on Wii U like this than playing on my Nintendo DS Lite.


The Wii U unfortunately does not have Citra (I think it is not strong enough to support the emulator) but if you have a New 3DS (unfortunately it doesn't work with the Old 3DS yet ) you can play 3DS on it, I just don't know if you can put the top screen on the TV and the bottom screen on the GamePad.

 

[HideoKojima]

It's funny that that's exactly how I played Pokémon Soul Silver on Wii U.

Wii U is perfect for Pokémon, you have the game on TV while the entire menu and options are on the Wii U GamePad.

To be honest, I had a more comfortable experience than playing on my Nintendo DS Lite.

The Wii U unfortunately does not have Citra (I think it is not strong enough to support the emulator) but if you have a New 3DS (unfortunately it doesn't work with the Old 3DS yet ) you can play 3DS on it, I just don't know if you can put the top screen on the TV and the bottom screen on the GamePad.

That's dope, would have tired it if I still had my Wii U and a 3DS haha.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

It's funny that that's exactly how I played Pokémon Soul Silver on Wii U.

Wii U is perfect for Pokémon, you have the game on TV while the entire menu and options are on the Wii U GamePad.

To be honest, I had a more comfortable experience than playing on my Nintendo DS Lite.

The Wii U unfortunately does not have Citra (I think it is not strong enough to support the emulator) but if you have a New 3DS (unfortunately it doesn't work with the Old 3DS yet ) you can play 3DS on it, I just don't know if you can put the top screen on the TV and the bottom screen on the GamePad.

Sadly NTR is a bit too slow to display both screens with good framerate. If you want good framerate on the top screen, the bottom screen is limited to only a few FPS (maybe 25 FPS on top screen and 5 on bottom), you can divide the frames equally between both, but it's not a good experience in my opinion. So usually only the top screen is used.