Homebrew How to emulate DS and 3DS games on the Wii U?

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Emulate half the Wii's games or DS's games?
The Wii's DS emulator is roughly on par with the PSP's DS emulator. Probably says enough.
 

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The Wii and the DS family don't share CPU architecture. This is why the PSP can do N64 better than a 3DS or even most Rasberry Pi models. MIPS vs ARM vs PowerPC CPUs...
 

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What do you mean this thread was viewed over 1000 times?

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Anyway can the Wii U can run a GBA and DS emulator?
 

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Only the Wii could be weaker than a handheld released before it was out.

The PS2 could probably emulate half its games.
The Wii isn't weaker than the DS at all. Emulating a different architecture requires power that's several orders of magnitude larger than the target system. There used to be a thumb rule of 10 times, but nowadays it can be even higher. If the architecture is the same, however, it's nowhere near as much.
 

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I'm not sure there will ever be a console that emulates 3DS. Especially if the pattern continues of only Nintendo's consoles get hacked and not Sony/MS. Maybe Switch 2 will get hacked and be capable of running Citra.
 

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I'm not sure there will ever be a console that emulates 3DS. Especially if the pattern continues of only Nintendo's consoles get hacked and not Sony/MS. Maybe Switch 2 will get hacked and be capable of running Citra.
I'm not sure what makes you say this when the PSP, Vita, PS3, and PS4 are all cracked wide open.
 

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I'm not sure what makes you say this when the PSP, Vita, PS3, and PS4 are all cracked wide open.


And yet nothing even close to a 3DS emulator on any of them so your point?

Also PS4 cracked wide open or no hack since 5.05 don't quite seem the same thing, no?
 
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