As I understand it, DS games consume less power than 3DS games, and GBA games consume less power than DS games. Which means, if I want to use my 3DS for the longest possible time, I should go with a GBA virtual console game. Is this understanding correct?
But, compared to all these ways of playing games on the 3DS, just how battery consuming are homebrew applications and emulators? Would an NES emulator (say, VirtuaNES, for example) consume the same amount of power as a 3DS game? What about SNES9x, PicoDrive, and other emulators? How much battery do they consume? If this is the case, would an NES virtual console be preferred for saving battery, compared to using VirtuaNES?
But, compared to all these ways of playing games on the 3DS, just how battery consuming are homebrew applications and emulators? Would an NES emulator (say, VirtuaNES, for example) consume the same amount of power as a 3DS game? What about SNES9x, PicoDrive, and other emulators? How much battery do they consume? If this is the case, would an NES virtual console be preferred for saving battery, compared to using VirtuaNES?
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