TyRaNtM said:
I also think that 3DS is emulating DS rather than downgrading to be a DS.
If you check another Nintendo's consoles in the past with backward compatibility, they used hardware emulation:
- GBA games in DS: GBA games runs in DS like a GBA. You can only play with the buttons that a GBA have.
- GC games in Wii: GC games runs in Wii like a GC. You can only play with the buttons that the GC have (and only with the same GC controller, not Wiimote).
uhhmm..lol, ure really wrong.
The Wii could never emulate the GC, its just downgrade itself, as its almost the same hardware, with higher clockspeed and some new stuff.
Same for the GBA modus using the DS. Its just downgrading, the DS could very very hardly emulate the GBA.
Imagine it like a sandbox on ur PC, its just giving -less rights- to Games, which use the GBA or GC Mode.
About DS mode on 3DS, in my opinion it will be the same, but maybe Im wrong here, as we almost know nothing about its real specs.