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The Nintendo 3DS Citra Emulator is getting real online functionality support a few months away of Nintendo shutting down online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U consoles. While this feature is still not available in CItra Nightly or Canary due to the developer team consulting with lawyers the legality of providing this kind of functionality, a fork has been made publicly available which allows connecing to Nintendo Network. Among other things, the following features are implemented:

• Managing friends, which includes getting a friend code that can be shared with real 3DS users.​
• Playing online in most games that support it, including with real 3DS users.​

However, keep in mind that some features such as NNID settings or miiverse are not available. Support for alternative networks such as Pretendo Network is claimed to be added in the future. Installation instructions are provided in the fork's release page.

Release page
Video showcasing Mario Kart 7 going online.

 

[DragonMals]

now i can finally play my 3ds games on the go!

LMFAO a sif the 3ds is a console lolololololol.

I can imagine some day that someone makes a 3ds/ds consolizer

 

[AkikoKumagara]

its only mk7 that would work online with this fork right? like if i boot anything else ti would error or id get banned right?

No. Check the original post again

 

[Ondrashek06]

How about fixing my issue in which I pinged you multiple times? I'm even willing to wire you money for the solution.

 

[codezer0]

Nintendo can't possibly send cease & desist letters to them now!

Just like with Sony v. Geohot, I dont think legality will stop Nintendo from trying to strongarm this into oblivion.

 

[DJPlace]

well this sucks i need a real 3DS to use this.... (sigh)

 

[SylverReZ]

well this sucks i need a real 3DS to use this.... (sigh)

You can buy a 2DS for cheap off Facebook Marketplace or eBay. I found one for around £30 even.

 

[Metoroid0]

isnt this a security risk?

 

[MochaMods]

This is all a psyop designed for us to try the multiplayer and expose the network of nintendo emulating users so they can sue every single one of us into $20M of damages

 

[Cerroz]

I have dreamt of this.

 

[ZeroFX]

due to the developer team consulting with lawyers the legality of providing this kind of functionality

In my land there's a name for this behavior.

 

[Mayo1990]

Small update but, the emulator does get banned after some time. However, neither of my 3DSes (can't recall which one I used to dump the files) has been banned.

 

[DJPlace]

maybe people should wait until nintendo shut's things down before trying this...

 

[RevenantSystem]

You don't dump a friend code, you dump the neccessary data so that citra creates a new friend code for you.

What should i do if I try to add my 3DS' friend card, with Citra and it says it's already been added? Also Citra's friend card does not actually have any numbers?

 

[PabloMK7]

What should i do if I try to add my 3DS' friend card, with Citra and it says it's already been added? Also Citra's friend card does not actually have any numbers?

You didn't enable LLE FRD.

 

[RevenantSystem]

You didn't enable LLE FRD.

What should I do, if this happens even with the LLE running? Because it has happened even with it enabled

Post automatically merged: Dec 4, 2023

What should I do, if this happens even with the LLE running? Because it has happened even with it enabled

Last time I tried it*

 

[PabloMK7]

What should I do, if this happens even with the LLE running? Because it has happened even with it enabled

Post automatically merged: Dec 4, 2023

Last time I tried it*

Download system titles again. If that doesn't help send the CItra log here.

 

[Kolina2901]

Do I need a Nintendo ID on my 3DS itself to dump it? Tried it both with one and without one (clearing it prior for something else) and it didn't make any real difference in dumping (crash on loading friends list)

 

[Radu13]

Is this still supported after they removal of yuzu and official citra?

 

[Fyrus]

Obviously not, there's probably still a way to use LAN connections or something but aside from that

 

[Radu13]

Obviously not, there's probably still a way to use LAN connections or something but aside from that

No? Pablomk7 is releasing more new Citra versions on his github, and it doesn't say if the online feature got removed or not...