While the Nintendo 3DS is over 9 years old, emulating it with good results still requires pretty modern hardware and as a result, Citra’s team have set their port’s requirements quite high.
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The release post, linked below, mentions in significant detail the work that went into Citra for Android with some of the port’s main features being: However, this interest from the community prompted some of Citra’s main developers to start working on Android port themselves and after 2 years, an official port has landed!
Obviously, this unofficial port was pretty rough around the edges as it had performance issues and a UI that left quite a bit to be desired but it kindled a good deal of interest from the emulation community despite Citra’s team not supporting it.
Citra for Android is finally here so that you can play Mario Kart 7, Animal Crossing: New Leaf and many other titles on your smartphone!įurthermore, none of the core team’s members had any experience when it came to Android development which further pushed the idea of a mobile port down the line but then, in 2018, things started to change as developer SachinVin managed to create a functional Citra port for Android!