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The Nintendo 3DS is an eighth-generation handheld game console by Nintendo, released on March 27, 2011 for ${{inflation|USD|249 ($280|2011}}.84 in 2018 money). It The original model and the 2DS had a Dualdual-Core core ARM11 MPCore at 268 MHz and a single-core ARM9. It had , 128MB of RAM and 6MB of VRAM. It has , and a DMP PICA200 GPU. The New 3DS and New 2DS XL models upgrade this to an 804 MHz quad-core ARM11 and 256MB of RAM, along with an extra pair of shoulder buttons and a right analogue stick. The most notable feature of this console is the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereoscopy autostereoscopic] (i.e. without glasses) 3D, which can be configured using a slider. This was omitted on the cost-reduced 2DS and New 2DS XL models, which was released due to eye health concerns with children whom Nintendo advised not to use the 3DS's stereoscopic mode (though it is speculated that said advisories were more for liability reasons in case of a health-related lawsuit).

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;[[Citra]]:An early in development open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator made by experienced emulator developers. It is considered The devs insist that it's still experimental, and it runs homebrew applications with a decent degree but as of mid-2019 around half of compatibility. Though it can play most commercial all games to some extent, the emulator has various graphical and sound are fully playable with minor or no issues with some games, and requires a very powerful CPU for most games to be playable. Citra is being regularly worked on, and progress [https://citra-emu.org/entry/announcing-citra-android/ An official Android version was released in it is faster than expected for most emulators. However, there's still no telling how long it will be before it is suitable for playing games to completionMay of 2020].

Citra currently can't emulate any of the 3DS''The Nintendo 3DS currently has no emulators that play all games with all s online features intactaside from LAN multiplayer.It also doesn''' This is mainly because for a long time the hardware was documented only sparinglyt have working New 3DS or stereoscopic 3D support, and homebrew code execution was hard to achieve. Nowadays, the hardware is better known and homebrew is although both features are being developed. Many games boot now, with a few even having no noticeable graphical issues. However, sound has not fully been implemented. This, along with other various issues, exist that make 3DS emulation not ready for prime time just yetworked on.

;NCSD-type: Includes '''.CCI''' (Citra CTR Cart Image), aka '''.3DS''' - data on physical carts, can be executed right off the bat, not used much since no one bothered to develop a CFW solution to load them yet (besides converting them to CIA) and only overpriced flashcarts (Gateway/Sky3DS) can load them.;NCCH-type: Includes '''.CIA''' (Citra CTR Importable Archive) and '''.CXI''' - installers that unpack game data to the SD card or the 3DS NAND memory. Some homebrew apps (FBI, DevMenu) can install CIA files on 3DS systems with CFW installed. Digital games are often distributed as CIAs.

*Note that CTR (Citrus, Citra, or CTR are ) is the internal code names for the 3DS.