Does Nintendo expect us to believe this?

[DoomDash]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-why-snes-games-will-only-run-on-new-3ds.aspx

Seriously? Hacked 3DS's are already using actual emulators for SNES among other things.....

 

[Ventus]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-why-snes-games-will-only-run-on-new-3ds.aspx

Seriously? Hacked 3DS's are already using actual emulators for SNES among other things.....

>actual emulators for SNES
Enjoy your half working, half black screening library ""hacker"". :^)

Seriously, 3DS is too damn slow. n3DS is the way to go, hacker or legit.

 

[Emma]

It's not the first time that Nintendo has made false claims like this. Last big one was when they claimed that the DS and DS lite simply didn't have the hardware to run GB and GBC games even though modders who were able to get the cartridges inserted anyway found they ran just fine like they did on a GBA. At the time it was clearly an excuse to keep selling GBAs, which stayed on the market for a while. And in this case it's the exact same thing, a blatant lie meant to just boost sales of the New 3DS.

 

[DoomDash]

3DS original could emulate SNES in it's sleep. PSP could emulate SNES in its sleep. There is 0 reason they are not working on 3DS besides wanting people to switch to the NEW 3DS.

 

[Jamie]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-why-snes-games-will-only-run-on-new-3ds.aspx

Seriously? Hacked 3DS's are already using actual emulators for SNES among other things.....

You can almost emulate the SNES on a regular DS. They are full of ****.

 

[Kylo Ken]

My old, knock-off, generic phone can emulate ALTTP flawlessly. Older 3DS models definitely can handle it.

 

[Dan]

3DS original could emulate SNES in it's sleep. PSP could emulate SNES in its sleep. There is 0 reason they are not working on 3DS besides wanting people to switch to the NEW 3DS.

I'm not sure if that's strictly true. True many devices can emulate an old console to a certain degree, I remember the PSP struggled emulating some SNES games, slow downs for certain games occurred. I was using a first model PSP if it makes any difference. Software also matters, perhaps the snes emulator for PSP hadn't been perfected yet.

 

[Jamie]

I'm not sure if that's strictly true. True many devices can emulate an old console to a certain degree, I remember the PSP struggled emulating some SNES games, slow downs for certain games occurred. I was using a first model PSP if it makes any difference. Software also matters, perhaps the snes emulator for PSP hadn't been perfected yet.

They already know the 3DS can emulate SNES games sufficely because people have done it.

 

[DoomDash]

I'm not sure if that's strictly true. True many devices can emulate an old console to a certain degree, I remember the PSP struggled emulating some SNES games, slow downs for certain games occurred. I was using a first model PSP if it makes any difference. Software also matters, perhaps the snes emulator for PSP hadn't been perfected yet.

I never experienced any slow down with any of mine, if anything some games ran too fast. You probably were using an early build. You could also overclock 1000's.. anyway, and 3DS is way way more powerful than PSP.

 

[Dan]

They already know the 3DS can emulate SNES games sufficely because people have done it.

Did not know that... er may have to look into some home brew stuff now...

 

[Mellow Ezlo]

A friend of mine was playing super Mario world on his psp in 8th grade. I call shenanigans.

 

[DoomDash]

Did not know that... er may have to look into some home brew stuff now...

I just bought a 3DS for this reason (after selling my previous one). Hyrule Edition, you could get one for $150 the other day.

 

[Terminus]

Wow, Nintendo is full of ****? What a contrived way to kill off the old 3DS.

 

[Deleted member 14134]

It's just a way to try to get people to buy the new 3DS. I won't be surprised if Nintendo soon announces that the old 3DS will be obsolete with all future games.

 

[A Link In Time]

I doubt Nintendo willingly left so much money on the table by not giving the original 3DS SNES VC support. It's probably a result of their programmers being incompetent. Though the greatest irony in all of this is that old games are the New 3DS's strongest selling points. First there was Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, then the special Pokémon 20th Anniversary New 3DS models, and now SNES games on Virtual Console.