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{{hatnote|~~This page refers to emulators and other software that can be used to run non-3DS software on a Nintendo~~ 3DS. For ~~emulators of the Nintendo 3DS itself~~, see ~~(undetermined article name)~~.}}

{{hatnote|3DS:EMU redirects here. For EmuNAND, see [[3DS:EmuNAND and RedNAND]].}}

An '''emulator''' is a piece of software that uses computing power to simulate another device, such as a video game console or a personal computer. As a general guideline, the original Nintendo 3DS is capable of emulating most popular home consoles up to around the {{iw|wikipedia|fourth generation of video game consoles}} (the SNES/Genesis era), while the New Nintendo 3DS series is (just barely) capable of emulating some of the {{iw|wikipedia|fifth generation of video game consoles|fifth generation}} (the N64/PS1 era).

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	{{hatnote\|~~This page refers to emulators and other software that can be used to run non-3DS software on a Nintendo~~ 3DS. For ~~emulators of the Nintendo 3DS itself~~, see ~~(undetermined article name)~~.}}		{{hatnote\|3DS:EMU redirects here. For EmuNAND, see [[3DS:EmuNAND and RedNAND]].}}

	An '''emulator''' is a piece of software that uses computing power to simulate another device, such as a video game console or a personal computer. As a general guideline, the original Nintendo 3DS is capable of emulating most popular home consoles up to around the {{iw\|wikipedia\|fourth generation of video game consoles}} (the SNES/Genesis era), while the New Nintendo 3DS series is (just barely) capable of emulating some of the {{iw\|wikipedia\|fifth generation of video game consoles\|fifth generation}} (the N64/PS1 era).		An '''emulator''' is a piece of software that uses computing power to simulate another device, such as a video game console or a personal computer. As a general guideline, the original Nintendo 3DS is capable of emulating most popular home consoles up to around the {{iw\|wikipedia\|fourth generation of video game consoles}} (the SNES/Genesis era), while the New Nintendo 3DS series is (just barely) capable of emulating some of the {{iw\|wikipedia\|fifth generation of video game consoles\|fifth generation}} (the N64/PS1 era).