3DS:GBA games/es

La Nintendo 3DS puede ejecutar juegos de GBA mediante varios métodos, ambos nativamente y mediante emulación.

Comparación de métodos

En orden de más a menos recomendado.

open_agb_firm

Main page: 3DS:open_agb_firm

• Corre nativamente, no mediante emulación (alta compatibilidad, pero sin trampas, avance rápido, etc)
  • Soporta el reloj en tiempo real para Pokémon, pero no la cámara o el acelerómetro
• Debe ser iniciado desde chainloader (al mantener START en el encendido), como GodMode9
  • Esto si permite ejecutarlo más rápido que los injects si tu sistema está apagado.
• Tiene un explorador de archivos que te permite seleccionar una ROM
• Permite el remapeo de botones (incluyendo el pad circular y la pantalla táctil, pero no el L2/R2 de la New 3DS)
• El brillo puede ser ajustado mientras estas en el juego
• Permite el parcheado de ROMs automático
• El streaming, Menú Home de 3DS, etc son inaccesibles mientras un juego se está ejecutando
• Saves are stored on SD card and easy to manage
• Lacks a user interface for configuring settings (a text editor must be used to change the config file)
• Still under active development

Virtual Console (VC) injects

Main page: 3DS:Virtual Console

• Run natively, not via emulation (same caveats as above)
• Must manually be created using a PC program (Windows-only, closed-source and abandoned by dev)
• Each game has its own separate icon on the HOME Menu
• No button remapping
• No adjustable brightness
• No automatic ROM patching
• Streaming, 3DS HOME Menu, etc. are inaccessible while a game is running
• Saves are stored in NAND and are difficult to backup and restore (requires GodMode9 and multiple reboots for each save)

mGBA

• A full emulator, which means that it has fast-forward, cheats, save states
• Performance isn't perfect, especially on old 3DS
• Not compatible with all games, but may have higher compatibility with ROM hacks that are not designed to run on actual GBA hardware
• Runs in 3DS mode, so you can stream it or use the HOME Menu while it's running
• Supports button remapping
• Has a ROM picker
• Saves are stored on SD card and easy to manage
• Supports additional hardware features, such as accelerometer (for WarioWare: Twisted!) and camera (for Game Boy Camera)

GBARunner2

• A middle-ground between emulation and native
  • it's basically the worst of both worlds, still no emulator features, but some games are incompatible or have issues
• Included with TWiLightMenu++
• Has a ROM picker
• Streaming, 3DS HOME Menu, etc. are inaccessible while a game is running
• Saves are stored on SD card and easy to manage

Overview table

Feature	open_agb_firm	VC Injects	mGBA	GBARunner2
Games run natively	✓	✓	✗	△
Runs full speed on Old 3DS	✓	✓	✗	✓
Retail game compatibility	✓	✓	△	△
Homebrew/ROM hack compatibility (For things not intended to run on official hardware)	△	△	✓	△
Runs from HOME Menu	✗	✓	✓	✓
Drag-and-drop / ROM picker	✓	✗	✓	✓
Cheats, fast-forwarding, save states	✗	✗	✓	✗
Motion sensor support	✗	✗	✓	✗
Easy save file access from SD	✓	✗	✓	✓
Wireless streaming via NTR (New 3DS only)	✗	✗	✓	✗
Under active development	✓	✗	✓	?