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Rewriting this page to get rid of all the misinfo on GG titles, AND to make it less confusing and all over the place.

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-A '''Virtual Console''' (VC) title is an official way that Nintendo has provided to play versions of older games on the 3DS. These Virtual Console games appear as individual icons on the HOME Menu.
+A '''Virtual Console''' (VC) title is an official way Nintendo provided to play older games on the 3DS hardware. These Virtual Console games appear as individual icons on the HOME Menu.
-<br>Most of these titles leverage off of Nintendo-made emulators, and some of them offer additional functionality like savestates, fast-forward, or perfect-pixel mode (playing at the game's original aspect ratio, with blur removed).
+<br>Most of these titles leverage off of Nintendo-made emulators, and some of them offer additional functionality like Savestates, Suspend Points, or Perfect-Pixel mode (playing at the game's original aspect ratio, with blur removed).
 == Creating VC injects ==
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 == Feature overview by console ==
-=== Game Boy Advance ===
-{{hatnote|1=Main page: [[3DS:GBA games]]}}
-Game Boy Advance VC games run natively by leveraging the AGB_FIRM, software built into all models of the Nintendo 3DS that allows for native playback. The AGB_FIRM was only officially used as part of the initial Ambassador Program, but is compatible with all GBA games.
-As they run natively, VC injects for these games do not have any extra features such as savestates or fast-forwarding.
-As they are ran via native playback, all external programs will not work while playing a GBA VC game. This means remapping buttons, [[3DS:STREAM|streaming]], [[3DS:IR|use of external controllers]], etc. are not possible in this mode.
-Pressing certain keycombos in these games will create unique effects, as follows:
-* Holding {{B|START}} while booting into the game will enable pixel-perfect mode until the next time you launch it.
-* If you press HOME but do not press A, holding {{B|START}} and pressing on the D-Pad in this menu will manage the screen's backlight.
-** {{B|D-PAD UP}} and {{B|D-PAD DOWN}} increase/decrease brightness, respectively.
-** {{B|D-PAD LEFT}} and {{B|D-PAD RIGHT}} disable/enable power-saving mode, respectively.
 === NES & Famicom Disk System / Game Boy / Game Boy Color ===
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 They allow the use of a single savestate, the ability to reset the game at any time, and the ability to activate or deactivate perfect-pixel mode at any time.
-SNES VCs can only be used on New 3DS, as Nintendo's official SNES emulator is heavily unoptimized. If you have an old 3DS, see [[3DS:Emulators#Super NES|Snes9x]] instead.
+SNES Virtual Console titles can only be used on New 3DS, as Nintendo's official SNES emulator is heavily unoptimized. If you have an Old 3DS, see [[3DS:Emulators#Super NES|Snes9x]] instead.
+=== Game Boy Advance ===
+{{hatnote|1=Main page: [[3DS:GBA games]]}}
+Game Boy Advance Virtual Console titles run natively by leveraging the AGB_FIRM software thats built into all models of the Nintendo 3DS, this allows for native playback of most if not all GBA titles. The AGB_FIRM was only officially used as part of the initial Ambassador Program, but is compatible with all GBA games.
+As they run natively, Injections for these games do not have any extra features such as Savestates or Suspend Points. This also means that button remapping, [[3DS:STREAM|streaming]], or [[3DS:IR|use of external controllers]] are also not possible, due to AGB_FIRM being an internal native program, rendering all external 3DS programs unusable while its being used.
+Pressing certain keycombos in these games will create unique effects, as follows:
+* Holding {{B|START}} or {{B|SELECT}} while booting into the game will enable pixel-perfect mode until the next time you launch it.
+* If you press HOME but do not press A, holding {{B|START}} and pressing on the D-Pad in this menu will manage the screen's backlight.
+** {{B|D-PAD UP}} and {{B|D-PAD DOWN}} will increase/decrease the brightness, respectively.
+** {{B|D-PAD LEFT}} and {{B|D-PAD RIGHT}} will disable/enable power-saving mode, respectively.
 === Game Gear ===
-Game Gear VC injects use a unique front-end that is similar in visual style to that of the SNES emulator.
+Game Gear Virtual Console titles use a unique front-end compared to the other consoles in 3DS Virtual Console.
-They allow the use of a single savestate, turbo binds, the ability to reset the game at any time, the ability to remap buttons freely, and the ability to alter various graphical settings or the game's overall performance.
+These VC titles allow the use of a Single Savestate, Turbo Binding, the ability to freely remap buttons, and the ability to alter various graphical settings or the game's overall performance.