Nintendo 3DS

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Portable Game Console - Lifespan: 2011 - 2020

Nintendo 3DSWikipedia

Information

Emulators	citra azahar lime3ds mandarine libretro-citra bizhawk: encore
Games Location	📁 roms \ 📂 3ds
File extensions	.3ds .3dsx .elf .axf .cci .cxi .app .m3u .zip .7z .squashfs

System Features

Retroachievements	Netplay	Controller autoconfig
NO	NO	Citra: YES Azahar: YES Lime3DS: YES Mandarine: YES lr-citra: YES BizHawk: YES

BIOS

No BIOS required.

Controls

The following controllers can be autoconfigured from RetroBat in lime3ds/citra/mandarine standalone:

• XInput controllers

• Dualshock 4 and Dualsense controllers

• Nintendo Switch Pro controller

The 3DS has a touchpad that is difficult to emulate, the best way to use it is with a mouse connected.

With some emulators, it is possible to use the right joystick for the touchpad screen.

Standard control layout

The following option can be used to invert face buttons to match XBOX button names:

Touchscreen Management:

Depending on the emulator, the options hereunder can be used to simulate touchscreen movement with the right analog stick.

Citra, Lime3DS and Mandarine

Use the following option:

Option	Control layout
Without face button inverted
With face button inverted

Libretro-citra & BizHawk

Use the following option:

Option	Control layout
C-STICK AND TOUCHSCREEN POINTER (no inversion)
C-STICK AND TOUCHSCREEN POINTER (inversion)
TOUCHSCREEN POINTER (no inversion)
TOUCHSCREEN POINTER (inversion)
C-STICK	Same as standard layout

Specific System Information

Files location

Data	Path (relative to retrobat root path)
nand path	saves\3ds\<emulator>\nand
sdmc path	saves\3ds\<emulator>\sdmc
config file	emulators\<emulator>\user\config\qt-config.ini

Running installed apps

It is possible to use a .m3u file to run games that have been installed to the console NAND, the .m3u file must contain the full path to the .app file of the game.

Example of a game installed in the console NAND:

Create a shortcut to the desktop for the installed game (right-click):

On the windows desktop, right-click on the the shortcut to copy its path and paste it in a .txt file (only keep the last part which is the path to the installed app, without the ""):

Save the text file with the .m3u extension and place it in the roms\3ds folder:

Custom Textures

It is possible to launch Custom Texture packs with the Citra standalone Emulator and Lime3DS.

The texture pack needs to be placed in the \emulators\<emulator>\User\Load\Textures\<gameID> folder, example for Super Mario 3D Land:

When using the libretro core, textures must be placed in:

\saves\3ds\citra\Load\Textures\<gameID>

The name of the custom texture folder can be found by right-clicking on the game in the emulator and selecting "Open Custom Texture Location".

Once the custom texture pack is correctly named and placed, activate the CUSTOM TEXTURES setting.

Go to the View Options from the Citra System