The Nintendo 3DS is 10 years old. This is the legacy it left behind.
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I would just like to take a moment to tell you that this project was cursed.
The fact that I was able to get this video out at all is a blessing.
This is a sequel to a video I made in June 2020 called Please insert a disc, where I showcased Wii banners.
I started hypothesizing about what could come next, and doing a video on Nintendo 3DS banners seemed like the logical next step.
About a month after working on the original video, I started planning for the 3DS video. Little did I know the amount of work it would take (and the money I would have to spend) to make this idea happen.
Emulation was a no-go, because Citra’s Home Menu emulation is very poor and very unstable, to say the least. I even tried vvctre, another 3DS emulator, in which the Home Menu support was better, but I couldn’t get a solid 60FPS out of it. And even if I could, installed titles wouldn’t show up on the Home Menu, s