There is a new emulator in town, and it is the first of its kind. It offers gamers the Nintendo 3DS emulator experience on the iOS platforms, expanding the retro experience even more. The new emulator is called Folium, and while the 3DS is the featured experience here, it can also play Nintendo's Game Boy and DS console games.
The App Store's latest emulator, which was updated to deliver the 3DS experience, is limited to Nintendo retro console experiences, unlike others that deliver the likes of PlayStation.
Apple App Store Adds Nintendo 3DS Emulator with Folium
The Apple App Store's newly launched emulator app has recently been updated. Folium offers its "biggest update yet" in this version, which allows it to play Nintendo 3DS. Jarrod Norwell developed this emulator, a multi-Apple platform app available to play on the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.
Folium is the first and only emulator on the Apple App Store currently offering the Nintendo 3DS emulation experience. It requires iOS 15.0 for the iPhone and iPad, macOS 12 for the Mac, and visionOS 1.0 for the Vision Pro.
Folium with 3DS Emulation Has a Catch
According to 9to5Mac, there is a catch, as third-party apps on iOS do not have JIT (Just-in-Time) compilation support, and this means there will be reduced performance, with the best possible experience available on the iPhone 15 Pro and latest iPad releases.
On the other hand, Folium is not a free app to download on the Apple platforms, and it is available on the App Store for $2.99.
Apple App Store Emulators
April marked a new era for Apple as it finally allowed the arrival of iOS emulators for users to download and emulator developers to register their apps to the Apple App Store for approval. It was a massive move for Apple, but it was initially perceived as an EU exclusive since this was when Apple was making changes for the DMA, yet it was made available to the world.
The first emulator to land on the App Store (and last since its listing) was the Delta emulator from Riley Testut, the renowned developer who also created the GBA4iOS platform, popular for jailbreakers. Delta was the legitimate iOS emulator app that first made its mark after Bimmy, but with Testut's development, it also allowed DS, NES, SNES, N64, and SEGA Genesis.
Apple's growth in a few short months was highlighted by its decision to allow emulators to be available on the App Store, making way for a new experience to enjoy on the iOS platforms. Emulators are slowly expanding from the GBA, the most common console to emulate, down to the DS, PSP, and more, with the latest from Folium adding 3DS for the first time.
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