Play Nintendo 3DS Games on PC using Citra Emulator

So you want to play all those addictive and entertaining 3DS games but don't wanna spend a handsome amount of money on it? You don't need to unless you have a potato PC, simply put. If your PC meets minimum requirements to run this emulator, you can play almost every 3DS game on your PC with your own preferred settings. 

It was rather disappointing at the very start when Pokémon Sun and Moon were about to hit the stores but were only accessible using a Nintendo 3DS Console. Citra, a 3DS Emulator, in its initial phase, experienced a lot of bugs and crashes when tested with Pokémon Sun and Moon ROMs. But fortunately, it was only a matter of time when everything was figured out by the developers and now we can play Pokémon Sun and Moon with quite decent FPS with almost no bugs. So all you need to make sure is that your PC meets the minimum specifications listed below:

A graphic chip that supports at least OpenGL 3.3

64-bit OS

In case you meet these minimum requirements and yet somehow experience a bit of lag, let me tell you, it's still in it's nightly phase. Give it time. But surely, it offers sufficient FPS to brand a game being played, playable. Another thing you'd wanna be sure about is that the ROM you're using, should be patched for Citra. So that's all there is to this. Download the emulator from the link given below and enjoy!

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How to Play:

Now after you've downloaded the emulator, extract it. Now you'll see an application named citra-qt. So all you need to do is, drag your downloaded ROM into that application and the game will start on it's own. Furthermore, you can change graphical settings and controls from the menu.