Nintendo DS Emulator

[YouSuckDude]

is there a nintendo DS emulator for iphone? i saw the new Golden Sun is out and i'm dying to play it...

[MystikSun]

Nope, and I doubt there ever will be. Two screens a little larger than the iPhone/iPod Touchs' =/= One iPhone/iPod Touch screen.

[YouSuckDude]

Nope, and I doubt there ever will be. Two screens a little larger than the iPhone/iPod Touchs' =/= One iPhone/iPod Touch screen.

dang :(

[fallenashes]

Then again, if you could use Bluetooth to link two iTouches......hehehe

It would be a good way to use your old iDevices though.

[coconutbowling]

Then again, if you could use Bluetooth to link two iTouches......hehehe

It would be a good way to use your old iDevices though.

That would be the most impractical awesome thing ever

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[Ipadboy]

Nope, and I doubt there ever will be. Two screens a little larger than the iPhone/iPod Touchs' =/= One iPhone/iPod Touch screen.

Its called the "Ipad"- And im sure there will be a ds emulator. Its not that hard to play games that only require the stylus, or just buy gamebone or any other pad/wiimote

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for example as a ds on iphone game

[Borgqueenx]

forget this dream. it wont work for any portable device....
this is something for future mobile phones and handhelds.
maby in a year we have a ds emulator with descent FPS on a psp phone or iphone5...

[lepeos]

http://www.zodttd.com/wp/2010/07/any-possibility-of-a-ds-emulator-for-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch-any-time-soon/

[LBG]

http://www.zodttd.com/wp/2010/07/any-possibility-of-a-ds-emulator-for-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch-any-time-soon/

Wow, that's pretty big news, I hope it comes out soon. I'm not quite sure how well the controls would work, but it should still be good.

[coconutbowling]

forget this dream. it wont work for any portable device....
this is something for future mobile phones and handhelds.
maby in a year we have a ds emulator with descent FPS on a psp phone or iphone5...

REJECTED!!!

Anyways, about the format, I like the idea of a full screen with a button to switch between the two. Also I just remembered that the 4th gen idevices have retina so even if it was portrait, it could possibly be at standard resolution.

[Borgqueenx]

Wow, that's pretty big news, I hope it comes out soon. I'm not quite sure how well the controls would work, but it should still be good.

Since july....
And we have not heard any news since.
It is to hard people. Full 3d games will NOT be playable...

[DopyG]

Professor Layton is not 3D :-)

[Shanatenay]

Some of the games that don't require viewing both screens simultaneously might work.
New Super Mario Bros. and the Castlevanias could work with a screen swapping button.

The only reason I'd be surprised to see it on ios is that the PC DS emulators still aren't quite up there yet in terms of speed. Then again computers have Windows and what-not running in the background.

Sure would be cool though. I'm already begging Griptonite Games to port Shattered Dimensions DS onto the iphone.

While I'm wishing it'd be sweet if Konami would port any of the Castlevania DS games to the iphone. Gameplay on them only takes place on one screen and I'm sure they'd sell like hotcakes with all the Castlevania fans out there.

I know there'd be some control issues, but I'd suffer through them and pay top price and it's not like they'd have to create the games from scratch.

[slayerzack1]

there well never be a nintendo ds emulator for the iphone and it be would dumb

[Paradiso]

There will never be an official one on the app store. Ever.

Cydia may get one someday, but don't hold your breath.

I have fun playing earthbound on my iPad with a wii remote :)

[Shanatenay]

Ports of non-nintendo games from the DS are possible though since they did that with Assassin's Creed 2.

[Borgqueenx]

Ports of non-nintendo games from the DS are possible though since they did that with Assassin's Creed 2.

Yes, but that doesnt mean emulation is possible.

[kralle777]

The best thing is to buy the DS und support the developers by buying their games. Sure, the games are not cheap but they are totally worth the money. I've never seen anything as good and long as the Pokémon or Zelda Games on the iDevice's.
I hope that there never will be an DS emulator for Apples Devices. There are too many people who are pirating the games for Nintendo consoles and that's sad. :(

[NaFF]

Some of the games that don't require viewing both screens simultaneously might work.
New Super Mario Bros. and the Castlevanias could work with a screen swapping button.

The only reason I'd be surprised to see it on ios is that the PC DS emulators still aren't quite up there yet in terms of speed. Then again computers have Windows and what-not running in the background.


Nope, DS emulation on PC is full speed. They even got Nintendo Wi-fi working for some time, then nintendo blocked it. You just have to get the newer builds, and adjust it to your machine.

[Shanatenay]

Yes, but that doesnt mean emulation is possible.

True. What I meant was that's another possible way for us to see DS games on the Iphone, that's all.
Well non-Nintendo games at least.

The best thing is to buy the DS und support the developers by buying their games. Sure, the games are not cheap but they are totally worth the money. I've never seen anything as good and long as the Pokémon or Zelda Games on the iDevice's.
I hope that there never will be an DS emulator for Apples Devices. There are too many people who are pirating the games for Nintendo consoles and that's sad. :(

I have a DSI and actually own the games I'd want to play on an emulator. The reason I'd want to play them on an emulator as opposed to the actual system is to be able to see them in higher resolution and with texture filtering.
I know it's nitpicky, but I don't like the playstation unfiltered look.

That's the same reason I'll mess with some of my Wii games on the Dolphin emulator. You can bump up the resolution really high and see what it would look like if the Wii supported 1080.

Nope, DS emulation on PC is full speed. They even got Nintendo Wi-fi working for some time, then nintendo blocked it. You just have to get the newer builds, and adjust it to your machine.

Oh alright It's been a little while since I checked out newer builds. Last time I tried New Super Mario Bros ran alright, but Order of Ecclesia didn't run well.

[Stirolak26]

The best thing is to buy the DS und support the developers by buying their games. Sure, the games are not cheap but they are totally worth the money. I've never seen anything as good and long as the Pokémon or Zelda Games on the iDevice's.
I hope that there never will be an DS emulator for Apples Devices. There are too many people who are pirating the games for Nintendo consoles and that's sad. :(

Nintendo ga es are too expnsive and they keep them full priced lojg after launch. Look how much all wii first party games still go for. Who wants to pay 30 bucks for a ds game in this day and age when there are better ios games out for a buck? Look at aralon. The ds has nothing on or like it and its only seven bucks. Or look at real racing 2. What sim like games dos the ds have? Or look at gamelofts recent lineup. And if u dont like ios just compare the ds game prices to recent steam sales like the indy game paxk with and yet it moves included for five bucks.

[NaFF]

Oh alright It's been a little while since I checked out newer builds. Last time I tried New Super Mario Bros ran alright, but Order of Ecclesia didn't run well.

Go check it :)
I finished Order of Ecclesia on the emulator, its a pretty good game.

[Shanatenay]

Go check it :)
I finished Order of Ecclesia on the emulator, its a pretty good game.

Thanks I will. I'd love to see konami spritework like that (or dawn of sorrow) on a castlevania platformer for iPhone.

[sikander]

Thats a great news. Curios to get this .

[Curleh Mustache]

It could work on the iPad due to the big screen.

[sikander]

I feel ipad is too big to carry . It doesnot fit into your pocket , so how else i can carry it easily ? Its same as laptop .

[pka4916]

there is a DS Emu for the Andriod... I hope there will be an Ipad version soon

[MrThreeCats]

I don't think it would ever work. You'd have to make room for the buttons and the touch screen. And the DS uses a stylus for a reason, most games require precision with the touch screen when playing. Can't exactly let your thumb get in the way when you're playing games like Trauma Center.

[SkyMuffin]

Just get an old DS for fifty and a flashcart for twenty. Problem solved.

edit: Also, you won't have the inevitable slow framerates that will come from emulating (just look at the PSX emu)...and you won't have any of the screen space issues as described in the post above.

[slayerzack1]

why the hell would you want a ds emulator on the ipad go buy a nintendo 3Ds

it's so much better

[MystikSun]

why the hell would you want a ds emulator on the ipad go buy a nintendo 3Ds

it's so much betterwhy the hell would you want a game boy emulator on the ipad go buy a gameboy Sp

it's so much better