I installed Ignited via SideStore. No Jailbreaking necessary. Not computer tether. SideStore can renew the side loaded emulator every 7 days when on WiFi. The iPhone is perfect for DS emulation with a stylus.

(Ignited is a fork of Delta with more options, and SideStore is a fork of AltStore, with no computer tether needed)

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I play on my Android phone and I honestly love being able to just install the APK once, or even just install the emulator from like the Play store.

Pokemon is like the perfect game to play on phones though, HG/SS is my fav Pokemon game in the series and it has a bunch of cool custom ROM versions too. Pokemon games just play so well on phones.

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The DS Zelda are also amazing. They don’t require any buttons to be played (except for L trigger to activate your tool faster) I created a full screen skin with no buttons just dual screens. Save load and home buttons at the bottom and it plays wonderfully.

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I just hate how you can’t easily trade from game to game to actually “collect em’ all”

The emulators I’ve tried made it very difficult

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try romhacks!

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Sounds like you need PokeMMO.

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I wish there was an updated homebrew app similar to pokemon bank. Or maybe something for retroachievements. What if retroachievements had a .jpeg cloud save that kept track of progress?

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trading available through this?

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What’s the best android emulator out there atm?

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DraStic is currently the best but MelonDS is very good too.

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Can you do that on Android?

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Yes. It’s even easier on Android. Look for RetroArch. It emulates a bunch of consoles.

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Thanks! But wow does its UI make my screen look much smaller than it is.

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If you’re only interested in a few consoles you could try dedicated emulators.

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Mypizzaboy is the best android emulator tbh

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If retroarch is too much you can try Lemuroid. Lemuroid is a much simpler emulation app with a more straightforward GUI. It doesn’t come anywhere near the features or number of cores of retroarch but it supports most common retro systems.

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You can change scaling in options gear > user interface > appearance > menu scale factor

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I don’t know how it works in RetroArch, with Delta/Ignited you can change the skin which also manages the size and position of the screens. I even designed custom skins to play full screen with no controls with Zelda since you don’t need the abxy and arrow buttons to play.

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Best Android app for emulating DS in my experience is DraStic.

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Can confirm. I played so many games on DRaStic over the last few years. Zero issues.

Of course, some games are not well suited to a full touch screen, especially if they require quick coordination of both stylus and D-Pad. They are relatively few though - most games work great.

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Only since like ten years ago.

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Nah. Closer to 15 years since emulation was possible on Android.

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HeartGold is retro? Fuck Im old

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DS is retro.

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inb4 3DS is retro.

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I play Pokemon via PokeMMo and I urge you to check it out! It’s available for desktop, mac, Android and iOS. You just need the roms of the games you want to play and then you create your character and choose your starting region.

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Can you explain more what it is? Unfortunately, I’m already using all 3 free apps so I can’t add it for now.

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Sure! It’s an app/game you download which uses the Roms of the different games to enable you to play Pokemon online with other players, but you don’t have to engage with them. You can also choose to just play each game as if you were offline and then transition into a new region after the top four, while having access to your pokemon from the old region. It’s a lot of fun, but the devs rebalanced the games a bit, which makes it a bit harder, but still fair :) Here’s the link where you can find more information: https://pokemmo.com/en/

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Can also vouch for pokemmo, it’s like Pokémon but better. Global trade market, large playerbase, slightly more difficult than traditional Pokémon games, travel between kanto, johto, hoenn and unova as the same character (fire red/leaf green, heartgold/soulsilver, emerald, black/white)

It truly is the Pokémon game Nintendo will never make and I’ll never go back to playing the normal games, it’s that good.

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TL:DC

Paid or you have to use a PC

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Holy fuck this gave me a nostalgia hit as strong as a freight train

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