• Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It did often feel like Nintendo specifically went for weird and quirky hardware to hinder emulation. The Wii had motion controls, the Wii U existed, and well, with the Switch, I’m sure their first-party titles still make use of things you can specifically do with the JoyCons…

    • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I feel like that’s just them trying to make their consoles stand out in the market rather than hinder emulation specifically

      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        A welcome side effect, but yeah.

        When i was playing phantom hourglass way back when, i had also been into emulation before that, and i kept thinking how much fun the touchscreen was to use and how i had no idea how it would ever be emulated.

        I guess now that smartphones are widespread hopefully it is easier to emulate ds touchscreens

  • GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    DS emulators can be a bit awkward. Not only is there this issue, but unless you’ve got a portrait oriented monitor it’s always gonna be an imperfect fit with the two “screens” stacked on top of each other.

    • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      If you’ve got a desk arm it’s pretty easy to go portrait and back, which was a great experience oddly. Although, I often just go window mode stacked because Pokemon White and DQ9 are grindy multitasker games.

      The bigger issue is the touch screen; that is when the tablet or phone works better and even then… Input lag can ruin your day.