Computer and mobile games are good, but console gaming has a league of its own. You power up and start playing straight away.

But don’t worry because you can use the Nintendo 3DS emulator to play the games on PC and phones. They have improved in the last couple of years and you can play hundreds of games without glitches.

Linkboy is the successor to the popular My Boy! GBA Emulator on Android, but you might want to hold off on switching over for now.

Nintendo lawyer Koji Nishiura describes what may make an emulator illegal, according to Nintendo. If an emulator directly gives away Nintendo's own software, it could cross legal grounds.

However, when you play the same game on your own PC or phone, using an emulator that Nintendo doesn’t own ... and they may not even be a market for retro gaming handhelds.

Finally, there are modern consoles like the Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck, that allow you to emulate and play retro games. These are great if you don’t mind losing that retro feel, as they also allow ...

The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights. They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted ...

A 58-year-old man from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, was arrested for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles designed to play pirated games. According to Japanese media, this marks ...

2024 was a big year for Nintendo's emulator takedowns, with the likes of Yuzu and Ryujinx both biting the dust after facing the company's wrath. Now, at a recent lecture hosted by Japan’s ...