Citra used to be the top Nintendo 3DS emulator for PC. However, Citra was canceled after Nintendo shut down Yuzu. After all, the team responsible for it was the same that was working on Yuzu. Luckily, though, a new emulator called Lime has emerged from Citra’s ashes. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
According to its description, Lime is the world’s most popular, open-source, Nintendo 3DS emulator. The emulator is written in C++ with portability in mind. Right now, builds are actively maintained for Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS. So yes, you can use it to turn your mobile into a 3DS console.
From the looks of it, this is a fork of Citra. As such, it will run all the games that were compatible with it. It will also inherit the problems and issues that the latest build of Citra had.
Basically, Lime is similar to what Nuzu and Suzu are to Yuzu. And yes, you can download it as we speak. All you have to do is head over at its GitHub page.
In similar news, Citra Enhanced will be rebranded with a new name, Lemonade. Lime and Lemonade seem quite similar, so I don’t know whether there is a connection between Gamer64 and RyzenDew. As Gamer64 claimed, the first release of Lemonade may take some time.
So there you have it. A new Citra-based Nintendo 3DS emulator is already available, and another one will be coming soon. And, in all honesty, this was to be expected.
Let’s now hope that the teams behind them won’t make the same mistakes that the Yuzu team did. Not only that, but it will be also interesting to see Nintendo’s reaction. Will it continue hunting down these emulators? Or will it give up?
Stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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