Right now, there are no downloads available for Mikage but in the future, it will be purchasable from the Play Store meaning that it won’t be free.

In the more distant future, going beyond game emulation by adding support for applets like the Mii Maker as well as the Home Menu.

With the above two points, he claims that Mikage will run at reasonable frame rates.

Implementing a fully functional Vulkan renderer which will be used for GPU acceleration.

Continuing his work on the ARM64 JIT compiler he’s developing which will surely grant the emulator huge performance boosts.

Unlike some Android emulators, neobrain is also focusing on polishing his emulator and one of the things he’s done is create a nice UI for itĪs Mikage is nowhere near finished, neobrain has laid out a rough plan of what he intends to do with emulator and this includes: What’s promised in the future? How do I get it? Furthermore, homebrew is also supported with 3DSCraft and some demo homebrew shown up and running here.Īs of right now, the emulator is still in early stages but in the FAQ, neobrain promises that in the coming months, performance and compatibility will be greatly improved and in about a year, “any game you throw at Mikage will work more likely than not” which, in my opinion, is a pretty big claim that I’m not willing to bet on but time will tell. While Nintendo 3DS emulation on a portable device might sound like an unattainable feat, very promising results have already been achieved with some commercial games such as The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D and Retro City Rampage already running albeit with presumably slow performance. For those doubting the legitimacy of its author, he provided ample proof that he’s the real deal in his announcement as he’s not only one of Citra’s (3DS emulator) original authors but has also done various contributions to PPSSPP (PSP emulator) and Dolphin (Game Cube/Wii emulator).

Mikage is a Nintendo 3DS emulator specifically designed for Android developed by neobrain, work on which started in 2016 but was only announced hours ago.

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