Can you speedrun virtual console games on the 3ds
7 years ago
United States

I wanted to start speedrunning but i don't have any of the old consoles and I wanted to know if I can use my 3ds instead of downloading an emulator. The games I plan on running are the legend of zelda and the gen 1 pokemon games. My main question was if you could do all the glitches on the 3ds as you would on an emulator or console?

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Antarctica

As far as I know, yes. Whether or not the 3DS virtual console is accepted on the LBs for those games is another story. Looking at the Zelda 1 LBs, I see Wii VC is accepted but nothing on the 3DS VC. You'll want to check with the LB mods about that version before doing runs to make sure they are allowed (or find out why they would be disallowed).

Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
7 years ago

Super Mario 3 doesn't allow VC for the full-on any% category (7-1 wrong warp). I don't remember why, but I don't think it's elitism as VC is allowed for all other categories.

Pennsylvania, USA

I don't think the prospect of speedrunning on 3ds VC has really gotten around to the communities yet, since it's a much more painstaking procedure to setup for run capturing and it being a hand held console and such.

By all means use it to speedrun, you would be opening the doors to others who want to speedrun on 3ds VC but don't have the support or courage to try it first!