Is it legal to use Citra?

Is it legal to use Citra?

Long answer: Downloading commercial games is illegal and thus strongly frowned upon by the Citra developers. To prevent legal issues, this includes gray areas like downloading games which you purchased earlier. ... On the other hand, copying a friend's game dump is considered illegal.

Can Citra play CIA games?

Currently, Citra is able to install (decrypted) CIAs easily. Make sure that you have copied over your system archives from a 3DS. On the menu bar, choose File > Install CIA.

Can you play online using Citra?

Citra's multiplayer feature has the ability to emulate local wireless multiplayer over the Internet. While on a real 3DS you'd be limited to the people in your immediate vicinity, Citra boasts a complex server/client infrastructure that forwards a game's wireless communication across the internet.

What does CIA mean for ROMs?

CIA stands for CTR Importable Archive. This format allows the installation of titles to the 3DS. CIA files and titles on Nintendo's CDN contain identical data. As a consequence, valid CIA files can be generated from CDN content.

Can 3DS emulator play online?

Nintendo DS Game Cards are only compatible with WEP security, and are not compatible with WPA security. So while you can enjoy other online features of Nintendo 3DS with WPA security, you cannot play Nintendo DS games online with any system if your network is secured with WPA.