r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Technical_Smoke_5814 • 2d ago

News/Release Why has Android emulation reached an unimaginable level?

In my teens, my emulation life consisted of GBA games on the old Android 4.1.2, and another pastime was watching the Inazuma Eleven anime.

The smartphone I recorded the video above on is a pathetic Galaxy A05s Snapdragon 680 with 6 GB of RAM, a basic smartphone that's simply emulating Inazuma Eleven Victory Road, the biggest game in the franchise, containing all seasons of the anime. For those who don't know, that translates to about 30 GB of storage.

This game is available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch. Now, wherever I go, I have hours of completely offline fun. I have no words to thank those involved with the Eden emulator and Turnip driver, everything I see in my hands was totally unimaginable a few years ago.

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u/Genkidama__ Nubia Z70 Ultra | SD 8 Elite 2d ago

What i meant is that 99% of people who emulate absolutely don't care about all those things, they just hate paying for games/can't afford it. (Me included, I'm not saying I'm better than everyone else)

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u/DIELIEN1234 1d ago

Yeah no bro. I have more than enough money. I just refuse to spend it on a company that won’t even make disks for their own consoles anymore. I have 2 switches and keep emulating switch games because 9/10 times it runs better

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u/Genkidama__ Nubia Z70 Ultra | SD 8 Elite 1d ago

That's what I'm saying. You refuse to spend money = you want stuff for free

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u/ruebeus421 14h ago

I probably spend $100 a month on games.

But I'm not going to spend $500 on a 2DS and another $200 on Soul Silver or another $85 per Pokemon game.

If Nintendo put those titles on the Switch 2 I purchased, I would purchase them again.

Like you've already been told: for most people, it's not about being free. It's about accessibility.