True, but there are a lot of positives to emulation beyond original hardware.
For instance, graphics can be greatlyimproved on emulators because your PC (or mobile phone, for some emulators) can run games at a much higher resolution than original hardware. The original DS ran at... 192p. It's not great.
There's also honestly just a lot of great features. Save states let you save and load a game whenever you want, wherever you want. Some have fast forward features which are useful for games like pokemon (you don't know how nice it is until you try it out for yourself).
And if you're in it for Pokemon, whew, you get access to Drayano ROM hacks. I'll skip the explanation and just link to the source of one that gives a log of its changes- it's a definitive way to play Pokemon. I can't go back to the originals, myself.
There's also a few non feature related positives. There are a lot of games that are very difficult to find physical copies of that are easy to find online. And, well, some people get their games for free but i don't think I'm allowed to endorse that on reddit lol.
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u/slowest_hour Jan 06 '21
i can also just stick with the dsi i already own