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ACNL guide for those who don't have a 3DS

Mar 3rd, 2019
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  1. Guide to play Animal Crossing New Leaf without a 3DS and physical copy.
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  3. So you want to play ACNL but you don't have a 3DS and/or the game? I am here to guide you trough the process to emulate it. You won't be able to play online because Citra can't connect to the Nintendo's official server but it will be able to give your daily fix until the Switch version drops, hopefully soon.
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  6. Table of contents:
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  9. -Download and install Citra
  10. -Download ROM and profile from the MEGA link
  11. -Copy & paste profile
  12. -Set up Citra
  13. -Play
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  15. UPDATE: now with Welcome Amiibo ROM
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  18. Download and install Citra:
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  21. Download the emulator from the official website https://citra-emu.org/download/ then install it. Choose only the Nightly version, if you want to beta test their newest version you can install the Canary too.
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  24. Download ROM and profile from the MEGA link:
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  27. Here's the MEGA link: https://mega.nz/#F!jVslzC5T!vxqek-Elba1Y6FvUJmesaA with all the necessary stuff to play ACNL on your machine. I got the ROM (EU version of ACNL) from shady website and the profile from some russian anon's Drive so if this makes you uncomfortable ask your friends with to port their game and profile for you with their 3DS (Citra has a guide: https://citra-emu.org/wiki/faq/). Others proceed at your own risk. (Altough i've been using these for more than a week now, everything works nice so far.)
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  30. Copy & paste profile:
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  33. Inside will be 4 folders and the rom. Copy the 4 folders into C:\Users\YOUR_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Citra and override the folders.
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  36. Set up Citra:
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  39. You are almost there, but we will make some changes to make your gaming easier.
  40. Grab the ROM now and put it somewhere you can find later from the Citra's "Add new game directory option" which will greet you right after you start the program. Find your folder, hit accept then press right-click on the folder in Citra and check "Check subsequent folders". If you did well, the ACNL should appear right under the folder.
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  42. Great! Almost there!
  43. Config Citra to your liking on the Emulation > configure menu but I will make some suggestions:
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  45. At the system tab you fill find this default russian profile if you copied to the right folder.
  46. Graphics: if your PC can handle you can crank up that internal resolution, I use 2x. You can choose layout to your liking (I use large screen). You might also want to choose a background color to a dark one, it's easier on the eyes when you play at night.
  47. Controls is pretty much self explainatory but pay attention to the pop up when setting the axis with your controller. (first right or left THEN up or down)
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  50. Play:
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  53. And that's that, play around in the settings if you experience heavy struttering and check the key shortcuts. Reminder that you can't play online with the emulator, we just have to wait for the Switch version.
  54. Lastly, if you have any problems with the folder files or you find something wrong with the guide just write a post in the /acg and I will fix it.
  55. Go now, shake some tress and pay your dept to that jew, I mean Nook!
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  57. UPDATE:
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  61. Uploaded the Welcome Amiibo ROM into the MEGA and you don't have to anything special. Place the ROM into the same place your Citra scans for games and it should appear in the list. Just to be sure, backup your old version's save files. (Right click on New Leaf > Open Save Data Location.)
  62. In order to update the game, there already should be a save file, so you have to make a town in the old version and save.
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  64. That's it!
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