The 3DS is the ultimate Dragon Quest machine

[Gourmet]

LuckyTrouble said:

Gourmet said:

LuckyTrouble said:
I raise you that the PC is the ultimate Dragon Quest machine. It can play every iteration of every Dragon Quest through IX and including spinoffs. Were you so inclined to try to figure out how to manage it in Japanese, you can even play X. Once the 3DS emulator out there gets a bit further along in development, XI will be perfectly accessible.

Sure, the means may be legally questionable at best for playing basically all of them, but that's beside the point.

3DS can run emulators and VC hacks too. In fact there isn't a single released mainline DQ game the 3DS can't run today, albeit translations of VII and VIII.

 

OP should mention DQX too.

The 3DS can't play "every iteration of every Dragon Quest through IX and including spinoffs". Every iteration includes things like DQ VII PS1 and DQ V and VIII PS2, as well as games like the DQ Wii spinoff. It can play more games than possible legitimately with VC hacks, but due to the difficulty and convoluted nature, PC is still better when considering the illegitimate route due to simplicity and general ease of use.

3DS homebrew is as simple as running any pc emulator today. Using a PC on the go however.. Is just not better at simplicity, that's a fact and also the reason many people own handhelds.

Using inferior iterations of the same game as an argument is disonest at best. And in no way spinoff like Wii one offset the advantage of playing X and XI. Also emulation is never as perfect as using the original hardware.