Folium is a beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds
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Folium does not provide any games or system files, these must be provided by the user
Emulation may be slow on older devices depending on the console or handheld emulated
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Supported Consoles
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo 3DS
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- PlayStation 1
Supported Controllers
- Backbone One
- Nintendo Switch Joy-Con
- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
- PlayStation DualShock 4
- PlayStation 5 DualSense
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Series X
Folium is in no way affiliated with Nintendo. "Nintendo" and all associated game console and handheld names and game controller names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd
Folium is in no way affiliated with Sony. "PlayStation" and all associated game controller names are registered trademarks of Sony Group Corporation
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Folium FAQ
Is Folium free?
Yes, Folium is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Folium legit?
🤔 The Folium app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
I don’t get why people are hating on this so much yeah it has some issues but a lot of them can be fixed with setting improvements. Here are my settings.
Cytrus
CPU Clock Percentage 19
New 3DS off
LLE Applets off
SPIRV Shader Generation on
Asynchronous Shader Compilation off
Asynchronous Presentation off
Hardware Shaders on
Disk Shader Cache on
Accurate Shader Multiplication off
New Vertical Sync on
Shader JIT off
Texture Filter mmpx
Leave as default if you’re having issues
Texture Sampling game controlled
Render 3D off
3D Factor
Current: 0, Min: 0, Max: 100
Mono Render left eye
Preload textures off
Audio Muted off
Audio Emulation HLE
Audio Stretching on
Output Type automatic
Input Type automatic
All these tests were done on an M2 iPad Pro, but should work the same on iPhone 15 Pro or higher and iPad Pro m4 if you’re on a older device lower the CPU clock and if miis have I don’t know why people are saying I’m going to stay with delta even though Delta doesn’t have 3DS emulation
And the reason why it doesn’t run very good is because of apple since they restrict JIT to be used on iPhones and iPads so until iPhone get powerful enough it’s not going to run the best. Recommended devices
iPhone 15 16 and iPhone 15 16 pro iPad Air/pro M2/M4 and if you want it to work for the most part you at minimum need a iPhone 13 or higher
Keyboard bug
Theres a bug when you press cancel on the keyboard that freezes the entire game, other than that it works pretty well besides some reasonable lag
UI
please change the interface back to the solid black the transparency effect just increases eye strain and makes the playable space smaller for no reason
Stay away
I have the latest newest best iPhone out prolly the most powerful phone ever made and 3ds games run like dog sh it and the phone heats up as hot as the sun my phone will prolly blow up after 30 mins games run laggy and unplayable worst emulator app of all time period
Still Finicky after this new update when checking App Store
After discovering new update, audio is still finicky (static) and the visual quality still lags at times. Also, can’t import other Pokémon 3DS games for some weird reason; please fix the audio issue and lag on visual effects. Audio and visual quality could be improved by a mile: that’d go a long way for Pokémon fans, especially me, since technical issues can be a pain in the neck
Edit: still skeptical on
Audio so I just keep my AirPods on no volume when playing this emulator
It won’t work
So um when I go to missing files and click on them nothing really happens and it won’t let put the files in
Latest phone still heating up
How about fixing the heating up phone issue I gave 16 pro max for Gods sake its 2025 3ds came out how many years ago?
Playability and Interface
I’ve tried to play this on the new iPhone and the heat-up, mixed with the lack of controller settings and updates make it unplayable in some retrospect. You can’t play these games long at the current settings.
Pokemon ultra moon
Been using for weeks works great with some tweaks
I love this, but Luigi’s mansion dark moon is not working.
My heart was heart beating when I saw this, it was so good, but when I tried Luigi’s mansion dark moon, the audio was werid and the game was slow, and it kept freezing. And it was hard to look around and hard to look up and down. It is not fair that all the other 3ds games work except my favorite game (Luigi’s mansion dark moon). And in super Mario maker for 3ds game, it says I need a mii character in my home menu, so can you make it that you don’t need a mii character. And please fix Luigi’s mansion Dark moon. And add JIT (just in time) so the emulators can run so smoothly. then I will turn this star into a 5, and make a video of how to fix it! Make me proud!!! 😊
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