Emulators themselves are legal software, but playing downloaded ROMs on them exists in a legal grey area, as circumventing a game's copyright protection is prohibited under laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The consensus in the fan community is to promote the legal method of using your own game dump to create a patched copy for personal use.
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is fully patched. If you see a "3DS Medarot Patch," double-check that it isn't actually for the 9th installment. The "Salt" Storyline: stars a new protagonist named medarot 8 english patch
Unequivocally, yes. With the Nintendo 3DS eShop now closed and physical copies becoming rare, the fan translation community is the only lifeline for niche titles like Medarot 8 . Emulators themselves are legal software