Original Cartridge vs emulator ROM
Yesterday I saw a post from someone showing off his shiny Rayquaza that he caught on his emulator, and some people were making fun of him saying that he shouldn't care about bragging about this achievement, because after all his copy of Emerald was just a file running on an emulator, others said that he should use cheats since emulating was already considered a cheat and that kind of upset me.
I also don't have a Game Boy Advance, much less an original Emerald cartridge, I have a 3DS and original cartridges of SoulSilver, Platinum, Y, Alpha Sapphire and Moon, but my favorite Pokémon game is Emerald, but I play it on open_agb_firm on my old 3DS with CFW, because I find an original copy practically impossible to find nowadays in good condition without costing a month of my salary.
I haven't completed Emerald yet and I intend to go after shinys and "special" Pokémon like Jirachi, for example, but according to these people's logic, would I be wasting my time on this copy of Emerald? Should I really try to find an original copy of Emerald and Fire Red that I'm currently playing the same way on the 3DS? I'm playing without cheats and I intend to complete the Pokedex, and I intend to make these saves my definitive saves, transfer my team to other games through the generations, and so that in 50 years I would open and show my complete save to my children and grandchildren.
So, what is your opinion about it?
Yesterday I saw a post from someone showing off his shiny Rayquaza that he caught on his emulator, and some people were making fun of him saying that he shouldn't care about bragging about this achievement, because after all his copy of Emerald was just a file running on an emulator, others said that he should use cheats since emulating was already considered a cheat and that kind of upset me.
I also don't have a Game Boy Advance, much less an original Emerald cartridge, I have a 3DS and original cartridges of SoulSilver, Platinum, Y, Alpha Sapphire and Moon, but my favorite Pokémon game is Emerald, but I play it on open_agb_firm on my old 3DS with CFW, because I find an original copy practically impossible to find nowadays in good condition without costing a month of my salary.
I haven't completed Emerald yet and I intend to go after shinys and "special" Pokémon like Jirachi, for example, but according to these people's logic, would I be wasting my time on this copy of Emerald? Should I really try to find an original copy of Emerald and Fire Red that I'm currently playing the same way on the 3DS? I'm playing without cheats and I intend to complete the Pokedex, and I intend to make these saves my definitive saves, transfer my team to other games through the generations, and so that in 50 years I would open and show my complete save to my children and grandchildren.
So, what is your opinion about it?