3DS Controller Skins for Manic EMU! Inspired by R3BEL's NEUMORPHIUS

Really excited to share these now that R3BEL has seen them and given the green light! I’ve loved his NEUMORPHIUS skins for Delta, so hearing that he likes the concept and colors made my day.

I went looking for a 3DS skin for Manic EMU that suited playing with a physical controller and couldn’t find quite what I wanted. This became a hybrid of his NEUMORPHIUS Gamepad Stack and standard DS designs, adapted for 3DS games.

All original artwork and design credit goes to u/R3BEL85. These are unofficial fan adaptations, shared with his permission and completely free—no sales or monetization.

Five colors included:

• Off-White / Arctic
• Purple
• Blue
• Red
• Dark Grey

These skins are designed for physical controller play, with no on-screen D-pad or ABXY buttons. The lower screen supports touch input, with shortcuts for quick save/load, Start, Select, Menu, Exit Game, Restart, and Filters.

The top screen keeps its 5:3 proportions, and the lower screen stays at 4:3. I’ve tested the Arctic version with Pokémon X on my iPhone 17 Pro; all five colors use the same layout and button mappings.

Download all five skins here

Download and unzip the ZIP, then import your preferred .manicskin files into Manic EMU and select them for 3DS. All five colors can be installed together.

The HOME Menu images are for the preview only—the installed skins display your running game.

Please check out R3BEL’s original releases:

• Original post 1
• Original post 2

Huge thanks to R3BEL for creating the originals and being happy to let a fan adapt them for another emulator. Hopefully these help someone else who’s been hunting for a 3DS controller layout!