The Nintendo 3DS

3DS at 61.57 million units shipped. Pokemon XY at 15.64 million. Pokemon ORAS at 13.18 million. Both above their predecessors. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon surpasses 5 million.

Pokemon Go has a noticeable effect on 3DS sales, but noticeable only for America and Europe (not so much for Japan.)

Kirby: Planet Robobot at 1.08 million.

Hey, can anyone tell me a good place to get a replacement battery for a 3DS/2DS? The one in mind can't seem to hold a charge like it used to.

You can take your chances at trying to find an working one with an higher capacity on eBay or Amazon; contact Nintendo for an replacement; or buy one from an licensed retailer, like Game Stop.

Limited $99 New 3DS available on Black Friday.

As someone currently on an OG 3DS XL, that's actually tempting, but the Switch is just on the horizon...

Would've been nice to have seen that before replacing my old 3DS with the N 3 DS XL

Already have had a New 3DS for almost a year now (whoa...) and have 3 pairs of plates to switch between them with my SO.

With two new faceplates coming in the mail soon.

I too was tempted to buy a Galaxy New 3DS to replace my current one (as its pain keeps scratching off on the handles), but the Switch prompted me not to for the same reasons.

If the Switch wasn't on the horizon, I'd totally grab it if I could since I've had my OG 3DS since launch.

Nikki lives!

Interesting.

Though it would probably be more useful if it could run as a background app so you could use it to communicate with friendlist people between games/matches without having to start a thread on memeverse that they might not notice or having to agree on some web-forum that you can use with the 3DS web browser.

is there any reason my 3DS's L button keeps going in and out. Sometimes it works for a week after I blow on it, sometimes it doesn't

The particular properties of Nintendium mean it can't be used to make springs, forcing Nintendo to use an inferior, more fragile material for the shoulder buttons.

For me, the parts not covered in Nintendium is the paint job. A good portion of the side handles have been worn out, showing the black material inside.

Mine is missing a small piece of the hinge (more like a piece of the cover for the hinge) but that's because I dropped it one time.

Beyond that, it's still in pretty good condition I'm proud to say. And I've made sure to never drop it like that again.

I've had my 3DS since launch and, aside from the paint job coming off in some places, it's perfectly fine.

I sent mine in to be fixed twice within the first two years (dead pixels and the stupid screen-scratching defect), and the paint is wearing down where I grip the system.

So any else with a NEW 3DS; is your c-nub sort of unresponsive to certain directions?

I swear mine works perfectly for up and left, but for some reason down and right are a pain to use. Or is my thumb just slippery?

Nintendo Launches Vulnerability Reward Program For Nintendo 3DS: "Nintendo is offering an incentive to the world’s finest researchers to find and report security vulnerabilities for the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld game systems. In coordination with HackerOne, Nintendo will pay up to U.S. $20,000 for the discovery of critical security vulnerabilities."

I'm guessing they're doing that late in the console's lifespan so they can find where to improve for next gen.

Question.

I want to be able to display my game on my PC monitor or HDTV.

I found this http://www.3dsvideocapture.com/

However that is crazy expensive and could take a while.

But I also found this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-New-3DS-Black-Edition-Super-Mario-64-GB-Capture-Card-Streaming-/122294888111?hash=item1c7957e6af:g:qn8AAOSwiDFYOgu7

This seems a bit less reliable though....

So, what should I do? I cannot play 3DS games normally, I'd need this or an emulator or something but the 3DS emulator isn't perfect it seems so....

If this is for streaming/recording I definitely wouldn't do emulator.

I'd go to a popular 3DS streamer on Twitch and ask them what capture card they're using/how they're streaming from their unit. Many of them even have automated chat commands that output a link to their capture card of choice.

But yes it is crazy expensive, in general.

edited 2nd Jan '17 7:45:18 PM by Malco

TBH, I wouldn't go emulator at all right now since although 3DS emulation is stabler than in the past, but it still has a lot of issues and can be complicated to figure out compared to older emulators.

edited 2nd Jan '17 8:14:20 PM by strawberryflavored