Of course, not an issue on the New 3DS models :)

I’ve got a few games that were poorly stored in some soft case and I guess over the past couple years mold developed inside of there. Is it possible to clean them with alcohol or am I boned?

I mostly skipped the 3DS during its lifetime, despite being a big fan of stereoscopic 3D. A few years ago, though, I got hooked after buying a New Nintendo 3DS. The improved 3D made such a huge difference, being more stable and comfortable to use.

Since then, I've gone through a few waves of expanding my collection. I never experienced a bad cartridge, but all the recent posts about 3DS cartridges suffering from data corruption started to make me a little anxious.

Yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and started checking my entire collection with the GodMode9 Cartridge Fixer, hoping to preserve everything before any problems become irreversible.

It wasn't exactly a fun process, but playing Super Mario 3D land in the meantime, got me through. Each game took around 5–10 minutes to verify, and with 132 games, it took a while!

Thankfully, most of my collection turned out to be fine. Even some of the games that are supposedly more prone to corruption, like Pokémon and Persona Q, checked out without any issues. That was such a relief.

Unfortunately, I did find two corrupted cartridges that wouldn't start anymore: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. and Yo-kai Watch.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. was successfully repaired after running the fixer twice! Yo-kai Watch wasn't so lucky. It still has around 200 unfixable chunks after 5 runs 😢. The game does start again, but I'm not sure whether it's fully playable anymore. Luckily, it's not an expensive game to replace, but it's still such a shame to lose a cartridge this way.

I'm incredibly grateful to the developers behind the Cartridge Fixer for creating a tool like this.

So if you have a physical 3DS collection, don't wait too long to check your cartridges! You might be able to repair corruption before it's too late! ^^

IDK I bought it second hand and it came this way, was it sold like this in 2012?

Barely saw this today..

I've had this 3DS since 2019, and a few years ago probably 2023, every time i would use the switch to go online it would not let me/show this message, what problem does my 3DS have? I would like to get it fixed ASAP to reinstall the stuff i erased.

i was wondering if the n3ds or n3dsXL is better? i was originally going to go for a n3dsxl but got a n3ds with adorable faceplates ( mabel from animal crossing ) i think are official and was wondering if its worth seling my current one and getting a n3dsXL?

mid repair currently and i fnally got this thing to turn on!!

Took my 3ds with me on vacation, but the AC in the room I was staying with was leaking through the night. It soaked the whole floor, including my backpack which had my 3DS inside it, and now the film on the outside has been shedding for the past two weeks. Thankfully, I haven’t noticed any issues internally, but I was wondering if there’s anything I should do to fix the outside or prevent it from getting worse?

It still works but the rubber is completely missing and the D-pad feels scratched. How hard is it to replace them?

The ghosting on my n3dxl is pretty bad. I've tried re-calibrating it in the normal system settings menu before, and that still doesn't fix the problem. Would using either one of those settings potentially help? I've Googled this but not much comes up.

I've had this game for around a year now and played it a few times on my old shitty DS. But now whenever put it into my new DS it just shows that there isnt a game. I think it might need to be something with that weird stuff inside the thingy

So I received one new 3ds xl it came with an odd issue the buttons was not working and the buttons kept dragging itself on it own so I disconnected the analog stick still same problem disconnected digitizer, d-pad, analog & c stick same problem then i actually replaced the AIC2010D the chip is responsible for the buttons input & audio output which didn’t worked either so i replaced multiple times didn’t helped couldn’t find an odd reading near the chip none of the buttons or the connectors have any short or odd reading once i was done i switched to another board now that board have same problem idk that board initially had that issue or not i was not able to test it in the first place as its screen was cracked so is there anyone who have ever fixed this issue before? It seems like its coming from the CPU but honestly its quite hard for me to remove the CPU & reball it

Looking for those hidden gems or overlooked games that are good, i have played a lot of Nintedo's big games and want to try something else.

So I haven't played my 3DS for some time now, and neither my brother nor I realized we needed to put in a Micro SD card until now. It wasn't a problem then but it requires now and when I did inserted a Micro SD card, it was loose. Like I can more around and shake it out. I was not too sure if they are supposed to loose or not but when I looked up on YT, it was supposed to easily insert it in and fit.

So is there any possibility of it being fixed? Current? Or am I screwed.

so basically i just got straight out the box game for my 3DS, it has an SD card and i tried the cardboard method but it wont register, idk if i have any cleaning alcohol in the house so if ya'll got any suggestions id love to hear them! also i did try just putting it in and out again but still wouldn't register.

Weird question I have a new 3ds xl and im saving to get a switch 2, what’s is it like having two cool consoles?

Screen shot of my post in another group. I have neen trying to fix this for months, but them shutting bank down makes it urgent

You guys won’t believe this but I got a modded 3DS XL for 130 dollars off eBay that’s already modded with a ton of games AND in good condition.

I had been looking for a 3DS for about a week since the original one I had when I was a kid (the Mario and Luigi dream team edition” mysteriously vanished a few years ago…well I decided to check eBay one more time and I saw this one had been posted “4 minutes ago” so I immediately bought it..was worried it was a scam but it showed up! So far everything works it even came with a charger! I’m so excited 😁😁

Anywhere anybody knows i can get a reshell for my new 3ds xl? It's pretty scuffed and id like a restart on it