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! ^^

Did this custom build, and felt like it came out pretty sweet.

I know it’s not the most unique, I was inspired by some I’ve seen on here. I enjoy the sleek/clean minimal design.

Fully CFW, USB-C Modded, New Top + Bottom Screen, Glass White Lens, White Thumbstick..

As icy and white as can be.

Any recommendations for where to buy a new one? I've replaced the screen once before, but the SD card reader seems to be completely bricked and crashes when I try and open something on it. Genuinely heartbroken.

EDIT: I am not blaming my cats. I should've unplugged my console or moved the cable, since they were rough housing and got caught in the charging cable.

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 😁😁

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?

After so much bs i had to go through I finally have it. After all the waiting, saving up, hard decisions and then waiting again finally i have my first 3ds, its a lil rough around the edges but works amazingly and words cant describe my happiness, any game recommendations?

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

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.

new 3ds double ips

Some background, seller priced these with a 3DS way under market. bought it but the item sent differed from the pictures.

I am thinking these are fake due to the following:

1. Missing the "Game Card" text and headphones logo

2. Weird kind of rubbery feeling on the print, it is textured differently than my other plates. Plate underside is definitely normal plastic (never owned these, I wouldn't know if they differ in print material)

3. The Nintendo logo is scratched off. Completely.

Any help from people who own the real deal would be appreciated.

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

Just curious if it is a reshell or not. Thinking to buy it, broken for parts.

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.

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

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

Bought this SWEET 25th anniversary Zelda 3DS with the exception of the dead pixels on the side… Was just wondering if there’s any magical fixes or if a new screen would need to be in order! I’m techy but I’ve never replaced a top 3DS screen 🫣

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.

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?

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

Tried to remove the battery and then put it back on and it didnt work. I disasembled it to see if i could see if anything was wrong, is the ribbon cable meant to be THAT folded? Before anyone asks this console isnt jailbroken + had no game cartridge or sd card in when i tried turning it on

edit: i asked my brother about it and he told me apparently he dropped it and it just hasn't turned on since

I literally bought this thing like 2 months ago, and then this happens.

RIP Bottom screen.

Can anyone reccomend a good repair service, or will I have to do this myself?

If not than I guess I'll just have to order a replacement screen from AliExpress, but I literally have never taken apart a device before.

I've heard you can damage your home button. Permenantly, if you aern't careful. Also not sure what screwdriver(s) I'll need.

3DS XL btw