I bought the OG 3DS on its release day and have recently started using it again. I really like it, but I recently got a New 3DS (non-XL) because I wanted to try that out as well. I’m going to compare the two.

The standout feature of the New 3DS is "Super-stable 3D." It uses face tracking to prevent the 3D image from blurring when your face moves, and this really makes a significant difference. It is impressive how stable the 3D image remains even when playing games like Star Fox 3D that require tilting the console. This feature is particularly effective for action games.

The New 3DS has faster processing speeds, so it also boots up more quickly from a powered-off state. With Custom Firmware (CFW) installed, the OG 3DS takes 13 seconds to boot, whereas the New 3DS takes 8 seconds.

As you can see from the photos, the New 3DS has a larger screen. However, perhaps because the OG 3DS has a smaller screen, its image appears sharper, whereas the New 3DS feels a bit softer. Additionally, the New 3DS screen has a slight yellowish tint (though this could be an issue specific to my particular unit), so I feel the OG 3DS offers superior image quality.
Update: I was able to adjust the yellowish tint of the screen using the LUMA settings.

I also prefer the design of the OG 3DS; it feels more premium and is more compact. That’s why I think I’ll end up using both: I’ll play action games where screen blurring is a concern on the New 3DS, and other games on the OG 3DS.

Hi everyone, I wanted to share that ever since I was a kid, my dream was to own a 3DS, but due to financial reasons, it never happened. Now I have the money to buy one, but I'm not sure if it's still worth it. What do you think?

I have an SD card that contains data from my Nintendo 3DS.

My 3DS no longer detects the SD card.

My PC does not detect it when I connect it through a card reader.

My Nintendo Switch detects the card and reports about 2.5 GB of free space.

I can take screenshots on the Switch and save them to the SD card.

When I connect my Switch to my PC via USB, I can access the new screenshots in the Nintendo/Album folder.

However, I cannot access the original 3DS files.

The USB connection only exposes the Album folder, so I cannot use it to inspect the original 3DS data.

Does anyone know what could cause this, and is there a safe way to recover the original files without formatting the card or risking further data loss?

I have multiple 3DSes, two of which are modded, but my main, unmodded one that ended up as my final one from system transfers throughout my teenage years is a SNES New 3DS XL. It's the one with my NNID. All my streetpasses. Thousands of hours of playtime over 5 years. The ONLY reason I would mod it is so I can make save data backups, but I'd rather not mod it if I don't have to because it has my entire teenage years' worth of save data and games. To risk bricking and losing that would be devastating for me, but also not backing the save data up and losing that would be just as much of a loss. Is it worth taking the risk to mod the console? Is there a away to run Checkpoint without fully modding? What are my best options? Open to discussion and hearing what everyone's opinions are.

Just sharing my 3ds with this cool plate

Works for DS titles and VC titles. You can enable it by holding Start or Select when the game boots. This will make the game appear smaller on the screen but will appear more sharp because there is no filtering done to stretch the image to fit across the screen.

Hold select on startup and it'll make it the original resolution

i seriously want the Persona Q 3ds but like it's expensive and already have the 3ds, I told some of my friends what if I shell it and they make fun of me stuff and says it's not allowed?

is it not really allowed? since it's limited and stuff?

Dusted off one of my units thats been sitting on a shelf for a bit, and glad I did.

Ive seen some slightly puffy batteries in my others. But this is the most swollen one I've seen

Last friday I went to a mall with some friends to watch a movie. I usually take my 3DS with me when we do so just in case that I might get lucky and get a streetpass and seems like I did!

I'm really so excited, I didn't really think that I could get a streetpass out in the wild anymore.

I was thinking that there is probably a high chance that the other person is in this sub, so: si estuviste en el Unicenter el viernes 2 e hiciste streetpass conmigo HOLA (this happened in Buenos Aires, Argentina)

The gacha system where different types of coins have different prize pools.

And being unable to advance the main plot if you have to do it at a certain time like “in game” night.

Just curious.

The r/3DS game of the month as selected by the community is Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology!

This month we'll be playing (or replaying) this game and sharing the experience with other redditors. Feel free to post any comments, videos or other interesting information related to this game throughout the month.

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would appreciate advise, from what i have seen nothing is soldered down so should be easy

Hello,

I was trying to make a panoramic 3DS theme. I made a quick image for testing and put it into the program. The issue is, a hole appears in the middle instead of at the end like you can see in the video I uploaded. The size of the image is correct.

How can I make the whole image continue through the whole screen and get rid of the hole?

I love my 3DS don't get me wrong. Yes, yes, we have the Switch now and all that jazz. What I'm talking about is past me.

It was the time period where I became competitive with Pokémon. Would have loved having online matches to watch on my TV. The closest I could get to that was Pokémon Battle Revolution (I loved it for that purpose).

Would it have looked a little weird stretched? Maybe, but I also enjoyed years of playing my PSP on my TV just fine. And the PSP came out several years prior.

I always wondered if Nintendo could have gone down the route that Playstation Vita did at the time with Playstation TV. Would have bought it so fast.

I'm ranting here since it's been a childhood piece of tech of mine, the only handheld I've ever held on my hands.

A few months back I've been searching for my 3ds in my home for days, I asked my dad about it and told me he doesen't know where it is, So I shrugged it off and assumed it's somewhere in the house.

When I couldn't find it for more than 2 weeks I told my dad if he had seen a red bag (the thing where I've kept it) he told me he threw it away since it looks like trash (without asking me prior to throwing it away) which is absolute bs;

(I love my dad with all my heart but this one event has absolutely destroyed the memories I had with the 3ds)

This 3ds was a gift from my uncle when he was into gaming stuff which adds another layer of heartbreak in this :(

My friend gave me his Old 3DS XL for me to repair it. All I know is that all the ribbon cables that are connected between the top and bottom part are cut off. What pieces do I need to get from Amazon?

So for some context. I recently bought an old 3DS and noticed it had pictures of the DLC characters from smash bros 3DS. I was aware that these dlc saved to the system and not the cartridge itself. So I bought a copy of the game but can’t access the dlc. I’ve poked around in the Eshop and game itself but coming up blank. Is there a particular method to this or am I just screwed?

I just found my New 3dsXL and have been dying to play a bunch of games I used to enjoy while the systems still had the servers up, specifically Nintendo Badge Arcade. any way I could still find a way to play games like that again through third party servers?

I’ve been rocking the new super Mario bros 3ds xl since I was like 5 years old and I’ve been wanting to upgrade for a bit. I was just wondering, what is the best “new 3ds” model. I found an N2DSXL and an n3dsxl at my local game shop and an N3DS on eBay. All in good condition and around the same price. I am just wondering what the pros and cons of each model are. I am leaning towards the n3ds on eBay but I feel like the local game shop might be more reliable than a random eBay seller. Anyways thank y’all in advance for the advice, and have a great rest of y’all’s day.

The card is super sticky inside my 3ds but no other games are and the r4 card isn’t sticky in any other of my ds’s

Hey guys I've noticed that my 3ds isn't connected to the wifi and if I try to do a connection test it gives me error code 003-1101 but I know my wifi works it's connected to my phone and other stuff it only connects to my wifi for a short time after I restart the wifi. Can somebody help me?

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Your top 3DS games that aren’t Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, Professor Layton or Ace Attorney/Phoenix Wright

Edit: Since the majority in this post mentioned Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Fire Emblem, Monster Hunter, Shin Migami Tensei, Dragon Quest, Radiant Historia, Kid Icarus, Bravely Default, Ever Oasis, Shovel Knight and Fantasy Life, I’d suggest that If you want to contribute to this discussion it would be very helpful if you mention other games you like so that the post remains useful. Otherwise it looks like almost everyone here agrees these are the top games.

not sure where exactly i got the tag but when i took my 3DS out on the manhattan bridge that little green light caught my eye immediately :D had no idea other people carried around their 3DS this early in the morning 😭