[Nintendo 3DS] Looks like everyone's favorite handheld finally gets to retire.

MNC Dover

Welcome to the Nintendo 3DS thread!

Behold the New Nintendo 3D!



The "New Nintendo 3DS" has been announced. Short, but sweet details below:

Slimmer design

Faster CPU

Wider field of view for 3D

Micro SD Card slot

Better quality screens
new Nintendo 3DS has custom faceplates (the XL does not)

And here's a quick video to prove it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1cwg6mUhAg


This is the thread for general 3DS discussion. To keep the conversation from getting too busy, try to look for other threads before posting about something in here. For example, the eShop Thread is a good place to talk about Nintendo digital store. Big game releases like Mario Kart or Zelda also tend to have their own threads. There's no hard rule against discussing those games in here, but this is a nice place to talk about smaller titles that would be unable to sustain their own threads, and obviously those larger games can easily crowd everyone else out. Finally, don't be discouraged from making game-specific threads if you feel it warrants attention. This is sort of a catch-all thread.


Games, Games, Games!


Great 3DS games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Bravely Second: 2nd Layer
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror Fate
Cave Story
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Etrian Odyssey 4
Fantasy Life
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Kingdom Hearts: Drop Dream Distance
Kid Icarus Uprising
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate
Mario Kart 7
Mario Tennis Open
Monster Hunter 4
Mario Golf: World Tour
Mario Party
Nano Assault
New Super Mario Bros. 2
NES Remix
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Pokemon X/Y
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
Rune Factory 4
Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Rhythm Thief
Sonic Generations
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Star Fox 64 3D
Shinobi
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Street Fighter 4 3D
Shin Megami Tensei 4
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Super Smash Bros
Tekken
Tales of the Abyss
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
Tomodachi Life
Xenoblade (New 3DS only!)
Yoshi's New Island



eShop, Virtual Console, DSi, and Club Nintendo games


The Nintendo eShop

Plenty of games, movies, and apps to be found here. Download Virtual Console and DSi games, movies trailers, demos, or try out some new 3D remakes of classic games. For a complete list of games available, click on this link.

Download Full Games!

With the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo has finally stepping into THE FUTURE and offering their "full" retail games as digital downloads. Just slap in an SD card, and you're good to go. Death to the cartridge!

Great eShop games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice
Azure Strike Gunvolt
Bomb Monkey
Cave Story
Crashmo
Dillion's Rolling Western
Dillion's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger
Excitebike 3D
Gunman Clive
HarmoKnight
Kid Icarus 3D
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby Fighters Deluxe
Liberation Maiden
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (eShop)
Mutant Mudds
Mutant Mudds 2
Mighty Switch Force
Mighty Gunvolt
NightSky
Pushmo
Picdun 2
Picross E1-4
Sakura Samurai
Squids Odyssey
Steel Diver: Sub Wars
Steamworld: Dig
Shovel Knight
Scram Kitty on his Buddies on Rails
Twin Bee
Unchained Blades
VVVVVV
Weapon Shop De Omasse
Zen Pinball


Virtual Console games

You can download older games on the 3DS. Classic portable systems such as the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, and the TurboGrafx-16 and NES. For a complete list of games available, click on this link.

Great VC games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Super Mario Land (GB)
Donkey Kong (GB)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC)
Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC)
Tetris (GB)
Gradius (NES)
Ghost and Goblins (NES)
Wario Land (GB)
Goemon (GB)
Mole Mania (GB)
Mario Golf (GBC)
Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
Castlevania (NES)
Megaman 1-3 (NES)
Legend of the River King (GBC)
Super Mario Bros (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: The Adventures of Link (NES)
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
Punch Out!! (NES)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Mighty Bomb Jack (NES)
Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels (NES)
Super C (NES)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
Shantae (GBC)
Castlevania III (NES)



DSi games

Older DSi games are also available for download on the 3DS as well. There are plenty to choose from and, to make everyone's life easier, our own UncleSporky has created a list of some of the best games to get. Here is a site that reviews DSiware games.The only site I know of that reviews every DSiware game

Great DSi games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
Shantae: Risky's Revenge (amazing platformer)
Art Style: AQUITE/AQUIA (puzzle game with a neat aesthetic)
Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (pixel puzzle game)
Dark Void Zero (old school platformer)
X-Scape (first person space shooter thing)
Dr. Mario Express (classic puzzle game)
Puzzle Challenge Express (classic puzzle game)
Photo Dojo (simple but hilarious 2 player fighting game)
Rayman (classic 2D platformer)
Mighty Flip Champs! (platform puzzler)
Alphabounce (long, extensive brick-breaking RPG)
Soul of Darkness (quality Castlevania knockoff)
Inchworm Animation (full featured animation studio)
Ivy the Kiwi? Mini (weird little platform puzzler)
Mighty Milky Way (gravity-based puzzler from the Shantae people)
Dragon Quest Wars (tiny strategy game)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (great puzzler)
Castle of Magic (action platformer)
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (just...what)
Chronos Twins (interesting dual screen mechanic action game)
Plants vs. Zombies (duh)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (if you haven't played it yet)
Viking Invasion (tower defense)
Gaia's Moon (side scroller action)



Featured Applications:

Nintendo Video: A free download app that randomly adds short 3D movies to watch. Blue Man Group, College Humor, and Dreamworks have all contributed.
Netflix: Link your account to your 3DS to watch (2d) movies on the small screen.
Hulu Plus: Just like Netflix, link your account to watch TV shows on the go.
3D movie recording: Record up to 10 minutes of 3D footage and upload it to youtube.
Game demos: Download demos of upcoming 3DS releases.
System Transfer: Transfer information from an existing DS, DSi, or 3DS to a 3DS. Great for when the inevitable redesign hits the scene.
A full list of additional built-in software can be found on Nintendo's 3DS site.


Other final things to do/know as a 3DS owner:


Connect with fellow PA people

Sir Ultimos has created a friend code matching system for us to easily connect with each other. Check it out: Sir Ultimos web site and friend code matcher.


Transferring data from the installed SD card to a bigger one


Description:
Step by step instructions on how to transfer data from one SD Card to another SD Card.


Important Note!

Need: Two compatible SD cards or SDHC cards
Need: An SD Card slot on a PC or Mac or a commercially available SD card reader/writer
Do Not: Alter, move, or erase files in the Nintendo 3DS folder.
Do Not: Overwrite data by recopying to the same SD card.

What to do:
Insert the SD card with the Nintendo 3DS data into the SD card slot or the SD card reader/writer.
Open Windows Explorer (for PC) or Finder (for Mac) and access the SD card.
Highlight the data and drag it to the desktop.
Eject the first SD card.
Insert the second SD card into the slot or reader/writer.
Using Windows Explorer or Finder, locate and access the SD card again.
Drag the data from the desktop to the second SD card.


Hat guide by day for the Mii Plaza.

Our good friend UncleSporky decided to focus his anger at the GFAQ hat list and reorder it by date:

Day 01 Super Mushroom Hat
Day 01 1-Up Mushroom Hat
Day 01 Fire Flower Hat
Day 01 Super Star Hat
Day 02 Isabelle Hat
Day 02 Wedding Veil
Day 02 Jack-o'-Lantern Hat
Day 02 Santa Hat
Day 03 Cowboy Hat
Day 03 Bovine Skull Hat
Day 03 Lion Hat
Day 03 T. Rex Hat
Day 04 Link's Costume
Day 04 Princess Zelda Wig
Day 04 Sheik Mask
Day 04 Chicken Hat
Day 05 Rhythm Monkey Hat
Day 05 Strawberry Hat
Day 05 Pineapple Hat
Day 05 Moai Hat
Day 06 Donkey Kong Set
Day 06 Diddy Kong Hat
Day 06 Barrel Hat
Day 06 Palm Tree Hat
Day 07 Meta Knight Hat
Day 07 Captain Falcon Hat
Day 07 Ice Hockey Hat
Day 07 Spartan Helmet
Day 08 Mario Set
Day 08 Luigi Set
Day 08 Green Shell Hat
Day 08 Red Shell Hat
Day 09 Tom Nook Hat
Day 09 Elephant Hat
Day 09 Whale Hat
Day 09 Bird's Nest Hat
Day 10 Olimar Hat
Day 10 Rupee Hat
Day 10 Treasure Chest Hat
Day 10 UFO Hat
Day 11 Goomba Hat
Day 11 Cheep-Cheep Hat
Day 11 Spiny Hat
Day 11 Lakitu Hat
Day 12 Ice Climber Hat
Day 12 Eggplant Hat
Day 12 Glove Hat
Day 12 Windmill Hat
Day 13 Yoshi Set
Day 13 Yoshi Egg Hat
Day 13 Peach's Castle Hat
Day 13 Apple Hat
Day 14 Doctor's Hat
Day 14 Caffe Latte Hat
Day 14 Black Tea Hat
Day 14 Tomato Pasta Hat
Day 15 Demon Doctor's Hat
Day 15 Sushi Hat
Day 15 Geisha Hat
Day 15 Castle Hat
Day 16 Falco Hat
Day 16 Wolf Hat
Day 16 Steak Hat
Day 16 Baguette Hat
Day 17 Waddle Dee Hat
Day 17 King Dedede Hat
Day 17 Yarn Kirby Hat
Day 17 Fluff Hat
Day 18 Tanooki Mario Set
Day 18 Bowser's Doomship Hat
Day 18 Frog Hat
Day 18 Pyramid Hat
Day 19 Tingle Hat
Day 19 Fried Chicken Hat
Day 19 French Fries Hat
Day 19 Curry Hat
Day 20 Fox Luigi Set
Day 20 Wiggler Hat
Day 20 POW Block Hat
Day 20 Goal Castle Hat
Day 21 Gamecube Hat
Day 21 Nintendo 64 Hat
Day 21 SNES Hat
Day 21 Super Famicom Hat
Day 22 Nintendo DS Hat
Day 22 GB Advance Hat
Day 22 Virtual Boy Hat
Day 22 Game Boy Hat
Day 23 Disk-kun Hat
Day 23 R.O.B. Hat
Purchasing Streetpass Battle Monarch's Castle Hat
Purchasing Streetpass Force Mii Force Helmet
Purchasing Streetpass Garden Floral Headdress
Purchasing Streetpass Labyrinth Smiling Spook Hat
Registering 20 Flowers in the Notebook in Streetpass Garden Flower Master Hat
Updating to ver. 3.0/3.1 Pixel Mario Hat
Completing Floor 50 in Streetpass Labyrinth Daemon King Hat
Completing stage 5-3 in Streetpass Force Squad Leader's Ship
Conquering 20 countries in Streetpass Battle Emperor's Crown

Sterica

Reminder that this thread is NOT for discussing the Switch. There's a standalone thread for it now.

MNC Dover

Bobkins Flymo wrote: »

Reminder that this thread is NOT for discussing the Switch. There's a standalone thread for it now.

Which can be found here.

cloudeagle

Guess I should make an effort to finish up the last few games I got from the Humble Bundle and Link Between Worlds, huh.

Skull2185

I'm going to talk about The Switch...



The switch I made from a regular XL to the n3DSXL that is. It was a wonderful choice! I use the 3D tons more than I used to thanks to that stable 3D stuff. It's pretty great. The only slight regret I have is that I got my new XL a week before they announced the sexy looking Pokemon SuMo one... The Galaxy model is great, and I love it but I would much rather have picked up the Pokemon one =/

skeldare

Corpse Party comes out today. Anyone played it yet?

Darkewolfe

Not to discuss the Switch, but to look at the ongoing vitality of the 3ds: I don't think the 3DS will cease to be too soon. The Switch isn't going to have a hefty battery life, it sounds like, and meanwhile the 3DS has a massive game library and will probably continue to get games for awhile.

cloudeagle

Don't get me wrong, the 3DS had a great run, but sales are running out of gas quick and that's even after piles of new models. Surprises could always happen but I'm not holding my breath.

Maz-

skeldare wrote: »

Corpse Party comes out today. Anyone played it yet?

I played a bit of the PSP version and it was scary as hell. I'm probably gonna pick up the 3DS version at some point.

Frem

cloudeagle wrote: »

Guess I should make an effort to finish up the last few games I got from the Humble Bundle and Link Between Worlds, huh.

Indeed! Pokémon Moon, Dragon Quest VIII, Yoshi's Woolly World, and Pikmin loom on the horizon...

Dirty

And Ever Oasis!

Renzo

I'm vacationing in Japan. Currently in Tokyo. Getting all the street passes. That is all for now!

Brainiac 8

Renzo wrote: »

I'm vacationing in Japan. Currently in Tokyo. Getting all the street passes. That is all for now!

Dude, pick me up a famicom and I'll pay you back!

Stormwatcher

Darkewolfe wrote: »

Not to discuss the Switch, but to look at the ongoing vitality of the 3ds: I don't think the 3DS will cease to be too soon. The Switch isn't going to have a hefty battery life, it sounds like, and meanwhile the 3DS has a massive game library and will probably continue to get games for awhile.

Yeah, I do think the 3DS is not going anywhere for at least another year.

Brainleech

Maz- wrote: »

skeldare wrote: »

Corpse Party comes out today. Anyone played it yet?

I played a bit of the PSP version and it was scary as hell. I'm probably gonna pick up the 3DS version at some point.

I got it and well without the sound not scary with yes

Skull2185

I just don't get Corpse Party. I didn't find any of it to be scary, and at least on whatever version it was I played on the Vita, it has really shit controls. I didn't find it enjoyable or interesting at all.

cloudeagle

Frem wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

Guess I should make an effort to finish up the last few games I got from the Humble Bundle and Link Between Worlds, huh.

Indeed! Pokémon Moon, Dragon Quest VIII, Yoshi's Woolly World, and Pikmin loom on the horizon...

Ooooh right, I was going to attempt to try the 47,000-hour DQ7 again. Wonder how far I'll get this time around....

cloudeagle

Sales figures update:

Pokémon X & Pokémon Y - 15.64 million pcs.
Mario Kart 7 - 13.94 million pcs.
Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire - 13.18 million pcs.
Super Mario 3D Land - 10.98 million pcs.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 10.60 million pcs.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 10.34 million pcs.
Super Smash Bros. - 8.35 million pcs.
Tomodachi Life - 5.30 million pcs.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 5.03 million pcs.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - 4.52 million pcs.

By comparison, the high water mark on 3DS is New Super Mario Bros. with 30.80 million.

Hardware sold 2.71M for the last six months, up 19 percent due to Pokemon Go.

UncleSporky

They did pretty well, comparing like-for-like though.


Pokemon DP - 18.23 million
Pokemon XY - 15.64 million
Pokemon BW - 15.58 million
Pokemon ORAS - 13.18 million
Pokemon HGSS - 12.72 million
Pokemon B2W2 - 7.97 million
Pokemon Platinum - 7.69 million

Animal Crossing: WW - 11.74 million
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 10.34 million

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 5.07 million
The Legend of Zelda: OoT3D - 4.52 million
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - 2.6 million
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - 2.51 million
The Legend of Zelda: MM3D - 2.03 million
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes - 1.14 million
(Not sure about Hyrule Warriors' sales)

Notable that overall, Zelda was a more active franchise and sold far better on 3DS than DS. Over 10.2 million vs. 7.67 million.

Kirby Super Star Ultra - 2.36 million
Kirby: Triple Deluxe - 1.78 million
Kirby: Squeak Squad - 1.6 million
Kirby Mass Attack - 1.06 million
(Can't find good info on Robobot in the short term, had promising initial sales in Japan)

Didn't look hard for up to date sales for Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon, but it did poorly, and Awakening is pretty well known to have saved the series.

To be fair of course:

New Super Mario Bros. - 30.80 million
Super Mario 64 DS - 11.03 million
Super Mario 3D Land - 10.81 million
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 10.39 million

Mario Kart DS - 23.56 million
Mario Kart 7 - 13.94 million

LBD_Nytetrayn

Can't help but think the OP could stand to be updated...

Jam Warrior

cloudeagle wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, the 3DS had a great run, but sales are running out of gas quick and that's even after piles of new models. Surprises could always happen but I'm not holding my breath.

Aren't systems sold as neutral cost or loss leaders any way? It selling less now isn't a big thing as long as the many, many previously sold systems are still in active use and driving software sales for the licence money.

Like I bought my system at launch 5 years ago but my 3DS game consumption is still strong and pumping cash back into Nintendo's wallets.

Maz-

Launching March 18th in Japan.

Hopefully this won't hurt Switch sales in Japan too much.

Reynolds

I'm waiting for the day when Capcom somehow manages to release the revamped expanded version of a game before the original.

Darkewolfe

Is that a parody, or is that actually the game name?

If it really is named Monster Hunter Double Cross, it better have some sort of payday betrayal system.

"Hmmm... do I extract with the 50 scutes I have now, or do I have my palico suicide bomb my hunting team and take home ALLL THE SCUTES MUAH HA HA HA."

UncleSporky

Yeah I was going to say...it's really annoying that X is "cross." Just a silly hangup I got, I guess.

You can bet there will be no actual double-crossing going on in the game.

Seidkona

It might actually hurt switch sales in Japan.

The main story probably ham-handedly features some sort of throw away double cross by an npc that won't matter because no one is reading the story text because let's be honest. . .There are monsters to hunt who reads this shit anyway?


edit: unless there's a switch port. That is a possibility.

Stormwatcher

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

TamerBill

Stormwatcher wrote: »

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

It did mean I went through most of The Thousand Year Door without realising that 'X-Nauts' was supposed to be a pun.

Polaritie

TamerBill wrote: »

Stormwatcher wrote: »

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

It did mean I went through most of The Thousand Year Door without realising that 'X-Nauts' was supposed to be a pun.

...

I only just got this.

Skull2185

Man, that second X cross needs to calm the heck down...

Talith

Monster Hunter 20?

TamerBill

Skull2185 wrote: »

Man, that second X cross needs to calm the heck down...

Don't get cross, it's just very x-citable.

cloudeagle

Jam Warrior wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, the 3DS had a great run, but sales are running out of gas quick and that's even after piles of new models. Surprises could always happen but I'm not holding my breath.

Aren't systems sold as neutral cost or loss leaders any way? It selling less now isn't a big thing as long as the many, many previously sold systems are still in active use and driving software sales for the licence money.

Like I bought my system at launch 5 years ago but my 3DS game consumption is still strong and pumping cash back into Nintendo's wallets.

While you'd think so, but console sales are critical for the long-term health of a platform. If platform sales die, publishers are less likely to put out new games. If there are less games, players are less likely to keep their ears out for new games and they'll move onto something else. It's an anti-halo effect.

The only platform I can think of that continues with good software support after hardware has died is Vita, and that's largely because Sony's made it ridiculously easy to port things over from PS4, plus other quirks of the Japanese market I don't fully understand.

UncleSporky

Polaritie wrote: »

TamerBill wrote: »

Stormwatcher wrote: »

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

It did mean I went through most of The Thousand Year Door without realising that 'X-Nauts' was supposed to be a pun.

...

I only just got this.

I still don't. What is a cross naut? Is it supposed to reference croissant or something?

Jam Warrior

UncleSporky wrote: »

Polaritie wrote: »

TamerBill wrote: »

Stormwatcher wrote: »

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

It did mean I went through most of The Thousand Year Door without realising that 'X-Nauts' was supposed to be a pun.

...

I only just got this.

I still don't. What is a cross naut? Is it supposed to reference croissant or something?

Cross Naut

Naught Cross

Naughts and Crosses

Which I believe you foreign types call tic-tac-toe.

skeldare

Jam Warrior wrote: »

UncleSporky wrote: »

Polaritie wrote: »

TamerBill wrote: »

Stormwatcher wrote: »

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

It did mean I went through most of The Thousand Year Door without realising that 'X-Nauts' was supposed to be a pun.

...

I only just got this.

I still don't. What is a cross naut? Is it supposed to reference croissant or something?

Cross Naut

Naught Cross

Naughts and Crosses

Which I believe you foreign types call tic-tac-toe.

Way too convoluted to be funny.

maximumzero

Frem wrote:

OS X has been compatible with Windows network shares (aka SMB shares) for ages, Nintendo just didn't write any docs for it.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204445

I tried it last year shortly after receiving my N3DS and it would never connect. Has Nintendo fixed OS X compatibility in a system update?

Warlock82

Jam Warrior wrote: »

UncleSporky wrote: »

Polaritie wrote: »

TamerBill wrote: »

Stormwatcher wrote: »

this "X means cross" thing is always super weird to me, as a foreigner.

It did mean I went through most of The Thousand Year Door without realising that 'X-Nauts' was supposed to be a pun.

...

I only just got this.

I still don't. What is a cross naut? Is it supposed to reference croissant or something?

Cross Naut

Naught Cross

Naughts and Crosses

Which I believe you foreign types call tic-tac-toe.

I have never heard it called Naughts and Crosses... Must be a weird British thing...

Frem

maximumzero wrote: »

Frem wrote:

OS X has been compatible with Windows network shares (aka SMB shares) for ages, Nintendo just didn't write any docs for it.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204445

I tried it last year shortly after receiving my N3DS and it would never connect. Has Nintendo fixed OS X compatibility in a system update?

Aww, that's lame. I assumed that since it was a standard protocol it'd just work with everything, but looks like Nintendo only tested their implementation against Windows. I don't have a N3DS to try with, but some Linux users have kinda sorta managed to connect for the duration of a single file transfer from the command line.

Sorry! >_<

Molybdenum

I imagine we're hearing more from Nintendo about Wii U ... well, mostly just about 3DS titles this year. Interested in seeing where that tank game goes.

Renzo

Been seeing lots of streetpasses in Japan where the person is playing Monster Hunter Stories. Making me jealous!