Nintendo No Longer Able To Repair 'New Nintendo 3DS' Consoles, Effective Immediately
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Do you have a New Nintendo 3DS? Take extra care of it, as Nintendo can no longer accommodate repairs for these consoles. Find out more here.

Nintendo’s Japanese customer service centre has announced that they are no longer able to repair “New Nintendo 3DS” consoles, effective immediately. This means that the New Nintendo 3DS system (KTR-001) is now out of warranty for repairs as parts required for repairs have run out. Despite the New 3DS being discontinued in 2017, it’s commendable how long support has lasted.

Do you own a “New Nintendo 3DS”? Will you be effected by this news?

  • boletus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    2 months ago

    The resolution and blurriness was the biggest issue for me and what gave me a headache. I loved my 3ds but I didn’t really have a use for it on that platform. Also the fact that it was optional meant no developer could actually make it useful as a game mechanic

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I didn’t have a 3ds when it was current because of getting a headache the one time I tried one, but I bought a new 3ds last year and I have no issues with having the 3d on for shorter gaming sessions. The eye tracking seems to be a huge improvement for me.

      I’ve played Virtual Boy games on my 3ds and it’s pretty amazing. You’re right that due to the 3d being optional in most games means they couldn’t really use it in gameplay, but with the Virtual Boy games, those were designed for and must be played in 3d. It really made me wonder what could have been for the 3ds if all the things about the hardware that made the 3ds special were used in more creative ways.

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      3·
      2 months ago

      Well, the fact that not everybody has good stereoscopic sight should mean that, on accessibility alone. But I’ve also never bought into that particular criticism.

      I mean, I also don’t have a useful game mechanic for super detailed graphics and you don’t see me complaining about games looking good. I thought playing through little dioramas looked great and was super fun, and that was all I needed. When the DS had its phase of shoehorning touch controls on everything I found that extremely obnoxious. Not every gimmick needs to be at the core of every game.

      • boletus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Fair enough. I guess I felt it was the wrong platform for it and that it would have had better use on something akin to a psvita.