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New Nintendo 3DS & New Nintendo 3DS XL Launch Thread
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Fahrenheit
Banned
Does the new 3DS offer anything besides the 2nd analog nub? I got a 3DSXL with a circle Pad Pro so I'm not sure if its worth the upgrade.
terrisus
Member
This is answered right in the OP...
SonicKnights
Member
Dude I know how you feel. Took me many tries, and probably 2 hours for it to finally be good. When I was ready to go over to gamestop and trade in my 2ds for that $75 they were closed. Yep is Friday the 13th
……forgetit
Member
Happened to me, I turned off the system and reset the 3D to default and now it works fine.
SonicKnights
Member
Whats the deal with lack of screen protectors in the stores and tpu cases. Its not like they didn't have time to prepare.
Just picked mine up, I'm updating but the guy in front of me in line seemed like he could have been a GAFer lol. He asked if they were doing a midnight launch for Bloodborne and was just there to pick up Majora's Mask, the guy asked him about the special edition 3DS and he said that he's not interested because the fact that it doesn't come with a charger is absurd.
Captain_Wreckus
Member
100% in agreement. Really glad I bought 32gb after I put the back plate on.
AtomicSymphonic
Banned
It seems like with Nintendo, most people don't think it's as big a deal as it used to be. Problem is, it still is and stores keep under-predicting. Same goes for Nintendo. Limited Editions are way more limited than they are supposed to be, some products are not sold in places where they were highly anticipated due to market misreading (No regular-size New 3DS in North America), etc.
Long story short, yeah, they probably had a lot of time to prepare, but they may not have expected so many people to be interested in them.
MikeE21286
Member
Very happy there's a wireless transfer option to the PC if I need space on the card. I agree I will never take the back plate off again. What a pain
RellyRell28
Banned
Okay so why don't these screws wanna come out?
Captain_Wreckus
Member
I think they want to please their investors by saying the system is selling great and were having a hard time keeping with demand. I bet the investors would be not too happy if they said that they overestimated the demand and have full inventory in their warehouse.
Captain_Wreckus
Member
Don't think they are supposed to come out. just loosen them up a bit and then use the stylus on the corners to pop open the plate.
Trevelyan9999
Banned
Here is my silly but successful New 3DS transfer story:
I pre-ordered the Black XL version, got it today on my lunch break at work. I then proceeded to do a system transfer in my car via my smart phone hot spot right next to GameStop since they would not allow me to do the system transfer in the store due to it being too busy and they didn't want lots of people crowding all doing system transfers asking for their Internet. I could understand that, so I did it all in my car, lol.
-12 minutes to update new handheld to current firmware via my phone hotspot.
-15 minutes to nearly complete the system transfer from old 3DS to New 3DS XL, my phone turned my hotspot off due to inactivity since both systems only connect at the start and end of the system transfer.
-15 more minutes to redo the system transfer while making sure my phone hotspot was active.
-2 minutes to get the New 3DS XL up and going after the transfer and have the DSi games moved.
-2 minutes to open the back of the New 3DS, remove microsd and insert my new microsd already pre-loaded the night before from back up file on my PC. It was amazingly easy to open the back of the New 3DS guys, the screws didn't come out it just popped off really smoothly without having to pry or force it.
I walked back to GameStop, traded in my old 3DS with it's adapter, got my $75 bucks back and went back to my car, turned my new system back on and it works like magic, only took about 45 minutes, even after needing to start the process over.
Anyone else do it this way?
I pre-ordered the Black XL version, got it today on my lunch break at work. I then proceeded to do a system transfer in my car via my smart phone hot spot right next to GameStop since they would not allow me to do the system transfer in the store due to it being too busy and they didn't want lots of people crowding all doing system transfers asking for their Internet. I could understand that, so I did it all in my car, lol.
-12 minutes to update new handheld to current firmware via my phone hotspot.
-15 minutes to nearly complete the system transfer from old 3DS to New 3DS XL, my phone turned my hotspot off due to inactivity since both systems only connect at the start and end of the system transfer.
-15 more minutes to redo the system transfer while making sure my phone hotspot was active.
-2 minutes to get the New 3DS XL up and going after the transfer and have the DSi games moved.
-2 minutes to open the back of the New 3DS, remove microsd and insert my new microsd already pre-loaded the night before from back up file on my PC. It was amazingly easy to open the back of the New 3DS guys, the screws didn't come out it just popped off really smoothly without having to pry or force it.
I walked back to GameStop, traded in my old 3DS with it's adapter, got my $75 bucks back and went back to my car, turned my new system back on and it works like magic, only took about 45 minutes, even after needing to start the process over.
Anyone else do it this way?
new 3ds launch? Oh I thought this was the thread on my friggin finger print detection unit I just got from nintendo. I thought they learned. My dsi xl was a finger print machine, then my 3ds xl was a nice red matte. They learned! But no. Back to this gloss crap. Never put a skin on before but this one is getting one.
As far as the back cover goes its really not that bad. But I get the concern and its crazy how they did it. What got me more was how some of the questions were in the transfer software...like a yes or no answer for a question using an "either or".
Hardware wise this thing is faster and the 3ds is awesome. I have a jpn 3ds so I had seen it on the smaller screen and the larger one is just as good. Now to run thru MH again so I can play with NA folks.
As far as the back cover goes its really not that bad. But I get the concern and its crazy how they did it. What got me more was how some of the questions were in the transfer software...like a yes or no answer for a question using an "either or".
Hardware wise this thing is faster and the 3ds is awesome. I have a jpn 3ds so I had seen it on the smaller screen and the larger one is just as good. Now to run thru MH again so I can play with NA folks.
So you don't lose them. Its actually a good feature considering the size of the screw. Just loosen them a bit and you will hear a click when each one is loosened.
Deadpool_X
Banned
Really? Why not? Maybe it's because I work in IT and am constantly taking stuff apart to repair it, but it was a breeze for me. taking that back panel off is way more simple and less nerve-wracking then taking a laptop bezel apart.
Also the instructions were actually helpful and well-written. I've used products where you have to do something similar but the instructions aren't really clear.
terrisus
Member
……forgetit
Member
Do you buy everything digital?
RellyRell28
Banned
thanks wish you can remove them completely cause I'm not screwing them back in cause that back plate does a good enough job.
Lakerchick4life
Member
I could NEVER have taken that thing off myself(I had installed a 16gb microsd card) I had the girl at Target who sold me the red system get a screwdriver and open it for me. Took her 20 minutes to finally figure it out Nintendo loves making things difficult
SonicKnights
Member
That's a lot of 3DS porn!
terrisus
Member
On the 3DS, yeah, most of my stuff is digital (although much of it is also only available digitally)
Ecto311
Member
Can you shut the lids of the 2 systems while this long ass transfer is taking place? Fuck after the updates and resetting this password that I never remember it has been close to 4 hours. I don't have a full 2gb of stuff to move maybe 1gb if that and its taking more than an hour to transfer. Sitting at 75% so far.
RellyRell28
Banned
Well my transfer went smooth. Tried out my amiibo in Smash. Still up in the air about getting Majora's Mask though
Captain_Wreckus
Member
Played some mario 3d on my break and didn't notice any dead pixels at all.
Revenile
Member
Mine doesn't have any dead pixels. However I have a area where the bottom screen is brighter that runs along the botton of the lower screen and some more on the right of the screen. Only showed up about an hour ago (and about 4 hours after applying ghost armor) hoping it fixes itself.
……forgetit
Member
I doubt we'll know until they've had time to wear, but the color and the contrast are much better in the new one.
Captain_Wreckus
Member
here's some reading material to kill some time
http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/13/8037085/mario-luigi-monster-hunter-4-ultimate-new-3ds-xl
You only need to turn them a few times to loose them. They don't actually come out of the external cover.
I have a single stuck pixel in the parallax layer. Interestingly, it is almost invisible to the eye when looking at the system straight on with 3D on. It is only visible with 3D off or viewed from an angle.
I have one on the top screen, but it's all the way in the upper right hand corner. I don't even see it unless I'm looking for it. Still probably going to exchange it as soon as my store gets more in.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
I'm really digging it. Amazing how much better the 3d is. Screen seems clearer as well, and the build quality is nicer than the old XL.
SparksterMeta0
Member
Changing the micro SD card during transfer was a little stressful (stupid back cover), but I got it done! 32 gigs worth of space!
Now redownloading MH4U. This is actually my second special edition system I bought (First was the gold Zelda XL). Looks and feels good. I'm glad I preordered.
Now redownloading MH4U. This is actually my second special edition system I bought (First was the gold Zelda XL). Looks and feels good. I'm glad I preordered.
Honestly, I started up Smash 3DS just to use the amiibo feature.
FirmBizBws
Becomes baffled, curling up into a ball when confronted with three controller options.
Taking forever to charge, the orange light has been on since before 10. Using a charger I bought off of Amazon. So either the charge cable doesn't work correct or the system just takes forever to charge.
Or the orange light just doesn't come off?
Or the orange light just doesn't come off?
zeldarocks
Neo Member
I posted this in the MM OT, but I thought it would be more appropriate here...
Does anybody else's circle pad creak under pressure? This is on the n3DS XL by the way.
It feels as though I am letting go of an elastic band, there is a very distinct "clank" sound to it.
Does anybody else's circle pad creak under pressure? This is on the n3DS XL by the way.
It feels as though I am letting go of an elastic band, there is a very distinct "clank" sound to it.
After messing with it a bit more, maybe my eyes just needed to adjust a bit more. I'm still seeing a bit of faint double in certain spots, but it looks a lot better.
As someone that truly enjoyed the 3D on the 3DS, but just couldn't use it all the time, this head tracking is a godsend. Thank you Nintendo. I just wish the system would've been intially realeased like this so it wouldn't have turned so many off from the idea. Just showed it to my friend that actively hated the 3D on the original and he was very impressed.
As someone that truly enjoyed the 3D on the 3DS, but just couldn't use it all the time, this head tracking is a godsend. Thank you Nintendo. I just wish the system would've been intially realeased like this so it wouldn't have turned so many off from the idea. Just showed it to my friend that actively hated the 3D on the original and he was very impressed.
Incitemaybe
Member
Is anyone having issues with the cstick not being able to be pressed down, or any other direction reliably?
We got 2 n3ds' today and one of them started having problems moving the camera down in MH4 with the cstick.
We've tried the in game calibratuon and you really have to pull that cstick down with a fingernail to have it register.
Could it be that it's just new and stiff or could it possibly be defective?
We got 2 n3ds' today and one of them started having problems moving the camera down in MH4 with the cstick.
We've tried the in game calibratuon and you really have to pull that cstick down with a fingernail to have it register.
Could it be that it's just new and stiff or could it possibly be defective?
Lakerchick4life
Member
I never put my 3ds in 3D(Because of issues with eye straining) but if I wanted to check, how can I check to see if I do have a dead pixel, what would I be looking for
20 minutes backing up my 32gb SD card to the laptop earlier.
20 minutes copying all of those files directly to the newly formatted 64gb card.
Pop the 64 the original 3DS to make sure everything's alright - NOTHING.
Card works and shows up, and I was able to download a game to it, but all the original software isn't showing up.
Root of card: Nintendo 3DS
Exact copy of the original folder.
20 minutes copying all of those files directly to the newly formatted 64gb card.
Pop the 64 the original 3DS to make sure everything's alright - NOTHING.
Card works and shows up, and I was able to download a game to it, but all the original software isn't showing up.
Root of card: Nintendo 3DS
Exact copy of the original folder.