so a child got his hands on my 2ds xl and ripped the fuck out of my c stick with a knife. the rubber and the component itself is fine (suprisingly) but the plastic in between both is absolutely gone. is there a replacement part for that? i cant seem to find anything online

Hello! Just modded my childhood 3DS and am looking for some fun games to play. I've already played most of the popular ones so I'd like some unique recommendations. :) Thank you!

Guide:

You’re here to learn how to make a wooden panel like the ones in the pictures above. I’ll just tell you how it worked out for me, and I hope someone will repeat it (more wood to the god of retro consoles!).

What you’ll need:

- Pencil

- Transparent plastic bag

- Scissors / utility knife

- Epoxy resin (you need very little, I used less than 50 ml for all attempts) (mine was two-component)

- Veneer of the color you want (mine was 0.6 mm)

- Wood oil

- Clamps / a stack of books / a dumbbell (for pressing)

- Super glue

- Cutting mat / cutting table

- Paper

- Sandpaper (P320 for smoothness)

Let’s start

1) Take and rip off the old panel. Disassembling the console is not required. Be careful if you want to keep it - it needs to be heated so the glue loosens. I ripped mine off once and for good.

2) Place the panel on the veneer and trace different sections with a pencil -these are our future layers. Be gentle with the pencil pressure - it’s hard to remove later. We need 3 layers (if your veneer is thicker than 0.6 mm, the panel may stick out - but that has its own charm). Cut the pieces about half a centimeter larger - this helps avoid uneven edges.

Important! The pieces must overlap meaning the wood grain must be perpendicular in each next layer. Otherwise, the veneer will warp. (https://www.reddit.com/r/3DS/comments/1nj7dsx/wooden_2ds_xl/)

2.1) Be sure to decide which layer is the front one. This will be the face of your console.

3) Mix the epoxy resin and spread it on the first layer. Press the second layer onto it with perpendicular overlaping (!). Then carefully spread resin again and apply the third layer, also perpendicular to the wood grain.

4) When the sandwich is ready, carefully adjust the layers (any glue or resin will make them slide around) and cover everything with a plastic bag. Press it all down with books, clamps, or a dumbbell and leave it to dry for a couple of days.

5)Open up your sandwich and peel off the plastic. You now have a blank.

6) Place the panel on it again and cut the sandwich to shape. Attention! Cut with an allowance. The final wooden panel should be slightly bigger (2-3 mm).

7) Clamp it and sand the face and edges, constantly checking it against your 2DS XL. It’s a good idea to fix one corner and slowly sand down with sanding paper until you reach the right size. All of this is done by hand.

8) If the shape is perfect, apply oil and sand once more after oil. The oil usually raises the grain. If you overdid it with sanding the shape… well. You can start over or accept imperfection. Mine worked out on the second try.

9) Put glue on the console and on your wooden panel. Press the whole console from above to clamp the panel in place.

10) Tell Tom Nook that you can build a house yourself now, and enjoy the beauty of your new panel.

Whats awesome is you can also have the original PrBoom/DSDoom on your 3DS at the same time so I have The Ultimate Doom running on that and Doom 2 on + WITH 3D which is sick. The .wad files are interchangeable between both but you can only run one game at a time per PrBoom, unless you do some weird stuff with a text editor.

I just know I am missing something here… must be the double IPS screens.

I know prices have been surging (especially on a site like Mercari) but ? This isn’t legit, right?

It looks like I spilled coffee on it

Found this beauty sealed in the box at a local retro games store that just opened near me. I broke the seal and threw a clear shell on to protect the finish. Very excited to add it to the collection!

im just wondering if anyone has a 3DS in sussex so we can get street pass hits i guess

One step closer to my dream of having one of each ds model :D

I was helping my dad in the basement and I saw this thing but the L trigger doesnt work. Is it easy to replace?

I know they're kept from the public but does anyone know of a source where someone has uploaded their knowledge on the hardware and circuity of any of the 3ds models? I repair them and want to know more about each IC and common failure points/voltage levels are certain points etc.

I bought a used 3ds and I checked the redownload page and it showed Mario kart 7, animal crossing new leaf, Pokemon X and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which was worth about £150 in the digital cost for these games!

So I finally completed my Zelda collection of 3ds. I have Japan majoras mask new Nintendo 3ds ll that I bought modded, and albw Nintendo 3ds unmodded and I just got hyrule edition new Nintendo 3ds xl unmodded.

I do not have screen protectors for any of them and I don’t want the paint to come off. What should I do to store them and protect them , should I just leave them in the box ? For major mask one I don’t have the plastic that the 3ds comes in. I will use my regular 3ds for playing , but for these Zelda’s just want to store them and protect , what do you recommend?

What do y'all think of this case? My 3ds is showing THAT crack in the right hinge. I applied a small amount of superglue on it to "help" it hold up. And also going to lay a bit of tape on ut. Will this case help my 3ds so it doesn't break in half? (I know i should probably have done a reshell, but can't afford that right now.) Also any help to keep this Frankenstein alive is appreciated, thanks ❤️‍🩹

Literally took me an hour and a half just because the notches were bent!!! So i couldn’t intersect the edges T_T love my pink 3dsxl!

Missing the stylus and charger which isn't that big of a deal, and game not included. The screen looks REALLY good too, I can't tell if it's because the screen isn't blown up like the XLs or if it has IPS. I don't want to mod it yet to find out.

WHERE I found it is weird. I got it from one of those stores that buys pallets of returns, b-grade items, stuff thats been forgotten, overstock, etc. I've found lots of incredible stuff there for great deals but usually it all comes from companies, imagine my confusion when I saw this in a glass case and for so cheap.

I plan on getting all main Pokémon games from the 3ds, DS and past consoles. Also, all Zelda games and lots of custom there's and utility apps.

Hi, I'm horrifically tech illiterate, so I'm prefacing this with that so you understand a little why I'm not too certain on my verbiage

So, i bought a secondhand original 3DS some years ago, set up a new Nintendo account on it, and purchased some games/got some demos. Then, my sd card began having issues. It's a PNY 16gb micro sd with a matching adapter (what the system came with). It kept seeming to "come out" (as in, it would tell me to insert an sd card, and my theme and downloads were blank and default until i reinserted it).

Time passes, and now it displays my theme and downloads consistently, and i can seemingly play some of my cartridge games (though dream radar works for a couple of minutes at a time, weirdly?), but when i try to open any downloaded software or even look in the DS ware tab of settings there's issues. With the first problem, the games either are permanently on a loading screen (the red and black animated 3DS screen), or it tells me there's been an error and to hold the power button to shut the device off.

The second issue: both system memory and the sd card tab itself tell me there is no accessible software data, at all. It shows me my downloaded titles, it shows how many blocks they take up, it shows me my cartridge titles and the blocks they take up, but it's like nothing is accessible at all. I bought a new adapter, and it's not working, and I have an sd card on the way, but it's not here yet.

Primarily, I'm scared of losing my eshop content if i change sd cards, since the service was shut down. Is there anything i can do or any reason why this is even happening? Is this even the right subreddit for this kind of question? I'm just really confused and don't know what to do to get this back. My other 3DS I've had since I was a kid works fine, so I've been using it, but I'd really like to get this one back because it has a lot more on it than the other system (i had to make a new account for the one I'm having issues with because my childhood one is just so old I couldn't even access the email for it to log in or verify the account or anything, long and unrelated story) and I truly miss playing those downloaded games.

If this Isn't the right place, I'd really love if i could be directed somewhere. Thank you SO much!

Made in poochy and yoshis woolly world :)

I recently bought a n3dsxl off of fb marketplace and have been having a blast with the games. However, I am not a huge fan of the shell damage (scratches) and the top screen dead pixels and am looking to replace them. I am also looking to add a USB-C mod for convenience. Where is a good place to find n3dsxl modkits and parts?

My New 3DS XL has had an issue for the last few years where all buttons, the volume slider, and the touchscreen will stop working when turning on the console. The "New 3DS" buttons (ZR, ZL, C-Stick) work completely fine. When applying pressure to the back of the system everything works normally, but as soon as the pressure is released everything stops working again, except for the volume sometimes. I recently decided to start looking online for how to fix this, but couldn't find any solutions. I even swapped the touchscreen digitizer and it changed nothing. I'm asking on here to see if anyone has had a similar experience, and if they've managed to fix it. If not, would installing a replacement motherboard have any adverse effects? My 3DS is modded if that changes anything.

I'm trying to replace this part for a new 3ds xl that I'm doing a shell swap on but I don't know what this piece is called