Misc louvre 3ds on older consoles

[vincentmethinks]

dumb question, does the louvre tour software work on older 3dses? if i were to go to france i want to use my own ds and not some 3ds everyone has gotten their germs on

 

[AlamosIT]

I remember that when i visited Louvre, back in 2013, they had old 3DSs XL.
So every old 3DS console should work.

 

[ihaveahax]

The software was for sale on the eShop while it was available. I think there is (or was) also game cards for sale at the Louvre.

 

[Kwyjor]

if i were to go to france i want to use my own ds and not some 3ds everyone has gotten their germs on

At this point I expect they have a smartphone app that offers all of the same functionality.

 

[SylverReZ]

The software was for sale on the eShop while it was available. I think there is (or was) also game cards for sale at the Louvre.

Correct. The Louvre tour software was available in Europe on the eShop. You can also buy gamecards from the Louvre, but they are very rare.

What's even more rare are the Louvre 3DS consoles that use not the retail cartridge; rather, a dongle of some kind that tries to communicate to a server within the Louvre building in order to boot the software.

 

[vincentmethinks]

At this point I expect they have a smartphone app that offers all of the same functionality.

my phone has negative storage and begs for death. what's the point in having it on your phone when you can carry around a modded-to-the-nines ds to flex on everyone?

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Correct. The Louvre tour software was available in Europe on the eShop. You can also buy gamecards from the Louvre, but they are very rare.

What's even more rare are the Louvre 3DS consoles that use not the retail cartridge; rather, a dongle of some kind that tries to communicate to a server within the Louvre building in order to boot the software.

i looked up the price for renting one of those 3dses they have, and it's only €6 (according to google) and honestly if that kind of thing were anywhere else it would be an easy 30/40 quid

 

[Kwyjor]

my phone has negative storage and begs for death. what's the point in having it on your phone when you can carry around a modded-to-the-nines ds to flex on everyone?

Fact is, even a used five-year-old phone is likely to have vastly superior specs compared to a 3DS. It's almost certainly going to have much better resolution.

i looked up the price for renting one of those 3dses they have, and it's only €6 (according to google) and honestly if that kind of thing were anywhere else it would be an easy 30/40 quid

Is that information recent? I'm surprised they're still supporting it. They probably have to replace them regularly, and they can't keep doing that forever.

 

[Kwyjor]

Is that information recent? I'm surprised they're still supporting it. They probably have to replace them regularly, and they can't keep doing that forever.

Oh, huh, look at that.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com...audio-guide-service-is-ending-after-13-years/

Supported for even longer than Nintendo, technically.