N3DS Circle Pad has Drift...Only when using Homebrew and not during normal games.

NostalgicMillennial · Friday at 11:04 PM

Perfect Dark and REGTA both have an issue where pushing down slightly on my circle pad will cause the stick to drift (very slow walk movements occur when i'm not interacting with it) This problem is not prevalent at all in normal 3DS applications, games and usage at least from the games I've tried. Even going to Circle Pad calibration in the system settings does not indicate any sign on drift, despite attempting to replicate the same movements which cause the issues I'm having.

Is the deadzone more sensitive in homebrew applications compared to normal 3DS games? I really don't want to have to replace the circle pad, especially with the 3DS and N3DS reaching "antique" level pricing online

chiqeetasu · 2026-09-23T13:52:04+0100

Actually, I’ve been struggling with the exact same problem for quite some time now. When I checked using 3DSident, I found that my C-pad is shifted just a tiny bit to the right.

NostalgicMillennial · 2026-09-23T14:15:39+0100

chiqeetasu said:
Actually, I’ve been struggling with the exact same problem for quite some time now. When I checked using 3DSident, I found that my C-pad is shifted just a tiny bit to the right.

Is it the homebrew? Because these are normally PC ports so because the circle pad is looked as a mouse this behavior happens? It's strange like anything non homebrew I do not have this issue

Kwyjor · 2026-09-23T17:03:02+0100

NostalgicMillennial said:
Perfect Dark and REGTA

I'm sure you can find other "homebrew" that does not have that issue.

You're probably better off checking the Github for those specific projects and see if anyone else has reported a similar issue.

N3DS Circle Pad has Drift...Only when using Homebrew and not during normal games.

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