Nintendo discontinues 3DS production in Japan

EvilJagaGenius · Sep 17, 2020

Man I'd love to get one, but they've always been prohibitively expensive. I wonder if the price will keep rising or drop now?

The best memory I have is my roommate letting me mess around with his when we weren't playing Smash Ultimate on his Switch. Kid Icarus Uprising was fun stuff.

PrincessLillie · Sep 17, 2020

EvilJagaGenius said:
Man I'd love to get one, but they've always been prohibitively expensive. I wonder if the price will keep rising or drop now?

The best memory I have is my roommate letting me mess around with his when we weren't playing Smash Ultimate on his Switch. Kid Icarus Uprising was fun stuff.

Check the online Nintendo store, they're still selling refurbished systems for as little as USD$50. For how long, I am not certain.

depaul · Sep 17, 2020

So long 3DS. We've had wonderful moments together. Time flies

Sneethan · Sep 17, 2020

Noooo

i wonder if pretendo will make it before nn gets terminated?

my favorite memory is the homebrew projects

-ctgp 7
-rverse
-wumiibo
Other than nn and the eshop, i dont think this affects me except i dont have to worry about my sun/moon save getting banned.

Soulsilve2010 · Sep 17, 2020

Favorite Memory:When the 3DS was first announced and the new kind of 3D screen was a big deal,still think it was an impressive feat.

Favorite Game:Xenoblade Chronicles even if it's a port.

LeeNose · Sep 17, 2020

I feel so conflicted, StreetPass was part of my morning routine. Checking the "streetpasses" I've gotten, playing the games and comparing scores with my girlfriend. 2015-2017 we did this every morning. 3D Land made me give 3D World a chance, which is one of my all-time favourite Nintendo games. It's a meh system but a fine ending to the Nintendo DS era.

AkiraKurusu · Sep 17, 2020

This is really unfortunate; I LOVE the New 3DS XL, and in quite a few ways it's a better system than the Switch - better UI, Virtual Console, backwards-compatibility, a lot more high-quality games, absolute ease of installing and running homebrew...sigh.

I just hope they don't shut down the 3DS eShop any time soon...though they already crippled the ability to actually buy things in Australia by removing the ability to add cash to your eShop wallet, a few years ago, instead requiring the customer to log into accounts.nintendo.com (which rarely works) or to set up a Switch profile linked to that account, and add funds that way.
Which means it's no longer possible to add just enough cash to buy something - if something costs $26, the customer has to add $20 and $10, and have $4 going to waste. Bleh - stupid.

tfocosta · Sep 17, 2020

I'm sure it will be one of my favourite handheld systems for a long time! So cool! Glad I bought it back in 2013.

Games I've played the most:
- MGS3
- Zelda games (all)
- Mario games (all)
- Luigi's Mansion I & II
- Dragon Ball games (all)
- Resident Evil games (all)
- Pokémon games (all)
- Dragon Quest games (all)
- Super Smash Bros
- Virtual Console (several classic titles)

Gon Freecss · Sep 17, 2020

I played a lot of Pokémon X, Mario Kart 7, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Pokémon Omega Ruby, Resident Evil Revelations, Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition, Fire Emblem Awakening, Bravely Default, Pokémon Moon (before launch date ;D), Luigi's Mansion 2, Pokémon Ultra Moon, etc.

I had a blast with my Nintendo 3DS XL Crimson Red and CFW.

KingVamp · Sep 17, 2020

You had to remind of Kid Icarus and how we still didn't get a sequel or even a port yet.

MetoMeto · Sep 17, 2020

Well GBA SP and DS where better tbh.

zoogie · Sep 17, 2020

@Prans The discontinuation is all regions, not just Japan.

Anyways, gonna miss seeing the 3ds in stores but there's still plenty of life left in the hacking/homebrew scene.
At least 1000/day are still doing so according to bruteforcemovable.com (seedminer site).

tfocosta · Sep 17, 2020

zoogie said:
@Prans The discontinuation is all regions, not just Japan.

Anyways, gonna miss seeing the 3ds in stores but there's still plenty of life left in the hacking/homebrew scene.
At least 1000/day are still doing so according to bruteforcemovable.com (seedminer site).

Hope the 3DS hacking legacy continues for a long time!

Thanks for being one of the great minds that are keeping it alive!

DarthDub · Sep 17, 2020

The hardware wasn't that great, the games were great though.

Shahaan · Sep 18, 2020

Asia81 said:
rip
3ds will soon be labeled as "retrogaming" that hurt...

Being Genuinely retro would take another 11 years so there's still a while before that happens

raxadian · Sep 18, 2020

Prans said:
what's your favorite 3DS game/memory?

Pokemon Sun & Moon.

Rail Fighter · Sep 18, 2020

Donkey Kong Returns and Star Fox were awesome in 3D.

Sathya · Sep 18, 2020

raxadian said:
Now you know how I felt when the Wii and Nintendo DS online services died in 2014 without previous warning.

yes... nintendo dosent care about us...
can you imagine when wiimmfi server is down........

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooo..............

Delerious · Sep 18, 2020

Oh 3DS... you were off to such a rocky start, but you proved yourself worthy in the end. I am glad to have purchased you.

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Sep 18, 2020

Hey Nintendo, can we have one more stability update, for old times sake.

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