Gaming What happens when yout a 3DS game in a DSi.

[mysticwaterfall]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/17/heres-wh...ridge-in-a-dsi/

As you would expect, absolutely nothing happens, it's not even recognized as a game.

EDIT: Sorry for the bad topic name, my keys were sticking

 

[The Catboy]

Wow, I am not surprised at all.

 

[RoMee]

than what the heck is that little tab on the upper left for??
is it just there so people can't stick it in their DSi?

 

[The Catboy]

than what the heck is that little tab on the upper left for??
is it just there so people can't stick it in their DSi?

Most likely. I mean it doesn't work in the DSi, but they are just making sure people know it's not going to work by adding a little nub to it.

 

[Ikki]

Wow, what a useless experiment.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

This was expected, I don't know who would even think that a 3DS game would work on a DSi.

 

[bowser]

*snore*

What a boring thread. Next they'll try to put a DS game in a Gameboy just to "see what happens".

 

[The Catboy]

Wow, what a useless experiment.

Someone had to do it. Think about it, once the 3DS is released outside of Japan, you know we are going to get a shit ton of thread asking if they can do that and a shit ton complaining about it not working. Like how people were about the DSi-Ware on DS Lites.

 

[mysticwaterfall]

While it's obvious it wouldn't work, I think the important thing is how it doesn't work. By not even being recognized as a game, it shows there's a different structure to 3DS games then DS games even though they use the same cartridge design (more or less). As opposed to say GBC only games, which booted on a normal GB but displayed a warning message that they wouldn't work.

 

[Zorua]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

 

[tehnoobshow]

Well this was kinda pointless............which retard would actually try to attempt this?

 

[RoMee]

this is pointless but there are a bunch of people who ask this question.
like on yahoo answers, I've seen 5 questions within the last month asking if they can play cats and dogs on their dsi because they don't need the 3D effect.
it's stupid but I'll be linking it to educate the less knowledgeable.

 

[mysticwaterfall]

Well this was kinda pointless............which retard would actually try to attempt this?

You would be surprised. There's been at least 5 topics here about if 3DS games work on the DS, and there's over 20 easy at Yahoo Answers.

 

[pachura]

it's not even recognized as a game

NO. F---ING. WAY.

Now let's try with WonderSwan.

 

[chartube12]

Nintendo shouldn't of named it the nintendo 3ds. I seen parents at various stores tell their kids no about pre-ordering them. Telling their kids it's just another DS with a longer top screen.

 

[M[u]ddy]

It's not about trying to run 3DS games on a DSi.
It's to see what happens.

 

[Attila13]

This is just like the PS3 disks in the PS2...

Some things need to be tested just for the sake of it...

(and fun, what bad thing could happen anyway...)

 

[DiscostewSM]

I wish most of you who posted understood the situation more closely. As Mddy explained, it's not about it running it. It's about how it would handle it.

As it is right now, people are fearful of using a DS flashcard in a 3DS because it was rumored that it might brick the unit/card. What if using a 3DS card in the DSi would have bricked the unit/card? No one wanted to try because they knew it "wouldn't work" as far as trying to play the game, but this one person wanted to see "what would happen" in the case if it would affected either hardware piece. Fortunately, we see nothing negative except for a filed-off nub of a 3DS game.

 

[RupeeClock]

This isn't the first time that Nintendo used the physical medium shape to block insertion of new games into old systems.

Look at a gameboy cartridge, they had an indented corner where on the original gameboy, the power switch would "lock" the cartridge in place (preventing its removal whilst the power is on)

Now check out a Gameboy Color exclusive cartridge, that indented corner has been "filled", which actually prevents the gameboy from even powering on.

Of course, that method of blocking doesn't work on something like a Gameboy Player for the SNES, so they had to soft-program an error message as well.

 

[tehnoobshow]

Well this was kinda pointless............which retard would actually try to attempt this?

You would be surprised. There's been at least 5 topics here about if 3DS games work on the DS, and there's over 20 easy at Yahoo Answers.

Well i guess the world's retarded count is increasing at a shocking rate.