The nice thing about buying stuff from Japan is when the listing says "Good" it means "Like New" if you were looking at a listing from the US. Unlike Americans, the Japanese don't treat their possessions like shit.
Yeah. And they tend to lie less about their systems being perfect, they are honest about the condition usually. And even then, a "perfect condition, used once" console will be posted only as "Good" because they know it's used even if only one or two times in a while.The nice thing about buying stuff from Japan is when the listing says "Good" it means "Like New" if you were looking at a listing from the US. Unlike Americans, the Japanese don't treat their possessions like shit.
you may be thinking, worst case scenario.I'm aware of then I text. I just don't care for used 3ds, no matter the model. Too many things can be wrong with them that aren't immediately apparent. Hinges crack, 3d slider could be failing/setup wrong, internal ribbons for the home button and/or amiibo reader could be broken (common if ever been opened), the console could be banned, NDS mode could be fucked up and not working due to a crappy downgrade, etc. I like to buy mine new to avoid all that crap, but I don't get why 3DSes are being scalped so hard right now.
Just to add to this, I purchased a "Like New" Japanese White New 3DS XL off ebay and it was exactly as the description said. And you know how dirty white systems can get, NOPE...this one didnt even have dirt in the cracks, sliders ,buttons ect.The nice thing about buying stuff from Japan is when the listing says "Good" it means "Like New" if you were looking at a listing from the US. Unlike Americans, the Japanese don't treat their possessions like shit.
The 2ds and even the n2ds models have both shown to be made of cheaply made parts, as both models show to break easier. I wouldnt say to get one.Just buy a launch 2ds
When you say n2ds do you mean newThe 2ds and even the n2ds models have both shown to be made of cheaply made parts, as both models show to break easier.
Exactly, they pulled the same shit with their Lite build.The 2ds and even the n2ds models have both shown to be made of cheaply made parts, as both models show to break easier. I wouldnt say to get one.
You may want to research those consoles before saying that. One does have slightly better ram. But they are both not worth the hassle for advising a console that you want for a long time.
"Just take care of it" doesn't change anything about the quality of its parts, just being really unhelpful. Some things happen that you just can't help. I'd rather a Japanese N3DS anyways.
On that note, is there any reason NOT to buy a Japanese unit and region change it to English after 2022? My understanding is in the past you didn't want to do this, because it would break the eShop, but once the eShop is dead, you have no reason to avoid changing the Japanese system to another region?If you're willing to go through with Jap text or doing a region change. I'll agree Japanese systems are a safe bet.
On that note, is there any reason NOT to buy a Japanese unit and region change it to English after 2022? My understanding is in the past you didn't want to do this, because it would break the eShop, but once the eShop is dead, you have no reason to avoid changing the Japanese system to another region?
Nintendo was helping consumers all along!This is precisely where my head was when I region changed my LL. The downsides were resolved 100%…by Ninty themselves.
The eShop will be "dead" in the sense that you won't be able to buy and download new games, but you'll still need it for updates for your cartridge games. (But then again, you could just download the necessary update .cias from some random Internet site instead.)On that note, is there any reason NOT to buy a Japanese unit and region change it to English after 2022? My understanding is in the past you didn't want to do this, because it would break the eShop, but once the eShop is dead, you have no reason to avoid changing the Japanese system to another region?
So, would you recommend buying one of those japanese new 3ds from japan? (new stands for the model, not the condition (damn nintendo and their confusing names haha )).
I've been interested in getting one for quite some time now, particularly the model with the interchangeable cases and the colored abxy buttons that wasn't released in america (although an xl model would be ok as well as long as it's cheap), I don't mind the region being japanese since I can either create an US emunand or do a region change, I once did it for my old 3ds and it worked (except for the eshop, but that won't matter soon anyway), so on this one it should work as well, right?
I did it and couldn't be happier.
Yes, I left mine Japanese and added an emunand that I converted to US. Best of all worlds. Don't miss the eshop one bit and it will be dead soon anyway.