Gaming Where does the 3DS store savegames?

[spiritofcat]

On the game cartridges like all previous Nintendo Cartridge based systems?
Or on the removable storage (SD card) like the PSP and XBOX360?
Or on the internal NAND storage like the Wii?

The answer would be easy enough to determine with the use of two 3DSes and one game cartridge.

 

[Black_Knight_666]

Probably similar to how the wii stores saves..

 

[TheTwoR's]

^ We need a full and correct answer, not a 'probably'
Let's wait 'till a 3DS owner sees this question.

 

[WiiUBricker]

It's likely that saves are being stored in the cartridges itself.
Remember, on DSi, when slot-1 carts are inserted, the nand gets shut down. The same could apply to the 3DS.

 

[redact]

@wiibricjer: while it's likely the saves are indeed stored on the cart, from what I've read, 3GS games will have NAND acces because I remember reading in an interview (iwata asks?) them mentioning that devs could add the ability to play the user's songs off of the 3ds (in mp3 format) during gameplay

 

[spinal_cord]

That would only imply SD access, as thats where the mp3's would be.

 

[_Chaz_]

It would have to be on the cartridge.
If you bought a console used there's no guarantee that it would have an SD card, rendering saving to the card impossible. Nintendo would never make that the case. Besides, that would make exploiting saves too easy.

 

[spiritofcat]

This trailer for Super Street Fighter IV says that the figure collecting street pass minigame works without the game inserted, so some portion of your savegame must reside in the NAND or SD card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGslprZGEGo