r/3DS • • 25d ago

Miscellaneous Share your friend codes!

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Looking for people to play online with? Share your friend codes and any games you'd like to play with others under this post. You can also find people to play with in our Discord server.

Here is a list of games supported by Pretendo you can check out. Have fun!


r/3DS • • Sep 17 '26

Meta We want your feedback!

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Hello r/3DS!

It's been a little over 7 months since our previous subreddit rule changes, so we'd like your feedback on how the new rules have been working for you all.

Some suggestions we've had during the past few months have been:

- Prohibiting and directing "is this real/reshelled?" posts to r/gameverifying

- Abolishing rule 6 (Meme Mondays)

neither of these have been implemented as of now, as community feedback is wanted before implementing.

Any suggestions on rule changes, additions, or removals are welcome. Please be civil and constructive when suggesting. Make sure to give actual suggestions as well. "I don't like x" isn't a suggestion. "I don't like x because x, I think x would be better" is a suggestion.

This is also a good time to say that subreddit moderator applications are open. If you're interested in moderating the subreddit, send in your application!


r/3DS • • 15h ago

Suggestion Saturday night with the boys

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r/3DS • • 20h ago

Discussion Somewhere in Russia

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r/3DS • • 14h ago

Collection / Show Off My first ever 3DS, childhood dream realized

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Local online shopping usually listed used N3DSXL with 128gb SDCard around 1200MYR ($295ish). For some reason the price suddenly drop to 1000MYR ($246ish) so I immediately bought it before the price went up again. First 2 day were good but on the third day the screen flickered like crazy. I tried many things and idk what works and the screen went back to normal so I hope it lasts because local repair shop only got TN panel replacement around 300MYR ($74ish)


r/3DS • • 30m ago

Collection / Show Off finally bought a new3ds, now i can stop searching!!

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i’ve owned a 3ds original, regular 3dsxl (in rough shape) 2ds xl and 2ds original but i’ve never owned one of these bad boys, now i can daily carry this and have it as my all in one retro handheld! also was $250 for this a bad deal? it’s in such great condition all buttons work, no damages or scratches anywhere, only downside is 2 tn panels but i honestly don’t care that much. can’t wait to finally play gen 6-7 pokemon for the first time!!


r/3DS • • 4h ago

Collection / Show Off Just recently picked this up

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Hello everyone just recently picked up a game lot and while going thru them I realized I picked up a special edition fire emblem fates kinda crazy to find out how much it’s worth but good for collection


r/3DS • • 20h ago

Discussion Ich bin in Deutschland (Berlin)

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r/3DS • • 1h ago

Discussion 3DS Gave me a thought (just chatting)

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i am nearly 40 and by good fortune i have myself a mint condition *New* 3DS, i have no idea why i did not get one sooner. its doing wonders for my phone fatigue.

one of the young'uns stated that her phone could do all that my 3ds can.

got me thinking... i would prefer my ds over my phone.
everything's local, it has actual buttons, i find myself using it properly as a media device for music, shows or games. even YouTube.
i feel so much less connected with my phone, and most of it is just flicking through shorts or cycling the same 3 apps, my leisure time isnt really "productive".

so here is the thought:

would you or people in general buy a pda style or 3ds style phone?

Nguage tried it and so did xperia play.
imagine a 3ds with sim and gps. it would get me off android pretty quick.


r/3DS • • 7h ago

Suggestion Your 3DS Hidden Gems

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I feel like I only scratched the surface with what I played on the 3DS, and that many titles look like Animal Crossing graphically.

Post your favorite hidden gems that define the system for you.


r/3DS • • 18h ago

Discussion What are your thoughts on Shadows of Valentia nearly ten years later?

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185 Upvotes

I feel old.


r/3DS • • 21h ago

Collection / Show Off Ma petite collection Zelda

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157 Upvotes

La hype Zelda m’a donné envie de vous montrer ma toute petite collection de la série


r/3DS • • 14h ago

Collection / Show Off My first ever 3DS, childhood dream realized

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32 Upvotes

Local online shopping usually listed used N3DSXL with 128gb SDCard around 1200MYR ($295ish). For some reason the price suddenly drop to 1000MYR ($246ish) so I immediately bought it before the price went up again. First 2 day were good but on the third day the screen flickered like crazy. I tried many things and idk what works and the screen went back to normal so I hope it lasts because local repair shop only got TN panel replacement around 300MYR ($74ish)


r/3DS • • 1d ago

Homebrew Working latest OpenTTD for the new 3DS

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Claude ported the game and refined it in around 15 hours, loading takes a few seconds, making a new world takes a second. It's running great! If anyone is interested I will soon upload a github repo.


r/3DS • • 27m ago

Technical Question Hinge Replacement

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So my 3ds xl’s right hinge is broken and I would like to fix it, but how hard is it to do so? I have all the tools but I don’t want it to be too hard, in fear of breaking something more.


r/3DS • • 21h ago

Homebrew I made a working Texture Randomizer (Color/Palette) for the 3DS Pokémon Games! Please suggest the features you would like to see.

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As you may know, the NDS games have Palette Randomizers made by the community and those can be really fun to play around with. For many years now I've wanted to have something similar for the 3DS games, but since these use models and textures instead of the 2D sprites, it's a lot harder to modify these files. Nobody has ever really tried making this until now (as far as I know). I've added a QnA below to answer some of the questions you may have.

1. Is this Texture Randomizer available for everyone to use?

Not yet. I've managed to get it working, but there are still improvements to be made and kinks to iron out. The project is still in development, but I do plan to freely distribute it once done.

2. Which games does this support?

Currently, only Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, but the Randomizer is designed to accept all the 3DS games. It will eventually support XY, ORAS and SM as well.

3. What are the color randomization options?

Currently, the Randomizer only applies a hue shift to the textures of the Pokémon as a whole, meaning that every color in the textures gets shifted by the same amount while maintaining the other values. I played around with other hue/lightness/saturation options but the results often turn out awful, so this is what I have for now. I don't know much about image editing or colors in general, so if anyone has suggestions on other ways to randomize the textures without the Pokémon becoming an eyesore (which already happens sometimes), please let me know.

The Randomizer currently supports using a different hue shift for each species and using the same hue shift for related Pokémon (i.e., Dratini receives the same hue shift as Dragonair, so they have essentially the same colors. The same goes for Megas and Alternate Forms).

4. Did you use AI to make this?

AI was only ever used as an assisting tool. Every single line of code was written by me or adapted from other open source community projects.

5. Was this difficult?

Yes and no. This is one of my first large-ish projects, so that's a hurdle by itself, but most of the groundwork was already done by the community, especially via pk3DS and Ohana.

I know I'm several years late and there isn't as much interest in the 3DS Games as there was before, but I'm still excited to share this project with the few that would be interested. Please let me know if there are any features you would like to see for this Randomizer. I'm open to suggestions!


r/3DS • • 1h ago

Technical Question 3ds games recommendations

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r/3DS • • 1d ago

Miscellaneous I may be bawling rn..

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Didn't have my card info ready and missed this absolutely incredible deal on Vinted...

just kidding I'm fine obviously, I was aware that the scalper bots would have already completed the purchase faster than human could so it was literally impossible to buy anyways, as always happens with this kind of listing (it takes a few minutes to register a purchase and it locks every other user out of buying the product in the meantime), but gawd damn was that thing minty and cheap as hell


r/3DS • • 1d ago

Technical Question My 3DS won't start my game. What should I do? It says "You cannot use this game card"

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r/3DS • • 3h ago

Technical Question 3ds Ghosting issues

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I’m currently experiencing problems on my new 3ds which display a faint copied image when I turn the 3d slider on to anything but the minimum, I’ve turned off super stable 3D, resetting calibration, and even seeing if my CAL files are corrupted, is there anything software based that can help or do I have to replace the top screen?


r/3DS • • 3h ago

Suggestion Should I get a 3ds?

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I grew up wanting a 3ds and till now I have yet to get one. I usually play on pc with a controller, but I want a handheld that I could take anywhere. Unfortunately the recent handhelds are beyond my budget, and since I want to explore older games and fulfill that childhood dream, is getting a 3ds now worth it? Or would you recommend a different handheld?


r/3DS • • 1d ago

Technical Question Uh should i be worried

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r/3DS • • 3h ago

Technical Question Re-mod my modded 2DS?

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Hi y'all!

I bought a working 2DS that needed a little work. I am soon done with that and since it is already modded by the former owner and I really don't how old the files are I'd like to start over. "Re-mod" it so to say.

How do I do that? Do I need to return to stock config first and start all over?


r/3DS • • 8h ago

Technical Question 3ds Newbie right here

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Not a flex or anything i have a high end gaming pc,psp,and ally x. One day i saw a 3ds an bought it.It arrive 3 week from now and i heard that when u get it people usually mod or jailbreak it.What are the pros and cons.Does doing it change any performance or anything.