Nintendo’s Japanese customer service centre has announced that they are no longer able to repair “New Nintendo 3DS” consoles, effective immediately. This means that the New Nintendo 3DS system (KTR-001) is now out of warranty for repairs as parts required for repairs have run out. Despite the New 3DS being discontinued in 2017, it’s commendable how long support has lasted.


Do you own a “New Nintendo 3DS”? Will you be effected by this news?

  • MudMan
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    43 months ago

    Well, the fact that not everybody has good stereoscopic sight should mean that, on accessibility alone. But I’ve also never bought into that particular criticism.

    I mean, I also don’t have a useful game mechanic for super detailed graphics and you don’t see me complaining about games looking good. I thought playing through little dioramas looked great and was super fun, and that was all I needed. When the DS had its phase of shoehorning touch controls on everything I found that extremely obnoxious. Not every gimmick needs to be at the core of every game.

    • boletus
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      23 months ago

      Fair enough. I guess I felt it was the wrong platform for it and that it would have had better use on something akin to a psvita.