Why is the 3DS Popular Again?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- The 3DS has seen a sudden surge in popularity within the Nintendo space as of late, but why exactly is that? This console is 13 years old, yet it's still been in discussion lately. In this video, I aim to explain why this is the case and to give my perspective on the 3DS and what it has to offer.
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Something really funny is Nintendo's recent survey actually asks if people are playing games on certain consoles and the 3DS was an option while the Wii U was not.
since it was a commercial flop they probably don't think it's worth asking about at all whereas the 3DS was much more successful with a longer lifespan and also had a big resurgence in 2021 onwards (the Wii U kind of did too but not to the same extent)
When, where!
The Wii U was good, it’s just how they made the commercials, right?
@@Jhoncakeo-.- It was actually just a few days ago when it went public, it's already over now. It asked stuff about what kind of games you like, what games you've played, and a lot of the thousand year door related questions. It feels like it's to gauge future interest in RPGS
@@Jhoncakeo-.- It was actually just a few days ago when it went public, it's already over now. It asked stuff about what kind of games you like, what games you've played, and a lot of the thousand year door related questions. It feels like it's to gauge future interest in RPGS
Here is the real simple reason. No subscriptions. No Ads. Its that simple. Really it is. I don't even have to log into steam. its amazing.
Yes omg it was a head trying launch p4 golden or cod offline just to go online and then turn off my wifi 😅
@MrMew Consoles really killed one of their main advantages by pulling this 'have to go online to authenticate' thing. PC gamers might expect that kind of thing, but console gamers want something they can boot up and dip in and out of without it becoming too complicated. If there's any one thing that I think is contributing to apathy with the current console generations, it's this.
@@lancebaylis3169 have they hit you console guys with their "you need to make an account on our platform to play this game you just bought" bullshit yet? We've been getting that on PC a lot in recent years, and now I can't play GTA or RDR2 because I forgot my password for it lol.
is logging into steam that much of a turn off?
Also Nintendo despises backwards compatibility they are allergic to money.
I still miss dual screen portable gaming... it's so useful if you can put all your UI info in the bottom screen and put the main game on top. I was a big fan of that.
I think the compromise is that they just need adjustable UIs where you could have dual-screen or single.
vita better
@@Gloryboyquan Nice bait.
Anyway, as a Vita fan as well: I think comparing the Vita would be like comparing a Nintendo Switch to a PS5.
They are fundamentally not the same thing but I like them both tbh.
Same I kinda wish one day Nintendo could go back to it (once they’re done with the switch successor since it’s definitely going to be a switch 2)
Especially since a hand held device is smaller by its very nature. So it only made sense to have a second screen for all the UI and extra stuff so that it doesn't take up screen space from the main gameplay. The Switch is awesome and all, but I do miss the DS/3DS hardware.
Another great feature of online play on the 3DS is that it was FREE. I didn’t know that online play was free on the system until around a year before the server shutdown - I can’t afford the online Switch subscription right now so, I really enjoyed being able to play Mario Kart online again and also visit other towns in Animal Crossing.
Which makes more sense why they would shut the servers down, because nobody was paying for it anyways. And by then they kept the servers up for so long, it is understandable that they shut them down because it was easier to keep their newer paid for servers for the switch up than the old ones that they weren't getting any money from.
Oh yeah I hate the fact that switch online is a freaking paid subscription. Why do I need to pay money to swap pokemon with other people even tho I already paid 60€ for the game and almost 400€ for the console?
To be fair, it's $20 a year compared to $60 for the other two major platforms. Yeah I agree it shouldn't cost anything, but if it HAS to cost something, I think that's reasonable. Problem is, there is no difference in online server reliability since the wii; so we are basically just giving $20, just because nintendo said so. The $50 expansion pack is not worth it, even though the added online play to some retro games is pretty cool.
@@Starberry7 LITERALLY and now that the other servers shut down why don't they make it free? It would bring more popularity to the switch anyway. It's obvious they were trying to make the subscription a very long term thing though 😔
@@BlackWindsthis mentality is why everyone but pc users need to pay for shitty online servers that are almost always peer to peer anyway.
from what i know, the 3ds rose in popularity again back in 2020, 2021 or 2022, you are just a bit late to it, but you explained this all really well
It started getting big again in 2021, before that it was super cheap to get stuff for but after 2021 it started got way more expensive and it's at the most expensive it's ever been now in 2024
i consider myself lucky for finding one for 70 ish usd
Hand held games in general have been getting really popular since 2020
I was gonna say that bro
2020 they got popular
It’s so easy to just close the 3ds and put it in your pocket till later. Even the switch light requires a larger pocket and I lost a thumb stick cover from not using a case in my pocket.
this!!! i don't understand why they don't make more portable console with clam shell designs. i recently got a vita and until my case for it comes it it's not portable at all because i risk it getting banged up by other stuff in my bag 😭
And DS design protects the screen while closed
I always take a backpack or a bag with me anywhere so I don’t really have the problem of transporting the switch if I’d wanted to considering I also have a case for my switch to keep safe so the screen and joysticks and stuff are protected even inside a bag but even so I don’t really take it anywhere. Maybe because I don’t have any new games to play and I don’t wanna reply the ones I have. Maybe I’ll take it with me if I get a new game. Although I might just take my 3DS with me once I mod it.
@@katerinagagne1809
Idk. Maybe Nintendo patent?
@@darkzeroprojects4245 I believe the dual screen functionality isn't patented, just the 3d effect itself
Literally bought one a month ago cause I finally have the funds to buy stuff I couldn't when I was a child
Same here I can't put it down!😂
So sorry you only ever got to it so recently. It was an experience. It is a shame they pretty much made it to where you have to mod the system to get the extras.
same and i went a little crazy i got 2 limited editions and my wallet was dented a bit hahah.
This is studied by market research as a trend called ‘Kidulting’
Bought 3ds xl 4 days ago for 80€ plus 4 games, best investment ever
As some people already pointed out, the 3DS is basically a buffed up DS, and it still includes the GBA instructions, so you can avoid emulating GBA and just run the games natively as if you were playing in a original GBA. There's two ways to do this, you can inject rooms into the same wrappers nintendo used for the 3DS ambassador program using New Super Ultimate Injector in your PC, this generates a CIA file that you can install; or you can use custom firmware, open_agb_firm lets you load .gba roms to the GBA CPU directly.
The only disadvantage over emulation is that you can't use cheats.
Well thats not true because you can use cheats just fine on 3ds. Via the rosalina menu and checkpoint app
and no sleep mode unless you patch it in for the gba virtual console
I use Rosalina's menu, but it doesn't work for my gba or ds games for checkpoint @ducktail4068
its a bit annoying that there arent as easy access to these .gba files for the 3ds and instead each person has to generate them themselves.
there are sources. I use one.
One thing that was actually good about the dual screen gimmick getting old with the 3DS, was that the second screen started to be used in ways that were actually better, mostly for being used for inventory or maps, or options.
Having the main screen host the main game, using buttons to perform all actions and abilities, then having a second screen to manage the game, and being able to use the stylus in the menu, was a great use of the second screen. This sort of use was much more common in the 3DS.
Compared to the OG DS where dual screen was still a gimmick, and lots of times action was done on the touch screen with the stylus. That can be fun sometimes, but is gimmicky.
I'm a strong believer in having a second screen for utilitarian purposes, but not core gameplay.
So noticable in Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks vs Link Between Worlds
Link Between Worlds is actually playable lol
The pokemon games made perfect use of the dual screen all through the ds and 3ds era. Using the bottom screen for menus, and the top for the battle was a fantastic choice.
and yet the gaming media would always see it as a negative that the second screen was used for things like maps instead of 'having more imagination'. Fools!
My husband bought me a N3DS XL back in 2017 and I played it for a bit before buying myself a Switch and becoming hooked to BOTW. I finally started playing my 3DS again in late 2022 and fell in love with the system. Now I haven’t touched my Switch in at least 4 months and have been predominantly playing games on my 3DS.
Same here. Picked up Link between Worlds and can't put it down.
@@TheNiteNinja19 Link Between Worlds was my first Zelda game - it's what piqued my interest in BOTW. I they are very different games - I would say that ALBW is definitely in my top 3 favorite Zelda games of all time.
@@dontbeaturd763You got to play Ocarina of Time 3D. Majoras Mask 3D Is also very good but you’ll be playing the game on a timer
I've been playing the WIi more than any other console for the past few years lol. It's just more fun for my play style (I actually like motion controls).
Aw awesome husband, glad you've been enjoying it!
Got mine in 2016. I hadn't touched mine that much in a while after 2+ years, mainly doodled in it till my sister offered to hack it back in 2021. Played more than ever before ever since, now adding my own stuff + more drawing ✨️
Thankfully I found my 3ds a week before the servers shut down and the day it shut down I modded my 3ds
Nice! I used to have one but i sold it! My cousin luckily has a clear yellow pokemon one which is now in my possession! I have modded it!!! Btw it is a 2ds
You can still mod it after its shut down
I modded mine the day after it shut down. I downloaded pokemon crystal, got the celebi (twice) then transferred them to home since bank is still online….
The shut down has zero effect on mods
Modded mine today and
My god dows it feel so good to play games that are no longer on market or sold physically at ridiculous prices
Idk what droves me but 2 days before shutdown i grabbed my 3ds and played online,not knowing that it shuts down short after that
I still think foldable handhelds would be optimal. Not just because you can fit things like dual screens, but because it solves the biggest problem in my opinion: size!
The New 3DS XL was bigger than its other models and could still fit in your pocket. The foldable handheld design means you can keep it at a good length to hold it in your hands while also making it able to fit in your pocket. It doesn’t really have to get longer, it just has to get thicker and even afterwards it probably will still fit in a pocket or bag easier.
Of course there are some things to increase the power of a console that will inevitably make it have to get longer (eg graphics cards and stuff), but being able to put that UNDERNEATH the controller and saving space with the foldable design still keeps it consistent with size.
I had a few ideas for a similar system but well..no money, no hardware and software engineers, etc.
@@darkzeroprojects4245 yeah. Also I think it’s unfair to compare basically PC handhelds to others like the switch. I think the criteria should be off of how well they can make an independent OS, software etc. with the console they’ve made and how well they can work around digital games or data management.
If you’re gonna take a whole pc with you then just get a laptop and controller, because realistically that might get you better performance than having to get an incredibly long brick. How long would someone expect to be playing each day with a pc handheld? And what about when they just wanna use a normal computer. If they wanna play games on the go phones and other handhelds have already been out (and apple allows emulators now). There’s a reason we classify consoles as different from PC.
plus comfortable bumpers as a bonus for controls that feel good, a lot of ppl shit on clam designs that aren’t perfectly flat like the new phones but i think a lot of games benefit from bumpers, idc if perfectly flat *looks* modern bc the 3DS *feels* amazing to use compared to the bulky switch which idk it feels awkward for some reason on most games, i also think the switch’s shit hardware and tiny storage doesn’t help sell the *modern* aspect of it at all or single player games being online only , 30 steps backwards for a supposedly modern form factor
It's always been popular. Now that homebrewing is possible, you can play almost anything the 3ds offered
Waiting for the home brew ds scene to really pick up
@@tanuki01 no need to wait its been around forever
this is the corect answer, bravo
only among you 3DS gamer... the fact that this video trending this will spark "outsiders" or "onlookers" to start looking out for it... just look at Fuji/CCD cameras....
@@laptoprelaks you say that like it’s a bad thing
I have to admit, I also am getting so much nostalgia for the 3DS. I had it a long time back when I was still in Middle School, playing Nintendogs with my best friend (hope she's doing well wherever she is now). Playing Animal Crossing New Leaf and developing a brand new place and meeting so many great people on islands (I will drop one name, I met this one really nice person on ACNL named Eloise and she was the nicest person ever). Playing New Super Mario Bros 2 and trying to collect as many coins as I could. The 3DS has so many fond memories I can hardly list here. I'll miss it.
No need to miss it, time to break out the console again! Hopefully with the servers shutting down Pretendo will quickly take over the online multiplayer space as there is now a need (kind of like Wiimfii on the Wii). I know they don't support Animal Crossing yet but with additional support there's no reason they won't support it soon.
I remember when New Super Mario Bros. 2 came out and seeing the commercials on TV. I begged my parents for it, but never got it. Over the next decade or so, I never even got around to buying it for myself before the eShop closed, but at this point, I might as well download it for free, since I don't really want to buy a used physical copy.
I never got tired of the screens!
Not once have I ever herd about anyone being tired of the two screen. I do hear quite often about the lack of games that support the switches touch screen though.
For me the 3DS has always been a great platform that never lost relevance. See the Switch as great as it is, its less portable than the 3DS. Sure you could argue it can be used as a portable, but even the Lite model is bigger than the 3DS itself. And if you're like me and went for the full hybrid version of the Switch, there are only two ways to carry it with you. You can either put the screen in one pocket and Joy Cons in the other (I use a shell case to protect the screen btw), or put it in a case and carry it in a bag. The 3DS is ten fold easier as it easily fits into one pocket and protects itself with its clamp shell design. Its for this reason I tend to carry my 3DS more frequently than my Switch when I'm on the go.
Totally not me being able to fit an entire Nintendo Switch in my shorts pockets.
@@TyshaggyGaming I imagine doing so makes your shorts not comfy and easy to wear.
@@TurkeyFaceX Nice reference, but in all honesty, it hardly makes a difference in comfort
The real killer for handhelds are oversized phones that already take up an entire pocket. Mobile gaming market is actually bigger than consoles in terms of revenue even if a lot of it is micro-transaction FOMO garbage which has given executives the great idea of adding those "features" to console games.
In the next few years I hope we get a legacy version of the 3ds, revamping the graphics, reopening the eshop and making a few more releases for the updated 3ds.
I'd buy this!
Same!
This!!!! I feel like the 3DS would've been a good sister system of sorts to the Switch honestly
I just want upgraded graphics and screen mods
Downloadable DS games as well.
the 3ds has been in my life since 2011, since i was 7, it grew up with me and i hold it so close to my heart. ive bought quite a few more over the years, i just love the system that much. im glad people are loving the 3ds again. it fills me with so much happiness, though i am sad that its servers have closed. but there will always be a deep love in some of us that burns on until the day we arent here anymore.
Imagine being born in 2004 💀
bro ur like 9 shut up
@@jcselement so what
@@MintleafCakesthe only people that would care were born in 2003
@@buggas2002 what makes a difference? i was born january 4th, not my fault.
The GBA issue is to do with SD cards over 32gb and cluster size chosen. You need to pick 64kb as the cluster size and then they will be normal.
I use a 512gb card and wrap the GBA games into the .3ds format and install them with FBI. Even difficult to emulate games like Golden Sun run flawlessly.
@TheNiteNinja19 I've never personally ran them as .3DS throgh fbi I tend to install them as .cia files. I had the weird screen issue at first and it took forever to find a solution... maybe making them .3ds would have been simpler. I don't know. I've never really understood why the cluster size does this with installed gba games.. I just know that fixed it.
The switch’s built in home software and menus definitely lacks the charm that the 3ds and wii u had.
And while it is portable, i almost exclusively play my switch in docked because the joycons constantly disconnect as if they were detached from the screen. And with online multiplayer games like splatoon 3, i rather have an Ethernet connection for the best possible experience.
As a result of it trying to cater to both, it’s held back by its hardware.
The switch is very much the worst of both worlds unfortunately, for a TV exclusive user like you yeah it's very weak, and for a handheld exclusive user it's not really that portable, you'd need it in a case and rucksack really where a DS would just slide in your pocket and be fully protected
The hybridity only works for users who are roughly 50/50 between both play modes and I genuinely dont know how many that is
The Switch menus remind me of the Windows 10 UI lol. Not very Nintendo at all.
But hey! It sure is easy to Emulate!
I think people have kept caring about it for a while, its just the servers and pretendo and all that have put it in the news spotlight again so people are more vocal about still playing it.
The World Ends With You was awesome on dual screens!
Awesome vid and well written! You touched on a lot of points that I've also been thinking about the past few days. I haven't opened my 3ds for so long, but have also been drawn back by no longer feeling any moral reservations to actually mod my device given its discontinuation of services and support. Going back to these older game libraries has also scratched an itch for me I didn't realize I had, missing the nostalgia of shorter, simpler pick up and play handheld gaming sessions, that I've found have been easier to fit into my life.
thank you so much!
i agree that only recently i’ve been thinking about how much handheld gaming has changed with the switch. i miss that old era of pick up and play titles!
Ive asked my parents and grandparents for a 3DS for years and i still want one
Respect
at least just get you the 3ds already after like 12 years
Use citra on your phone or computer (it got shutdown but there's another version still up on google)
fr get a 2ds xl, has better build quality than the regular 3ds xl
@@blaiddfumbler it actually doesn't. Best builds are the new 3ds models and the first 2ds.
2ds xl is fine but I've seen multiple people have the hinges crack.
All it does is modernise the desgin. The stylus is also the worst from any DS model.
I love the switch, but if I want to play on the couch I play a home console and if I want to play a handheld I play a vita or 3ds. I miss the pocketable handheld gaming eras. They were awesome. I still keep them alive by playing on my modded 3ds and vita. My blue 3ds and vita turn heads. People are very interested. The market is still there. They should just make pocketable handheld consoles again. Better than lugging around a switch or a steam deck around in a shoulder bag/ phanny pack.
It's called a hybrid welcome to the modern age😂😂😂 there is o reason for the games to not be in the same eco system anymore a hig box stuck under and tv or a small screen j your pocket but not on the tv is OBSOLETE
Loved my 3ds, what an awesome console. I like your point about 'handheld games' not existing in the same way. One of favorite features was street pass as i would carry my 3ds around everywhere and get tons of connections on campus. My switch, on the other hand, sits in my room like a console and never goes anywhere
For decades we've had Gameboy Color devices, Gameboy Advance devices (including the SPs), Bunch of Nintendo DS's (including the Lites, DSi, DSi XL, AND 3DS). However, it's amazing to see the new generation of gamers go back to emulating/homebrewing consoles they grew up with, much like what we did with the Gameboys/Original DS's and 4th/5th/6th generation consoles and PC games as well.
Nintendo: tomorrow your 3ds will explode!!!
They said that about Wii, probably, didn’t stop the likes of riiconnect24, wiimfi…altwfc???
Please, let it be today
@@Noah-bi4ll Im not nintendo but ok
Yeah block updates lol
There literally was a game about the 3DS exploding (Japan only), it was very fun
It's actually insane for a console as old and as popular as the 3DS to be reselling at these prices. I'm split on whether there's going to be a bubble that pops or not. It kinda depends on what happens with next gen consoles I think. If there's no option for physicals I think prices for everything that does will be on a major climb.
tbf the newest stuff released on 3DS and the *new* 3DS aren’t terribly old in terms of getting use out of physical hardware, its more bonkers they think shutting down e shop is going to make ppl pay for the switch versions that they don’t really get to own or play offline instead of piracy
15:56 make a hotspot on your laptop called "mobile hotspot" in windows settings then connect your 3ds to that hotspot and then your connection will be faster also make it 2.4GHz not 5GHz
Thank you for mentioning the GHz requirement. I noticed the 3ds couldn’t handle 5GHz a few years back and I was so confused as to why it couldn’t connect to the internet for a little while. Once I realized I was like “damn…”. Thankfully I have a device that can convert 5 to 2.4 so that’s nice :]
I've had my Old 3DS modded for years, but seeing the outpouring of interest into this little handheld that I've spent so much time with is truly a unique feeling. Once I can purchase a replacement battery (mine was beginning to look like a spicy pillow) and get a hard drive for my Wii U the next few years are gonna go crazy
Love the video MJ!! I bought myself a 2DS a few months ago at a game sale event for £50 and it has been my first time playing 3ds games! Modding the 2ds has been so much fun and i am enjoying games i thought id never get to play!
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There is an English fan translation, it's not finished, but it has a decent amount of translated stuff (like a full main story translation)
interesting! i’ll have to give that a look
@@mjshinyhunter Do those online services include the Pokemon Bank?
I still have my old 3DS since the year it came out. Used to play it none stop for days.
Even modded the system back in 2019.
Super Underrated dude! Kinda want to play my 3ds now ha ha
Keep it up!
16:00 if your pc has wifi you can use it as a hotspot for the 3DS while still using ethernet cable.
Also recommended if your 3DS can't find your router bc of newer security protocols
i didn’t know about that! that’s definitely something i’ll have to try. thanks for the tip!
2:58 I LOVE HOW YOU PUT YO-KAI WATCH AS THE FIRST EXAMPLE!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wii U also is quirky and underrated imo
Doesn’t matter if two games are on the same system or genre if they’re different approaches with a different audience in mind then they’re different
Loved this. Please make more on the 3DS, DS, and Nintendo handhelds.
Great video!!! Didn't know you were a Yo-kai watch fan
thanks! i’ve been a huge fan of the series since the first game came out!
Frrrrrrr ❤❤❤❤
Just so you know, it's not hard to move data to a new SD card. If you want a new SD card for your 3DS, all you have to do is format it to FAT32 on a PC and then copy all the data over to it from the old SD card on the PC. There's nothing special that needs to be done! It is however recommended to not go higher than a 128 gigabyte SD card on the thing due to compatibility issues.
Also, for DS and GBA, Twilight Menu is not emulation! It's full backwards compatibility and that's amazing because it means better compatibility!
As for SNES, if you have a New 3DS it's recommended to use Virtual Console injects on the home menu. If you have an Old 3DS, don't try is the recommendation lol.
@@NottJoeyOfficial SNES9X emulator makes pretty much any of the SNES VC games for 3ds fully playable, except for Super FX games. You can even VC inject them using a version of SNES9X so they look pretty much the same on your home screen. Luckily for some of those (Yoshi's Island, Star Fox) there are ports or replacements available on GBA or other systems that are natively compatible. You really aren't missing much by modding an old 3ds vs a new 3ds except for the very small list of New 3DS exclusive games (Xenoblade, Warriors games, Minecraft) and maybe a homebrew game or two intended for the new 3ds.
I have a 256 in mine and it's almost full. I don't have any problems at all.
@@dragoon1090 I'll be honest, I considered it because my 128 is very full, but I decided against it and will just figure things out if the 300 titles I have installed aren't enough lol
The 3DS, especially the Street Pass feature, is so cool and would be super fun to use today!
had the original 3DS on release and never upgraded. But once the store went down and the announcements came out, I upgraded to a NEW 3DS XL as the prices were rising.
Modding the system is too easy & has such a great list of games
I will always love my 3DS. Been replaying Pokemon Blue/Crystal/Sun recently. Might have to give OOT another play too. Homebrew is something I have not explored yet. Great to see there is still a way to get access to old games.
I actually just bought a new one and replaced the parts in my first model. H shop and Pretendo makes this handheld shine brighter than ever and I personally like playing on something that isn't monitored anymore by my most hated gaming company. Plus the 3d remakes of Ocarina Of Time and Majoras Mask are still stuck on there
Not really. The shop is good but Pretendo blows chunks compared to Nintendo’s servers. Nintendo had thousands employed with thousands of servers worldwide. Pretendo has 9 people and only a few servers. Guess who wins?
@@Cyko.. pretendo. Because it's all we got now
@@bleachpong That’s fair. The only online game I ever got into on the 3DS is Mario Kart so I can still play that on the Switch. I can still enjoy my 3DS without playing online with others.
If you're willing, GBA games can be added to the home screen too, or run natively through open AGB firm from Universal Updater. It played GBA flawlessly, but you do lose save states and stuff if that's important to you personally.
Great video! Top 100 hShop games video next?
8:41
It's actually fairly straightforward, especially in comparison to upgrading something like a homebrewed Switch or modded Vita's storage.
All you need to do is format the new SD card as fat32 and then copy over the files from the old SD card onto the new one.
I really, really, enjoyed 2 screens fire emblem, having the stats always on display was amazing.
I got used to play 1 screen again, but for some games like FE I couldn't. I still play time to time in 3ds.
Twilight Menu runs in DS mode so it's too limited to play SNES accurately since the OG DS has a very weak CPU. There's a port of Snes9x for 3DS that WILL be able to use the 3DS's much more powerful hardware. Similar situation for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. The mGBA emulator works fine on the "New 3DS" models however it often struggles on "old 3DS" hardware. Instead there are tools to inject GBA ROMs into the "DS ambassador" Gameboy Advance virtual console titles. There's also the option of temporarily booting the 3DS into a custom boot firmware called Open AGB Firm. These don't emulate the GBA per se, they actually take advantage of the fact that the 3DS is similar enough to the GBA that it can run GBA code natively. When you attempt to run GBA games from Twilight Menu it will do so using a homebrew program for the original DS called GBARunner2 which kinda ran GBA games inside of a virtual machine. Most games will work but audio & video issues are common with GBARunner2.
The library on the 3DS is so rich for any JRPG fan. All the Shin Megami Tensei games, Xenoblade Chronicles, Bravely default, Dragon Quest, and so much more. And that’s all before counting the fact DS games that also can be run on it.
I'm actually watching this video while also waiting for some hShop games to download, so this definitely got me very inspired to further experiment with the 3DS modding scene haha! 😅
Also, I had no idea the Universal Updater was so versatile! I thought it was only used for updating Homebrew software, but I guess I gotta look more into that now... 🤔
people finally realising how good 3ds homebrew implementation is
Yeah, nothing beats original hardware when it comes to touchscreen-based games on the DS. I don't recommend playing pokemon ranger on a capacitive touch screen! As an aside, I would play that series on wii-u virtual console if possible, given the advantages of a larger screen.
I agree! Playing games like Pokemon Ranger on original hardware just feels right
I think it’s genuinely a generational thing, and it really comes down to your preference, what you like, what you remember, etc., and it’s not to say that nostalgia doesn’t play a BIG factor in this. I went into Nintendo handheld games by the time I was young, so I was definitely there when the OG DS came out, was def there when the Lite came out, was def there when the DSi came out, I was there when the 3DS/2DS came out. I hold such great memories for those games that, in reality, the switch could try and replace some of them, but, it’s really not the same. I still have my 3DS XL I brought more than ten years ago now from when it came out in the early 2010s, I wish I had my I XL, and I wish I had my Lite, but I’ll have to rebuy them at a later point. I actually like that generation more because you could tell people put more effort into putting out games and dishing them out to people that actually liked to play games regardless of age, rather than a lot of the games that come out, that are more or less geared towards a certain demographic of people that want to buy and use the switch.
I had a switch for about… give or take about a year, and I had to sell it because I just didn’t see the point in having it since most of the games I had were kind of boring, and not really hitting at that time. I would be 100% down to mod my 3DS and alike, and actually have fun to play those games, rather than just, play whatever the switch dishes out now in days. A lot of my friends are still on the switch for whatever reason, I personally feel like they’re wasting their money, and what I’ve noticed is that they’re playing games that don’t really fulfill them in the slightest, and really should just look forward to play games that actually make them happy for once.
I've been playing the same red 3DS since December 2011. My sister and I put so many hours on it. It's fun to look back at our old photos/videos, as well as our gameplay logs. I have pictures of people and places I'll never see again on there (I should probably back those up sooner or later).
hey I haven't been able to get pretendo working on mine, I've got it downloaded and enabled but I had issues logging in, is there any extra steps you would suggest that weren't explained well in the original setup instructions?
i had this same problem! basically you have to create an account on their website and then log in to a nintendo network id in the settings using the same information. if you’re on the pretendo servers it just work just fine and then you’re in! hope this helps!
Modern video games today aren't as good as retro games 😅
That's what everyone generation says about what they like. Literally. It's a very very generational thing. It's funny to study this phenomenon
@@spasegeek9214 it's not that new games are bad, is that new games are chock full of features that are anti-consumer. From Micro transactions, to DLCs to skins etc. People just miss the days of buying a game and having it all come in the purchase. No wallet grinding.
Thats the biggest reason why retro gaming is coming back.
Nostalgia plays a part too, but a lot of older games are just better games at their core. Take Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2042. BF2 feels responsive and just works. BF2042 is a mess, and even after 2 years of development post launch the game still feels clucky. Nothing to do with nostalgia, BF2 just has better mechanics period.
"Not as good" at doing what exactly? Not everything applies to every game and by far not all games of the past were bugfree.
@@spasegeek9214 that's a blanket statement and not always objectively true. in this case it is factual that games overall are worse than they were years ago. Older games had more life
I love my 3ds xl. Didn’t get a switch until like a year ago but even now i find myself bouncing back and forth between the two, so many great games on the ds/3ds
Awesome vid man
I’ve been procrastinating modding my 3DS for soo long
well now is your chance to go do it!
same! please help me
@@funniegaminstuff You should do it. It's worth it.
@@funniegaminstuff i can help you :D!
No just no please use the offical 3ds hacks guide please it’s the most up to date legit easy and free guide way better then video guides that can become outdated
is it still possible to mod a 3ds system?
yes! you actually reminded me that i forgot to link the 3DS hacking website in the description like i said was gonna do in the video. that website gives you a step by step guide on how to do it for any console model and firmware version!
It's so easy that the guide itself is idiot-proof.
i loved played nintendo ds and 3ds , i sold them at some point wich i regret . now when i see all that can be done with them. i will look to find one again. thanks so much for sharing all this info
"It's the first Nintendo thing I've ever owned" Damn, as someone that grew up with the DS lite and DSi this makes me feel old.
There's a Sony handheld you have to try out it's called the PlayStation Vita Sony just didn't give it a lot of love
the psp was ahead of its time fr 😔
13:24 my solution was to open twilight menu whilst holding START and SELECT which then lowers the resolution of the games to their usual resolution. not only do the games look better, but the screen tearing issues goes away as well
I'm definitely part of the Homebrew Community as for why I'm still playing. Got a bunch of emulators (and a 126gb sd card). Currently I have all the mainline pokemon games on it and theyve all been patched to allow trade evolutions without the trade. That mixed with PKSM to transfer my caught pokemon has been a blast.
13:00 Retroarch has been great for NES, SNES and GB/A
I've been going back to the 3DS too.
It's ironic really.
I never sought a Nintendo DS, then I got it for Christmas and it (along with the 3DS later) became my mose played handheld console of all time.
I waited ages before I could afford a Nintendo Switch, and while I love it, it's design has always felt awkward; just a little too bulky, and with quite a low the battery life. I'm talking about the Switch Lite btw.
what a fantastic video, you have better hooks than some youtubers with bigger followings
I remember when I wanted a Nintendo DS system for Mario Kart DS 10 years ago, my dad eventually got me a Nintendo 3DS XL system and Mario Party Island Tour before I got to play Mario Kart DS a month after. I decided to celebrate 2 months ago for 10 years and didn't realize how much of an impact and fun the system was over the years in middle school and late elementary school for me. Very memorable but I am hoping to play more of it.
I didn't know Another Code was getting a re-release. I only played the first game, but some of the puzzles used the dual screen in very clever ways, like using the reflection on the top screen to highlight a clue on the bottom screen.
PS: Several of my coworkers are actually saving for a 3DS. One for nostalgia, one to play on lunchbreak.
Not being able to buy 3DS games on the e-shop anymore was a massive blow to me tbh
For pretty much the entire lifespan of the 3DS I have been unable to get a job or earn an income, the money I owned was incredibly few and far between
Finally became an adult, finally found ways to earn money myself, and suddenly bam, two of the only consoles I explicitly owned myself suddenly had their eshops taken down. I can no longer legitimately purchase many of the games I have been DYING to get my hands on for years now that I HAVE the money to purchase them. It's soul-crushing.
Having handhelds that fit in the Average Pocket are always gonna be loved i like my Steam Deck but only at home on the go i desire a small handheld
Some things to note:
- all non-3DS games can be run in sharp, native resolution by holding Start or Select when booting the game until you see it run
- open_agb_firm is the best way to run GBA games natively, but for New 3DS/2DS mGBA runs fine enough as you said, but not on old 3DS (except for GB/GBC games, those are fine)
- running games natively is not emulation, be it through open_agb_firm or twilight menu
This^ I still use an old 3DS and open agb firm does wonders.
Regarding the GBA emulator in TTW menu, one easy way to solve it is to press start while launching TTW menu to get the original DS resolution.
There is also the alternative of using a GBA injector that helps you run GBA games natively in the 3DS without any issues.
I use openAGB firm, since it lets me boot any gba ROM without using up any homescreen icons, dealing with injects, or DSi mode.
Yoshis wooly world is a game i return to on the 3DS. I don’t see many comments here about people actually enjoying the 3d effect, which I still think is fantastic.
My issue with the 3ds was ergonomics and lack of joysticks. It hurt my hand to use for over an hour
The games though, were some of the best gaming moments ive had in my life. Pokemon, mario, zelda, dragon quest, monster hunter, smt, the list just goes on and on
Been playing my 3ds again and I'm realizing how nice the dual screens and touch screen is. All the time I find myself pressing buttons with my fingers/stylus that I normally would have had to navigate through a menu for, which just makes playing on the switch feel so much worse in comparison since despite having a touch screen it's barely utilized.
It's just filled with so many games that I love or would love. Fire Emblem Awakening, Echoes, Fates, Pokémon, lots of SMT games, Legend of Zelda, Persona Q and Q2, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, and even plays DS titles. Recently with Chrono Trigger for example.
man, 13 years ago.. i feel old lmao. I modded my n3dsxl a few years ago and digitised my entire library, so that I can theoretically take it with me anywhere and not worry about losing cartridges. I love this thing, as I can play all of nintendo's handheld history on 3ds, which feels better than using some 3rd party emulation handheld
I remember wanting a Dev kit for the thing.
I felt its library wasn't sastifying for me so I wanted more games in it.
Not to mention wanted to see how to make games with hardware limits in mind.
Something I feel people take for granted today not realizing how much space,performance,etc.
absurd polys, Rendering,etc. takes.
i've been playing mine consistently since like 2020. picked up a card on amazon that had pretty much every ds title on it and i'll slowly work through new games now and again when i have down time or when i'm not in the mood to play anything on console or pc. there is a huge amount of good title on 3ds so it's staying value is still stronger than most consoles imo. it's also a perfect form factor for a portable console since you can just pocket it.
dude i remember playing metroid prime hunters on the og DS and being blown away by how effective aiming with a stylus was in a FPS
I've been using my modded 3DS to play all the games i had missed out on from not being able to afford them as a kid. There's still a lot of games that haven't been ported to other systems (that, and the ludicrous amount of virtual console titles including *native* GBA support) make it an insane deal
As far as emulation goes, it pays off to install Nintendo games natively. There are guides and tools that can walk you through the process of converting rom files into cia files, complete with home screen icons and all. I installed a bunch of SNES, GBC, and GBA games that were never available on the eShop to begin with, such as Clock Tower and Pokemon Emerald.
Another thing you can do is run NDS roms somewhat natively. The process is pretty straightforward, though you'll lack some of the tools that make Twilight Menu so popular. Myself, I prefer to launch my DS games from the home screen and play them natively instead of going through another menu.
The best size i found was a 200gb card, i did the same as you but with a 128gb, the largest that they say is stable, and after putting all my retro roms (about 25gb) on it, I couldn’t quite fit allllll the games (to fill up the 300 app quota) on the 3DS… So I copied everything across onto the 200gb and put that in, and now i have the 300 slots filled, and a few gb left over. 200gb isn’t buggy, just a few things take a few extra seconds to load up but everything runs smoothly. I used a 64gb card in a cheap version of an R4i or whatever they are, the game slot card, and loaded it with tonnes of of DS games. It is now a retro powerhouse.
It’s the only decent way to play the MK2 made for the Sega 32x (it’s buggy on almost every retro arch system, well, it doesn’t like button remapping on them) and the only decent way to play the Nintendo Virtual Boy games… And some of them are amazing.
Since people have realised that mobile games tend to suck and many older games are never coming to modern consoles, people are regretting getting rid of their old consoles. I had to buy another PS3 for Megal Gear Solid 4 and am thinking about a modded Xbox 360 to play all the old original Xbox games I had that I can’t play on the Series X…
3:01 i am so happy to see Yo Kai Watch, as i am replaying yo kai watch 3 and i still love the series, sad that it didnt get another chance to see the daylight
It's a great system with an incredible selection of games. I only got my first system in 2016 late in its life, but in January of 2021 I bought a mint condition galaxy xl at a local pawn shop for 115 dollars, it's been a fantastic addition to my gaming rotation.
i bought a 2ds a while ago when it was released and i loved every second of it, recently i bought a new 3ds imported from japan about a year a go. Its been so nice with the homebrew i play it more than my switch
I actually got my 3DS from my cousin when he wanted to sell it and went on a Pokémon collecting journey last year. I now have alpha sapphire, omega ruby, black 1 and 2, soul silver, platinum, X and Y, all the sun and monk games. And the kingdom hearts games and smash and two mech games.
Honestly despite getting into it very late, I got to experience the online feature for one year. And it was honestly very enjoyable and wonderful
Plus, it made me remember my wonderful childhood memories with my old Gameboy and Gameboy advanced SP and PSP.
I still play it, and now I have 2 3DS for Pokemon
Sometimes I still play my 3DS instead of my switch, because some of the games are more memorable for me and timeless gems
13:22 Close your 3DS and open it and see if that works. For some reason sleep mode seems to fix it, at least for the current gaming session.
I don't use my 3ds a lot today but I did mod mine way back and got so much out of it. However, I recently modded and gifted my Japanese 3ds for my gf and she has been really enjoying it. She isn't the biggest gamer, but she has been able to relive lots of memories with GBA and DS titles thanks to homebrew and ofc also play 3ds titles she never got the chance to enjoy. Glad I kept that thing around. I kept trying to sell it after modding my main 3ds (Bought a JPN system just to play imports like Dragon Ball Heroes)
I was hesitant to hack my 3ds due to sentimentality as my grandfather got it for me over a decade ago, but i also realized i barley play it. I modded it recently and ive played it than ever lately.
The 3DS was the peak handheld console. It was a good size to just throw into my bag, folding meant the screens weren't going to be scratched up by other stuff in my bag, and street pass had me actually wanting to take it out with me. I miss street pass so much.
I never really stopped using mine. It truly is such a great little piece of hardware.
"Only know you been high when you're feeling low"
"Only hate the road when you're missing home"
"Only miss the 3DS when it gets let go"
I stopped using mine for a few years, but I dug it back out again a few years ago when I heard the Eshop was closing down, and I have been having a blast since. I managed to finish my first every pokedex in Ultra Moon and also home-brewed it, which has let me play so many games I wouldn't have been able to otherwise. I saw that the 3DS has so much more potential left, and I am glad to see other people are coming to that realization too.
I would truly love to see more dev tools to make my own homebrews for 3ds. Really, being stuck with c++ and dealing with screen buffers like in the 90's suck. I'd love to see things like godot export for 3ds, or at least raylib with Haxe for 3ds.
I recently took my old 3DS (wich is literally an Old 3DS, the first small model) and installed Pokemon Fire Red, and I will play Omega Ruby and X or Y later. It has all the ploblems a 3ds can have, the upper screen has scratches because of the lower screen, the Select, Home and Start buttons label is seriously damaged because of the hard use I gave them as a child, and the stick cap just fell apart 😂. But, it's very enjoyable even with all this details.
A little advise, if you want to play GBA games in a nice way, you can make you own VCs on your PC, only with the rom and some images to be used as the banner and the icon of the app.
Team 0% probably helped too
(Also yo-kai watch is so underated