Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Ice Climber
Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Qix
Mega Man Xtreme 2
Pokémon Ultra Sun
American Mensa Academy
Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Pokémon Rumble Blast
Monster Hunter Generations
One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
Mega Man X2
Golf
Balloon Kid
Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
Omori
Kirby: Planet Robobot
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Mario Tennis Open
Clu Clu Land
Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
Final Fantasy
Rayman 3D
Pokémon Moon
Mario Party: Star Rush
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Super Mario 3D Land
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Super Mario Bros. 3
Mario Party: Island Tour
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Devil World
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Project X Zone 2
The Mysterious Murasame Castle
WWE All Stars
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Yoshi's New Island
Skylanders: Trap Team
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
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When run on a Nintendo DSi or Nintendo 3DS, Action Replay DSi's icon and title will be listed as Game & Watch Collection. This is a way of working around the DSi's bootleg game protection, which is done by having a built-in whitelist of every official DS game, which Action Replay circumvents by tricking the device into thinking Game & Watch Collection is being played. Action Replay DSi contains almost every byte of data from Game & Watch Collection, but jumbled into an unplayable format.
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According to video Game developer Yukio Futatsugi, his tabletop board game Machi Koro was originally going to be a digital board game available on the 3DS, but Nintendo encouraged Futatsugi and his company Grounding to go physical with it instead.
"My company has made a lot of board games, and Nintendo has told me that our games are interesting. Machikoro was supposed to be on 3DS, but the idea didn’t become a reality because it wouldn’t sell on 3DS, and so Nintendo suggested, 'Hey, Grounding, why don’t you manufacture this as a physical board game, I’m sure it will sell really well!' and that’s how Grounding came to become a board game creator."
"My company has made a lot of board games, and Nintendo has told me that our games are interesting. Machikoro was supposed to be on 3DS, but the idea didn’t become a reality because it wouldn’t sell on 3DS, and so Nintendo suggested, 'Hey, Grounding, why don’t you manufacture this as a physical board game, I’m sure it will sell really well!' and that’s how Grounding came to become a board game creator."
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In the Japanese and American versions of the 3DS' "StreetPass Mii Plaza", when attempting to purchase a DLC from a rabbit but then declining to buy it will cause the rabbit to depressively say "Oh, I see...". However, the European version removed the rabbit's depressed response and replaced it with a more neutral "Fair enough!", instead.
This was done to bring it in line with European laws put in place to prevent manipulating children into purchases; "Games should not include practices that are aggressive, or which otherwise have the potential to exploit a child's inherent inexperience, vulnerability or credulity or to place undue influence or pressure on a child to make a purchase."
This was done to bring it in line with European laws put in place to prevent manipulating children into purchases; "Games should not include practices that are aggressive, or which otherwise have the potential to exploit a child's inherent inexperience, vulnerability or credulity or to place undue influence or pressure on a child to make a purchase."
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Holding the start + select buttons while booting an original Nintendo DS cartridge will load the game in its native resolution, rather than stretching it.
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In 2012 the Louvre museum in Paris, France, started offering 3DS museum guides. The purchase of the hardware was sponsored by Korean Air, and all the museum guides are branded with the airline's logo.
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Placing the AR Card on a colored surface during the AR Free Fishing game (available from the AR Arcade for 1 Play Coin) yields different effects based on the color. For instance, a blue background will display sardines, a green one will show green Koopa shells, and the red contains jumping Cheep Cheeps.
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Making noise into the microphone while on the system settings screen will cause the icons to spin around the wrench. While doing this, the wifi helper icon can be seen on the back of the internet icon.
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If you blow into the mic while highlighting a 3DS application, the icon will spin around faster.