Nintendo has stopped offering repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS. While it’s not surprising for a company to stop supporting hardware that’s a decade old, in this case it’s because Nintendo simply ran out of parts. The news was translated on social media from the company’s Japanese support team.
Official repairs for the Nintendo 2DS and New Nintendo 3DS LL (known as the XL model in the US) are also running out. Nintendo will cease offering repairs on those handsets when they similarly exhaust their stock of spare parts.
Nintendo It will produce the entire 3DS line in 2020. Handhelds have had a long and impressive run as the gaming company’s leading handheld. The New 3DS and New 3DS XL have shipped At the end of 2016, units globally, sales of the entire 3DS family were reached By 2020.
For now, US customers can still take advantage of Nintendo’s repair service for the delayed model . New 3DS owners can still try the DIY approach when their handheld breaks. Third-party repair platform Currently, the online catalog contains spare parts and manuals for the handheld device. But as with any piece of equipment that lasts for years, it may be wise to take a little extra care when using it. Likewise nothing lasts forever.
