So hey, I was thinking if this should have its own thread or I could just put in the New 3DS launch thread, but then I thought this could work as a cautionary tale. Also, help is appreciated.
Anyway my New Nintendo 3DS XL Black edition won't read all my cartridges except for Tomodachi Life, don't now why, but every time I try to open a game it tells me "The Game Cartridge has been removed" and my heart sinks in sadness.
So here is the full story: Last week I was finally able to find a New 3DS XL in the color I wanted at Toys R Us, I was pretty happy. The clerk got it for me. I noticed the box was a little bumped, but I didn't mind so I took it anyway. Here is my first mistake. Yes, I'm an idiot.
Once I'm home I open the Box. First thing I notice is that there are no AR Cards, I was not sure they where supposed to come in the package, but a quick look at the manual suggest that yes, they are suppose to be there. Ok, no biggie, I have my old ones anyway and I never used them. Mistake two.
I take out the New 3DS and I notice that it was touched all over. Hmm, I was upset by this moment, but I live about 4 hours away from my closest TRU, so eeeh. I move it around a little bit, seems to work fine. Tried Tomodachi life and it works ok. Everything seemed fine.
So I just clean it a little bit and it looks just as new, I do my System transfer. And then it tells me that the New 3DS XL didn't have a Micro SD card. Ok, its obvious now that the previous guy who used it was a jerk who fiddle around for a little bit, maybe played monster hunter on it, got bored, took the SD card and took it back to TRU, where they just put it in as new without passing at least a cloth over it.
Fine. I'm not picky. I had bought a micro SD anyway since I wanted to upgrade to 16 GB. I did the trasnfer, I passed all my stuff to the new SD card. It worked perfectly, my new 3DS had all my old info and I can play it just fine.
So I decided to put Codename STEAM and play it on my New 3DS. I tap the icon, screen goes black for a second.
"The Gamecartrige has been removed"
...wait what? Oh fuck...
I take it out, restart the console, tried Tomodachi again. It works. Took it out. Tried Codename again. Error.
...
I take it out. Put Majora's Mask in.
Error.
Mario Golf. Luigi's Mansion. Tales of the Abyss.
Error Error. Error.
And here I am. I can't do another system transfer for 7 days. I checked and the return policy for games at Toys R Us is 30 days, so I should be fine, but why the hell should I wait? Also, should I tell Toys R Us the console they sold me was defective AND used or would that make them reject the trade? Oh, and I have to first buy a New 3DS so I can transfer to that my account and then go back and return the defective 3DS.
Its been a really frustrating night. I guess I can play Codename STEAM on my old 3DS, but what is the point?
I'll really appreciate any tips or ideas of how I should deal with this situation.
Anyway, I just needed to vent a little, if this is not appropriate for its own thread please lock.
Anyway my New Nintendo 3DS XL Black edition won't read all my cartridges except for Tomodachi Life, don't now why, but every time I try to open a game it tells me "The Game Cartridge has been removed" and my heart sinks in sadness.
So here is the full story: Last week I was finally able to find a New 3DS XL in the color I wanted at Toys R Us, I was pretty happy. The clerk got it for me. I noticed the box was a little bumped, but I didn't mind so I took it anyway. Here is my first mistake. Yes, I'm an idiot.
Once I'm home I open the Box. First thing I notice is that there are no AR Cards, I was not sure they where supposed to come in the package, but a quick look at the manual suggest that yes, they are suppose to be there. Ok, no biggie, I have my old ones anyway and I never used them. Mistake two.
I take out the New 3DS and I notice that it was touched all over. Hmm, I was upset by this moment, but I live about 4 hours away from my closest TRU, so eeeh. I move it around a little bit, seems to work fine. Tried Tomodachi life and it works ok. Everything seemed fine.
So I just clean it a little bit and it looks just as new, I do my System transfer. And then it tells me that the New 3DS XL didn't have a Micro SD card. Ok, its obvious now that the previous guy who used it was a jerk who fiddle around for a little bit, maybe played monster hunter on it, got bored, took the SD card and took it back to TRU, where they just put it in as new without passing at least a cloth over it.
Fine. I'm not picky. I had bought a micro SD anyway since I wanted to upgrade to 16 GB. I did the trasnfer, I passed all my stuff to the new SD card. It worked perfectly, my new 3DS had all my old info and I can play it just fine.
So I decided to put Codename STEAM and play it on my New 3DS. I tap the icon, screen goes black for a second.
"The Gamecartrige has been removed"
...wait what? Oh fuck...
I take it out, restart the console, tried Tomodachi again. It works. Took it out. Tried Codename again. Error.
...
I take it out. Put Majora's Mask in.
Error.
Mario Golf. Luigi's Mansion. Tales of the Abyss.
Error Error. Error.
And here I am. I can't do another system transfer for 7 days. I checked and the return policy for games at Toys R Us is 30 days, so I should be fine, but why the hell should I wait? Also, should I tell Toys R Us the console they sold me was defective AND used or would that make them reject the trade? Oh, and I have to first buy a New 3DS so I can transfer to that my account and then go back and return the defective 3DS.
Its been a really frustrating night. I guess I can play Codename STEAM on my old 3DS, but what is the point?
I'll really appreciate any tips or ideas of how I should deal with this situation.
Anyway, I just needed to vent a little, if this is not appropriate for its own thread please lock.