Topic: How do you organize your 3DS menu?

Game, Built-In Software, Apps, 3DWare, 3D Classics, NES, Game Boy, GBC, GBA, DSiWare, Trailers, Ambassador Card.

Alphabetical order (aside from the built-in software and game), going downward in collumns. Smallest icon size possible.

I keep my system set at three rows. This gives fifteen icons on the home screen. the icons are not too small, and it doesn't take too long to scroll to the other side. I arrange by columb, and I have a whopping 96 icons currently, a boatload of DSiware (unfortunately, I can't buy any more DSi games because my system memory is stuffed - Ninendo, please make it so we can run them from SD ), including all the ambassador games, and every free preview video ever released!

If a particular catagorey adds an additional icon and there is no room to fit it, then I move every item entire in the remaining inventory over one space to the right. That leaves two empty buffer spaces for additional downloads before I have to shift riight again.

My first 12 items (4 columbs) are the default preinstalled apps. The only rearranging I did was to swap the shop and game icon so that the game card is always the upper left, like on the Wii.

Columb 5:
Netflix (I also have Netflix set up on my Wii & PS3), Nintendo Video, and Nintendo Zone (it installed itself on my 3DS at Best Buy - it's useless but I won't delete it because it'll probably just reinstall itself if I go back in the store, plus I'm a packrat that loathes the though of losing an icon. When Christmas time comes and I install the MK7 channel, it is going into slot 5c and Nintendo Zone will be kicked all the way to the right-bottom edge of the menu)

Columb 6:
3d classics: Excite Bike (free when it was first available), Twin Bee, and Kirby

Columb 7, 3DSware: Pokedex (useless, but free), Pyramids, Pushmo.

Coumbs 8-11:
10 DSiware games, my favorite of which is Shantea. Also includes freebe Four Swords, which I haven't tried yet. Two blanks unused in 11bc.

Columbs 12-14:
All nine Game & Watch DSi games.

Columbs 15-18:
Ten VC Game Boy Games. Mario titles are always first, third party games last. Two blanks in 18bc.

That's it for the black & white games

Columbs 19-25:
All 21 Ambassador titles. 10 NES + Certificate + 10 GBA titles. The certificate takes the center block between NES and GBA. Very nice symmetry.

Now for the videos...

Columbs 26-27:
The six November 2011 video previews.

Columb 28:
The three December 2011 game previews.

Columbs 29-32:
Twelve moree videos, All 10 e3 videos, in order of interest + Green Goblin trailer + Shrek Thriller (yes, I'm a Shrek fan)

Columbs 33-34:
Non-game DSi Apps. I don't use them much so they are last. Mario Clock/Calc (mostly useless), Insrtment Tuner (I own a guitar), and Scientific Calculator (pretty darn useful if I get stuck somewhere without my TI89 graphing calculator - I'm an engineering student)

Columbs 34bc-40:
20 empty spaces. Add the 4 empty buffer spaces and you get 24 unused tiles.

120 - 24 = 96 occupied tiles in the system menu: that's 80% filled up! And I can honestly say with pride that so far I have downloaded and kept every single free item that has ever appeared in the NOA 3DS eShop!

BTW, what happens if I stuff fill the system menu solid, and attempt to intsall/download the 121st item? Also, if anyone can boast that they have more icons on they're system menu, please post them here.

I have three rows on my 3DS.

It's not particularly organised but I try to keep things like the camera, mii channel, settings all grouped together....and the games all grouped together.

System is set by 2 rows.
Built in applications have not been moved, then 3DSWare (applications like Excite Bike, Nintendo Video and Pokedex 3D), Virtual console (NES then GBA, for now but when I get more I will place then in console release order), DSiWare and then 3D trailers sorted by Old then new.
Oh, and everything is in alphabetical order by name.

I have it in four rows (tried six, but is too small for me), and the software is grouped by type (NES, GB, GBA, DSiWare, 3DSWare, Trailers, etc).
You know what the 3DS menu needs? Folders. I hope Nintendo realizes this some day.

i just made a new layout for my menu, because before it was kinda chaotic.

first are the apps and the cardridge and build in software + excitebike 3Dclassic
placeholder of 3 lines
then the gba games
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then the nes games
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then GB-games (only two right now)
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then all my dsiware games (12 i think)
placeholder of 3 lines
then all the 3d videos from e3 and that 3ds-conference
placeholder of like 10 lines
then at the very end stuff that i never use like the sound-app, healthty instructions, ambassdaor certificate

now i am happy

/me goes off to organize my folders...

1. Preinstalled items
2. 3D trailers
3. 3DS ware
4. Virtual Console
5. Ambassador Games
6. Health and Safety (wish you could delete it)

Apathetically running top to bottom so going down it would be a,b,c,d kind of set-up, then the next row does the same de, f, fi,g as another rough example then I pick what screen size has the last spot all filled in. If you put in back to the single column it all in one straight apathetically.

Currently runs on the 4 vertical games size;
1st row - Game Card, 3D Classics EXCITEBIKE, Activity Log, Ambassador Certificate
2nd row - Animal Crossing E3 Video, Animal Crossing Preview, AR Games, Balloon Fight
3rd row - Bomberman Blitz, Dillon's Rolling Western Preview, Donkey Kong Jr., Download Play
4th row - Dragon Quest Wars, Face Raiders, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, F-Zero Maximum Velocity
5th row - Green Lantern Trailer, Health & Safety Information, Ice Climber, Kid Icarus UPRISING E3 Video
6th row- Kid Icarus UPRISING Preview, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Luigi's Mansion 2 E3 Video, Luigi's Mansion 2 Preview
7th row - Mario Kart E3 Video, Mario Kart 7 Preview, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Tennis
8th row - Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Mario vs. Donkey Kong Minis March Again!, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D E3 Video, Metroid
9th row - Metroid Fusion, Mii Maker, NES Open Tournament Golf, Nintendo 3DS Camera
10th row - Nintendo 3DS Sound, Nintendo eShop, Nintendo Video, Nintendo Zone
11th row - Paper Mario E3 Video, Paper Mario Preview, Photo Dojo, Plants vs. Zombies
12th row - Pokedex 3D, RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS E3 Video, Sakura Samurai Art of the Sword Preview, Shantae: Risky's Revenge
13th row - Starfox 64 3D E3 Video, StreetPass Mii PLAZA, Super Mario 3D Land Preview, Super Mario Bros.
14th row - Super Mario E3 Video, System Settings, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D E3 Video
15 row - The Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap, Wario Land 4, Wario Ware Inc.; Mega Microgames$, Wrecking Crew
16th row - Yoshi, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Zelda II The Adventure of Link, Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition

All together that's 64 titles. I have 395 blocks of system memory left and 6,110 blocks of free room on the 2gig sd card.

I have 71 icons, and it's pretty well organized.
I have 2 games per colomn, so I'll go by the colomn.
Colomn 1-4 Game slot, camera, sound, mii, plaza, shop,activity log, and netflix.
Colomn 5-8 Video, Nintendo Zone, Download play, Face Raiders, AR games, empty, empty Pokedex 3D
Colomn 9-12 empty, Excitebike, Xevious, empty, empty, SMB, Wrecking Crew, NES Golf
Colomn 13-16 DK Jr, Zelda, Zelda 2, Yoshi, Metroid, Ice Climber, Balloon Fight, MvsDK
Colomn 17-20 SMA3, MKSC, Wario Land 4, Wario Ware, Minish Cap, Metroid, KATAM, F-Zero
Colomn 21-24 Fire Emblem, SML, SML2, empty, DK, G&WG, Zelda DX, empty
Colomn 25-28 Dream Land, Qix, Alleyway, Radar Mission, Tennis, Baseball, MvsDK 3, 4 Swords
Colomn 29-32 Cement Factory, DK Jr, Chef, Vermin, Thriller, Pig Who Cried Werewolf, Night of Living Carrots, SM3DL
Colomn 33-36 MK7, Luigi Mansion, AC, PM, MT, Uprising, Rolling Western, Sakura Samurai
Colomn 37-39 Green Lantern, MG3D, RE:R, Ambassador, System Settings, H&S Info

Woa! That's a lot...

Is there any way you can delete Face Raiders? I hate that game... lol

I have them in two rows. In the top three squares and the bottom three I have all my games than after that I have all the apps.

I have it in 3 rows of squares. Apps and such are on the left. Then comes the NES Ambassador games. Then Nintendo Video and Nintendo Zone. Then the GBA games. I still have to move those two apps over to the left, but I'm too lazy...

Check this picture and s***:
Top row: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (cartridge), The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: Link's Adventure, The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords, 3D Classics: Excitebike, 3D Classics: Xevious, Photo Dojo, Spotto!, 3D trailer (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D, I think).

Second row: Radar Mission, Mario's Picross, Qix, Mega Man, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Gold Coins, Donkey Kong '94, Game & Watch Gallery, Pokedex 3D, Mario Tennis 3D trailer, Ambassador Certificate, 3D trailer (Resident Evil: Revelations, I think).

Third row: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Metroid: Fusion, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$, Wario Land 4, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart 7 trailer

Fourth row: NES Open Golf Tournament, Wrecking Crew, Yoshi, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. Donkey Kong Jr. Baloon Fight, Ice Climbers, Luigi's Mansion 2 trailer, Paper Mario 3D trailer

Penultimate row: Mii Plaza, Camera, Music, Nintendo Video, Super Mario 3D Land trailer, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, Face Raiders, AR Card App, Animal Crossing 3D trailer, Kid Icarus: Uprising trailer

Final row: Mii Maker, eShop, Settings, Nintendo Zone, Netflix, Graph, Download Play, Warning, Sakura Samurai trailer, Dillon trailer

I have 3 rows, but my games and apps aren't sorted per row. From left to right I first have the system apps, Nintendo Video and Eurosport... then the 3d Classics, then the 3dsWare games, after that the NES games, then the normal Virtual Console games and Four Swords, to the right of those I got the GBA games, then a selection of my DsiWare games and finally I got downloaded preview game vid's off the e-shop.. (:

I do mine by columns, 6 per column:
C1: eShop, Game Card Slot, 3DS Camera, Mii Plaza, Activity Log, Settings
C2: Nintendo Video, Nintendo Zone Viewer, Download Play, 3DS Sound, AR Games, Mii Maker
C3 is for 3DSWare eShop Downloads: 3D Classics: Excitebike, 3D Classics: Xevious, Pushmo, Pokédex 3D
C4-C5: VCH Games in order of purchase:
C4: Super Mario Land, DK '94, Tennis, Qix, Radar Mission, Game & Watch Gallery
C5: Mario's Picross, Gargoyle's Quest, SML 2: 6 Golden Coins, CATRAP
C6 holds the NES Ambassador titles I still occasionally play:
C6: Super Mario Bros., LoZ, NES Open Tournament Golf, Balloon Fight, Wrecking Crew, Kid Icarus: Uprising Preview*
C7-C8 are where the GBA Ambassador titles are
C7: Wario Land 4, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, F-Zero Maximum Velocity, LoZ: Minish Cap, Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword Preview*
C8: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$, Mario vs. DK, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Dillon's Rolling Western Preview*
C9-C10 hold my DSiWare I'm currently playing:
C9: Touch Solitaire, Go! Go! Kokopolo, Aura-Aura Climber, Digger Dan & Kaboom, Bejeweled Twist, A Kappa's Trail
C10: Cut the Rope, LoZ: 4SA, Starship Defense, DSi Metronome, DSi Tuner, G&W: DK Jr.
Anything else that I don't care to view that often is on the far right, mostly previews that I have SpotPass notifications for, the other NES Ambassador titles that I don't play but want to keep my save data for, and the pre-installed apps I don't use.
*Those previews are where they are because I no longer have room for a separate column for them.

I don't have too many downloaded games on my 3DS yet, since I've only had it for a few weeks, so I still have everything in one row.

My 3DS Menu is set up in 3 rows, everything is ordered left to right like this:
3DS (Card)
3DS Software
Virtual Console
-NES
-Game Boy
-Game Boy Color
-Game Boy Advance
DSiWare
Trailers And Videos

Within each section the games/apps are organized by alphabetical order

This, and an option to automatically sort titles by name, file type, etc.

I have the health advisory placed as far right as possible. The camera stuff, along with face raiders goes far right as well. The first column is mii maker, and some of the stock software that came with the 3DS. Then I have the cart,my 3D classics, and DSi ware in the next column. From there is goes GBA, GB color/GB, and then finally NES. I'm zoomed out to the second last setting.