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Topic: How does the 3ds handle games?

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Menkes

Hello everyone,

After seeing some pokemon on my friends emulator i decided i wanted to buy myself the new 3ds. My main interest is of course the pokemon games.

However i could not understand how do you load games into your 3ds..
Is it some sort of cartridge or download only? And if so are the games Soul Silver and X Y available on the eshop? I could not understand from Nintendo's website.

Any help appreciated!

Menkes

Geonjaha

You can buy a physical copy of the games in cartridge form that inserts into the back of the console, or you can download the digital versions (of which Pokemon are available).

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TeeJay

Geonjaha wrote:

You can buy a physical copy of the games in cartridge form that inserts into the back of the console, or you can download the digital versions (of which Pokemon are available).

Just to clarify, only the 3DS pokemon games ( X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) are available to download off the eShop. All the DS pokemon games need to be purchased as a physical cartridge.

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VoltageX

and in addition to that, you can only play games from 4 to 6 gen- you can play diamond, pearl, platinum and soul silver (and also black and white and what came after), but emerald and the older games from gen 3 and below wont work

VoltageX

Eat_Pie

If you really want to play Gen 3, play ORAS(Omega Ruby/ Alpha Sapphire). They're remakes of Ruby/Sapphire of Gen 3.

Eat_Pie

Menkes

Thanks for the info!
Is there a place to see all the games available on the eshop?

And where do the games save? On the cartridge or the device? I'm afraid to buy a used cartridge only to have it fail to save games.

Menkes

Pokefanmum82

the physical games save on the cartridge and digital games save on the SD card.
here's where you can find some games that are on the eshop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/

Edited on by Pokefanmum82

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Menkes

Thanks that's all i needed to know!

Menkes

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