Nintendo has released and licensed dozens of official cover plates - Kisekae in Japan - for the New Nintendo 3DS, but naturally there are some unofficial options out there. It's the wonder of 3D printing.
Some funny examples have been spotted by @NintendoActu - and shared by Tiny Cartridge - which allow New 3DS owners with loyalties towards multiple tech brands to feel at ease. Some use official branding to blatantly break the law - they can apparently be found for sale online - while others try subtle name changes and tweaks to dance around that pesky issue of intellectual property. You can play some spot the difference with them below.
This does raise one important question, though. If you could create a cover plate of absolutely anything, provided you have a template - someone's attempted one here - and a 3D printer, what would it be?
[source tinycartridge.com]
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The Apple one seems very fitting for the recent rumours.
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well.
should we be expecting more bootleg cover plates then?
has the world come to that?
hilarious name mistake! but then again the designer might get in trouble with Apple, Sony and Microsoft if they use "playstation", "xbox one" "apple logo" etc, etc, etc!
You guys are going to milk that Apple rumor until the presser aren't you, lol.
This is kind of cool... if only 3D printers weren't super expensive.
@XCWarrior I swear it's just co-incidence I like having a look at Tiny Cartridge and this was too delicious to ignore!
I would actually use the black PS one. The 720 is funnier though.
@ThomasBW84 Sure, sure. That's why your Mii's shirt is red, the color of an apple.
And "Nintendo Life" is 12 characters, as is "NX for Apple TV"
The writing is on the wall. You can't deny it!
I want the logo from Nintendos Love Hotels.
@XCWarrior You are a genius
I had an idea for making plates with pictures where parts were raised to give them a bit of 3D.
Or someting more subtle, like:
What about the Ouya?...Is that even still a thing?
That scared me thought apple were releasing a version of the 3ds when I first saw the picture. Will not be happy if apple has the exclusive on the Nintnedo DeNa apps
Why? why put the branding of something else on a product they didn't make? Consumer zealotry baffles me...
Why would you disgrace the 3DS with this?
Where can I buy these?
A dreamcast swirl would be cool
They're like cheap tacky phone covers for your cheap tacky Android device
@AnonZer0 I'd pick up a Megaman.Exe cover plate even though I don't own a New 3DS. That would look nice lol
Maybe someday I'll get my hands on a 3D printer...
Anything ace attorney!
I already put a 'Calgary Flames' sticker, on my red one.
@ThomasBW84 That's why you chose the "aple" one as the news article logo
I would get a coverplate of a catgirlie or a Tingle. Or both! D:
@DiscoGentleman Thanks, and you're right, not sure why I didn't call it Weirdness
@XCWarrior Impressive logic!
...I'll just stick with my XL with a bunch of anime girls on it. lol
hahaha thats it! I'm waiting for an Lilo and Stitch plate!
A Michael Jackson one of course!
Almost had a heart attack thinking this was official and that it would've confirmed the Apple/Nintendo rumor. Phew. Anyways, I'd love a Path of Radiance coverplate. Not that it'll ever happen, of course.
@NintendoFan64 It was bought by Razer who killed it instantly. CEO left to have fun somewhere else.
This stuff reminds me of the Nontendo 4DS in Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. I gotta go back to that game sometime, it was a lot of fun.
@Morph SOLD!!! That would look pretty cool.
The 'aple' thing reminds me of a guy i saw once with a 'Tommy Hilfinger' jumper/sweater..the things people do...
Wait, isn't there already a site where you can order your own custom cover plates? Hang on, I'll look it up...
That said, I'd probably have cover plates with Higurashi motives, some self-made stuff, and a turtle.fish.paint face gallery (don't look it up, NSFW!).
EDIT: either I misread what I read some weeks ago, or it wasn't a thing, after all...
I do not like these but if they made game or movie face plates I would go for them or if you get custom ones so you could have your own pictures on them that would be cool
give me my fantasy zone plates already.
I'd like LE 3DS XL's of the past to get face pates at least the one of the pikachu XL. would 10/10 buy 50 of dat... well at least 2...
I'd go for a fruit set of face plates, red apple, orange orange... lol bananas.
maybe dk and diddy plates? Nintendogs + cats?
how about a pokemon plate some how featuring all the current mons? if not that do generational plates gen 1 plate has 151 gen 2 has 101 or w/e ect ect
So I'll disguise my 3DS as a PSP! Maybe it won't get harassed by the other handhelds anymore...
I'll have the dinner plates please!
If I ever got a New 3DS, I'd get the Playstation designs. Other than that, if its even possible — I'd stick with New 3DS XL when I buy one.
<<<< Sunbutt obviously.
Lol, this is pretty awesome!
@Kaze_Memaryu I like turtle's character design too. Among other things...
Pretty sweet, actually. Maybe we'll see faceplates on Cafepress or Etsy soon, allowing people to design their own
@technotreegrass PRAISE THE SUNBUTT
A Stygian Zinorge.
@AnonZer0 I'd buy that.
A Apple plate, who buys this tripe?!
@technotreegrass
sunbutt is one true god.
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