Nintendo 3DS - Loose Hinges?

Comparison of two Nintendo 3DS units. One has the wobbly hinges while the other does not.

UPDATE: The second unit (the one on the left) is still going strong after 4 months of use. There has been no wobble or loose hinge issues! I did return the other unit to the store.

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Science & Technology

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• Nintendo
• 3DS
• Console
• Nintendo 3DS
• 3D Portable gaming console
• Tech
• wobbly
• broken
• wobbly hinge
• broken hinge
• loose
• loose hinge
• screen

[maxwell12333]

@SamuelgetsHacked87vr

I will call

[maxwell12333]

mine has a loose hinges but my brothers is really tight

[voodooqueen414]

yes i have the thing you have

[voodooqueen414]

yes



[BaileyAwesomeSmile]

Mine does it too. I don't really care. I'm not jumping around and moving the screen all over the place. If I am playing in 3D I am normally sitting. I'm just glad to have one!

[rmaye1]

Mine does that too-it messes up game play. :-(

[SamuelgetsHacked87vr]

Call Nintendo to repair it: 1-800-255-3700

[RareLimitedGames]

I bought my console at launch on 03/27/2011 and it had loose hinges out of the box. Terrible design flaw, I never had this prob with any previous clam-shell design Nintendo portable. Luckily videos like this one prove that good units exist.

[ChronoArcAile4000]

My best advice I can give is,never buy a used DS or 3DS at gamestop,you can't always garanteed trust if the hinge is in perfect contact or loose,I'll adment i was guilty of this when i bought two used DS's and the 3DS I bought was a used one cheap for $149.99, my 3Ds's hunge is a little wobbyly but it;ll hold up.

[KirbyEpicFan98]

Im just wondering if I get a new 3DS and put my old SD Card in it will the old software be there? (Because I have the 20 free nintendo games and some apps and my 3DS has that problem and I might get a new one soon)