3DS Manual wrote:

The LCD screens may be damaged by sharp objects or pressure. Take care to protect the displays from scratches or stains.

We know Nintendo has put special emphasis about not putting our 3DS in our back pockets, be careful with sharp surfaces, do not make excessive pressure, etc. "Fair enough" one says, however sometimes we cannot help a bit of pressure when while hurrying we put it in our backpacks or other circumstances where it doesn't receive too much pressure to be worried for the system, right? uh-huh, unless you mind your screen gets marks in the top screen that can reach the point where they cannot be moved because they are scratches. Yeah... what?



The top screen in your 3DS is bigger than the bottom one. Around the bottom one you can see a nice border all around it. This is what will be in direct contact with your top screen every time you close your 3DS, you don't need as much force to make small marks, sometimes it is just dirt you can take away but with time and the constant use, that will lead to two vertical lines crossing your top screen, scratches taht you cannot remove.

I don't know how long it takes in average, but I know that 3 months is enough time, so you need to take precautions to avoid it. Nintendo knows of this but they don't believe it to be a flaw in its design. So don't expect they will take your system in and replace it. As users we have to find a way to prevent it.

What we have been doing is to put a piece a cloth or paper between both screen when you are closing, make an habit of doing it every time. I decided to have fun and design my cover.


What do you think of this?

Of course Nintendo needed to be more careful, they expect 10 year olds to play a 3DS and know about the possible scratch?

I wasn't abusing my 3DS in anyway. All I did was put it in my pocket -like I thought a portable console should be able to handle- and it just developed scratches.

Nintendo tsk tsk tsk. First time ever I'm actually disappointed in a design of Nintendo's.

Yamauchi wouldn't let this happen!

Dumpy wrote:

First time ever I'm actually disappointed in a design of Nintendo's.

I agree with you, it was quite a surprise. I have been proud for years to brag about Nintendo's portables durability so I was not expecting something like this.  

This 3DS seems so much like a hurried up prototype at times to me.