# What to do online with a new 3DS until the servers come back up...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-online-with-a-new-3ds-until-the-servers-come-back-up/677394>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 29, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-online-with-a-new-3ds-until-the-servers-come-back-up/677394 "2013-12-29T05:49:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-online-with-a-new-3ds-until-the-servers-come-back-up/677394/1 "2013-12-29T05:49:52Z")

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Any third-party stuff? Or is it just a browser that can’t do flash right now. Gotta bummed-out 9-year-old and no answers for him…

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-online-with-a-new-3ds-until-the-servers-come-back-up/677394/2 "2013-12-29T14:20:39Z")

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I’m not even sure what you’re asking. When the store is down, it’s down. There is no third party store. I’m not sure if online play is affected, and the browser is fine.

But what are you trying to do? And why is your 9-year old bummed? Didn’t you get him any games with his new 3DS?

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**Author:** ![Jesse\_Pinkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-online-with-a-new-3ds-until-the-servers-come-back-up/677394/3 "2013-12-29T14:46:25Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> I’m not even sure what you’re asking. When the store is down, it’s down. There is no third party store. I’m not sure if online play is affected, and the browser is fine.
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> But what are you trying to do? And why is your 9-year old bummed? Didn’t you get him any games with his new 3DS?

The store works just fine. I just grabbed my 3DS to check and I connected no problem. Maybe you should give it another whirl?

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-online-with-a-new-3ds-until-the-servers-come-back-up/677394/4 "2013-12-29T15:34:16Z")

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It was down last night. Overloaded by new users. Back up now. And I’m not a total bastard, he’s got plenty of games.

Thanks