Smash 3DS So Has Anyone Broken Their C Pad?

[BeastKiller6ixx]

Since the Demo released in NA or even the people who imported the game and the *** 3ds? Kind of curious considering those pictures that were taken from the japanese audience seemed to have abused their systems extensively and taken poor care of their consoles.

Also, if it broke would Nintendo fix the issue for those who have warranty?

 

[Reila]

20 hours clocked in the demo and my 3DS' circle pad still feels perfectly, like if it was new.

As I said a couple times in similar threads, if you don't play the game like an ogre, you are not going to break the circle pad or any other buttons.

 

[Renji64]

Is there any thread for how to get a circle pad if it breaks or solutions? I want to be prepared just incase.

 

[Johnny Heart Gold]

I've been playing the demo for 20 hrs plus SF4 and KIU and my circle pad is still as new, but I heard the original 3ds is more suceptible to damage but I can't confirm it. Just take care of your stuff the smash attacks are so easy to imput, heck even my girlfriend who sucks at doing smash atacks in brawl likes the demo and can do smash attacks and more

 

[Gameboi834]

I've had my 3DS since basically launch and it's fine.

 

[BeastKiller6ixx]

I have about 25+ on mines but mines also feels fine, but I've only owned my 3ds for less than a month. Im nervous about the circle pad breaking. I wouldn't say im an ogre but I would say that im probably slightly above average when it comes to force. No where near to how I would use a GC remote for comparisons sake

 

[Johnny Heart Gold]

I have about 25+ on mines but mines also feels fine, but I've only owned my 3ds for less than a month. Im nervous about the circle pad breaking. I wouldn't say im an ogre but I would say that im probably slightly above average when it comes to force. No where near to how I would use a GC remote for comparisons sake

Just relax man, My 3ds xl is one year old with KIU as my first game and in that game you move the circle pad like crazy, don't worry just don't put to muy force, and remember a 3ds is not a controller so keep that in mind

 

[K-45]

Nope I really don't see how people break their c-pad I guess bad habits and being to rough.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

My 3DS's Circle Pad is still operational. What bugs me the most though is how people are ending up having broken L and/or R buttons.

 

[Putuk]

Nope, seems fine.
I've owned this 3DSXL for about a year and it's still fine.
Granted, the only game I own for it currently is Pokémon Y, so the circle pad didn't see that much use outside the Smash demo.

 

[K-45]

My 3DS's Circle Pad is still operational. What bugs me the most though is how people are ending up having broken L and/or R buttons.

I hear L and R button have a good chance of breaking after u drop your 3ds on a hard floor. if the angle just happens to land on the R/L button.

I also heard cases that the L/R button can break from age. After 3 years of use or something like that the r/l buttons just seem to stop working.

So u shouldn't worry about it for the most part.

 

[Flaxr XIII]

No, because I've been pretty careful trying not to break it. That being said, I'm not playing as intensely as I usually do.

 

[Johnny Heart Gold]

I hear L and R button have a good chance of breaking after u drop your 3ds on a hard floor. if the angle just happens to land on the R/L button.

One of my friends have that problem, he told me that his mom was doing some cleaning when we left the 3ds charging, and she drop it when she moved the whatever it was the console on (It was a table I don't know really) and it felt and his shoulders buttons don't work, but he can get it fix but he doesnt have the money

 

[Wyntir]

I have trigger grip on my 2DS plus a 2 year warranty so I'm good to go

 

[PikaSamus]

I hear L and R button have a good chance of breaking after u drop your 3ds on a hard floor. if the angle just happens to land on the R/L button.

I also heard cases that the L/R button can break from age. After 3 years of use or something like that the r/l buttons just seem to stop working.

So u shouldn't worry about it for the most part.

I dropped my 3DS on concrete, hitting the R button, and put small marks in it. It still works perfectly.

 

[K-45]

I dropped my 3DS on concrete, hitting the R button, and put small marks in it. It still works perfectly.

That's y I said there's a good chance doesn't always mean it's going to happen. Be happy that u have a 3ds with a working r button.

 

[Trickerhere]

**Broke and no

 

[Mythra]

After more than 10 hours of intense Lv. 9 battles the pad still feels perfectly; (despite the fact I tend to insert coins in it to hatch eggs in Pokémon Y) these things are very durable, but I play the Demo with soft movements just in case.

 

[nuclearneo577]

I haven't had any problems, really all that I've done that might wear down the circle pad since I bought my 3DS back in 2011 was use coins to hatch a few eggs in Pokemon Y, and that hasn't really caused anything bad to happen so far.

 

[Greda]

So much hours into the demo and it's like new.

I think those Japanese screenshots were just people propping a knife under it and posting it on the Internet.

 

[Jae]

My Circle Pad still feels quite normal. I won't lie, I am finding myself with the urge to slide it hard (for Smash attacks) though due to decade-old habits.

 

[S2]

My 3DS's Circle Pad is still operational. What bugs me the most though is how people are ending up having broken L and/or R buttons.

This is what I'm worried about. After playing a lot of the Streetpass games which speed up the text by holding R, I've had the sinking feeling that if any button goes on my 3DS that'll be it. After clocking in some time on the Demo, it's pretty obvious that using R to shield is going to put it's durability to the test.

We'll see I guess. Maybe the shoulder buttons are more resilient than I'm giving them credit for. But I'm babying the circle pad and it seems to be holding up fine. I don't think my R button will break, but I'm hoping it won't wear down noticeably after a lot of play.

 

[LordShade67]

Have had mine since 2011. Has survived hours of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, AC:New Leaf, Pokemon X/Y(Primarily Y because eggs), Shovel Knight, and the Smash Demo.

....The little cover thing maybe abit loose, though, XD.

 

[Spirst]

I'm convinced you need to be mashing the control pad like a psycho in order to bust it. I've used it more than enough times in the demo and haven't had any feeling like it was going to break.

 

[Azaris]

The plastic circle fell off mine but I could just put it back on so no big deal.

 

[Flaxr XIII]

I just remembered that the Circle Pad survived the thrashing I gave it during Kid Icarus Uprising (I did a lot of dodging).
I'm pretty sure it'll handle Smash pretty well. *Smashing Intensifies*

 

[redreflect]

I've only put about 10 hours into the demo but no problems here. Who knows after 100-200 hours though... especially with online play.

 

[CrimsonYoshi]

Yeah, don't worry about it. I've been playing the demo with a 3 year old 3ds and it seems like it's gonna take more than humanly possible to break the pad off. Seriously, do Japanese just have inhumanly strong joints?

 

[Jester Kirby]

The people you hear about breaking controllers and circle pads are the same ones you see going absolute ape **** crazy on their GC controller to do the simplest of inputs. It's often casual players who like to button mash and slam their joysticks. As stated by others, I've put some work into mine and it's fine.

 

[PuzzlePrism]

I've had this original 3DS since launch and have sunk hours into KI:U and Animal Crossing, and 10 hours into the Sm4sh demo so far. From all my time in Animal Crossing it has loosened up a bit, but I haven't noticed any further damage from playing Smash. I'd be careful if your 3DS is old, though.

 

[Momaster12]

I've put many hours into the Demo and my pad doesn't look like it is anywhere near breaking. If anything, I'm more worried about my R-Button.

 

[Aura Warrior]

I went a little hard on my console, but I made only a scratch:

Spoiler

 

[zozo]

I've been playing the demo for a little over a week now because I was lucky enough to get a code from a friend, my 2DS is fine. I also treat it very well and I don't mash. Basically, don't mash, and you'll be fine.

 

[Flaxr XIII]

The people you hear about breaking controllers and circle pads are the same ones you see going absolute ape **** crazy on their GC controller to do the simplest of inputs. It's often casual players who like to button mash and slam their joysticks. As stated by others, I've put some work into mine and it's fine.

Ohhh yes. I remember the first time I ever played Smash, I was the casualest button masher that you ever did see.

 

[KaZe_DaRKWIND]

As long as you don't play like you're Godzilla you'll be fine.

 

[DakotaBonez]

I thought people broke them due to the input for smash attacks, You don't even have to tilt the circle pad all the way to do a smash attack!

I kinda wish you DID have to tilt it all the way though, I keep doing tilts instead of smashes and smashes instead of dashes...I'm a circle pad noob.

 

[Fathom778]

"OH MAN! I JUST BROKE MY C-PAD PLAYING MII MAKER!"

 

[Mo433]

I've put over 50 hours into the Smash Demo, HUNDREDS of hours in Kid Icarus, over 100 hours in Street Fighter and over 300 hours in Mario Kart and Animal Crossing. All of those games require the Circle Pad, and mine still feels brand new.

 

[Jucchan]

My R button was half-broken at the end of summer, but when I use it now to play the demo it's perfectly fine. Hmm...

 

[elitex12]

Gonna be totally honest here, I use a 2ds for gaming with 3ds software. Mainly because its so goddamn comfortable, but yeah the Circle Pad works fine still even after using it to hell.