I Bought 11 UNTESTED Nintendo 3DS Consoles from Goodwill... will they work??

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I spent a LOT of money on this huge lot of UNTESTED 3DS consoles and games from Goodwill... let's hope some of them work! I bought some New 3DS XL consoles, 3DS XL, 3DS, and even a 2DS from the Goodwill auction site, and like always, it was an interesting experience... Let me know which console is your favorite!
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[@jrob0021]

If you haven’t noticed, Goodwill has an unlimited supply of video game consoles 😂

[@Flegz1]

I've noticed that

[@pocaitul78]

i wonder how goodwill is, i never saw it because im from europe, but ill probably avoid it

[@Mewtwo_150]

@@pocaitul78 It's hit or miss. Sometimes you'll get something good for cheap Sometimes you'll get a brick.

[@endangerednayla]

Where do you order bulk from goodwill

[@thatsmylineleaveitalone]

I have got around 10-15 PS3 from Goodwill , most work, all "tested " ones have worked. Have got 2 cecha01s

[@glitchedout4life276]

another thing you should incorporate in each DS test is holding START or SELECT while powering on the DS. this will either reveal the godmode9 or LUMA menu if the DS happens to be jailbroken on Custom Firmware. Great video, cheers! Edit: this could also be a reason for the random empty folders. Some of my homebrew apps in folders are not there when I launch my DS without the SD card but the folders remain

[@starbucks5061]

3ds

[@qunt100]

Dang yah that is a good one to point out to. Interesting.

[@chizelkid]

I didn't know I could check for these things, I got mine used and...@@qunt100

[@bennettmaness1774]

​@starbucks5061 What are you the grammar police wtf

[@somesalmon5694]

Or when boot into the home menu you can press L+down+select to open the rosalina menu as a test, ive never experienced a situation where someone changed the default button combo so its pretty surefire

[@Zacht1999]

Video Idea: Take the Pokemon games you get from these lots and explore the save files!

[@Seallbay]

And Animal Crossing!

[@Mercan1556]

@@Seallbay And Camera!

[@Syvarnal]

@@Mercan1556 He already does that

[@samu-chan]

am i the only one who doesn't even look at the original save file and literally deletes it asap lol

[@feetenthusiast1015]

​@@samu-chan 😭

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I think my favorite part is all the different cases. Really shows how much variety there was and makes each system feel more personal

[@Cynnohs]

this was actually a really wholesome video yeah

[@supremescotty]

Imagine selling your childhood or donating it to Goodwill. Crazy.

[@MrMagamarc]

Its mostly parents selling their childrens childhoods. Thats why retro consoles are so popular. All our crazy parents threw OUR stuff away and now we have to buy them again.

[@CallistoEcIipse]

Bro is singlehandedly saving goodwill from running out of money. Another great video. keep it up, dude!

[@jrob0021]

😂

[@roxasbaker]

A lot of ppl shop at the goodwill I even found a Wii with everything in my local goodwill

[@jfiffl7]

Goodwill should set up More Locations for donation Pickups Hell even Small ones in Cul-de-sacs.

[@travm5540]

@@roxasbakeryou wouldn’t if you worked there. Thrift shops are VILE now ☠️

[@dexter111344]

I love the 3D effect, but the OG 3DS and XL had to be held in a very specific manner or it wouldn't work right. The improved eye tracking on the New models was a godsend. Still drains the battery very quick, so I only use it sparingly, though.

[@savemybeans]

I usually have 3d off but sometimes I just wonder what something would look like in 3d so I like having the option

[@revalone3944]

these kids parents are gonna hate them when they end up wanting their 3ds but their parents sold/gave it to goodwill

[@sebauy]

The little metallic plates on each side of the charging port connects to the 3ds dock and allow it to take a charge, you could try that or just replace the port, its pretty straight forward. Greetings from Uruguay!

[@technicavivunt]

One thing to note on the charging ports. Invest in a charging cradle since the use the golden contacts beside the ports to charge. Good workaround until you can replace the actual port

[@Nebula.21_]

Okay so little heads up regarding testing DS games specifically, I've modded a 3ds in the past before and messed up DS mode specifically in a way that caused touch screen inputs to just not work at all specifically on DS games, I've only ever had it happen that one time but it is something I thought I should mention here as something to test

[@DoloresCora]

the clarity you bring to your subjects is beyond impressive!

[@DvdXploitr]

I would play my 3DS in 2D mostly, but I did at least try the 3D in every game I played just to see how it looked. Some games were better than others

[@somesalmon5694]

There's some awesome homebrew now that lets you change the 3d intensity in each game to really tune it to your preference. Its super easy to do and if you preferred the 3ds in majoras mask or ocarina of time respectively you can change the other to match :)

[@Froezone]

2:53 I had that exact case for my dsi!! I never thought i would see that again

[@randallbrannen5983]

I love your content Jacob. Wholesome, fact driven, its dope. a. Ever considered doing a live stream where you teach a fan to repair their own unit? b. Available for questions? I have several.

[@rikukh5]

The one with broken port can be charged with cradle. It uses two metal pieces on the back instead of port.

[@nidienaero]

I'm really enjoying these videos man, keep up the good work!

[@OgDaNsOn]

I just bought an OG 3ds at my pawnshop for only 60$ along with a wii for 30$ great deals for both of the systems I’m glad was able to buy them definitely worth it 👍

[@jamesboyett4204]

I think what I love most about this channel is how quick he gets into it.

[@roflBeck]

I remember the 3D effect would cut into the battery life a lot on these things. I had the original 3DS for a while. I now have one of those black and blue 2DSXLs, don't have access to that 3D feature but eh oh well lol.

[@himbourbanist]

yeah the 3D feature was really more of a gimick than anything. Cool idea to try out here and there but definitely not needed to get the most value out of the console

[@somesalmon5694]

You are correct, the 3d has to essentially drive twice the pixels on the top screen so it drains tbe battery a fair bit faster

[@SkrtDLuffy]

Every video is even better with the cursed image in the back. Love your videos!

[@eathenalexander2836]

A video behind the scene of you cleaning and or trying to fix these consoles would be nice .

[@Hamburgerdad]

So we can confirm that he's truly cleaning these consoles, unlike some other places? Lol

[@darkx6869]

@@Hamburgerdad no, they just enjoy these videos and they want more

[@wonderlanddaphne]

Yesss like asmr! It would be sooo goooddd

[@AJFILES]

This video came to mind today. I just bought 2 "broken" nintendo ds systems from goodwill. 1 works fine. The other needs a charger before testing.

[@isaacwilkey123]

So years ago, I had a special edition Zelda link between worlds and it had 3D and I used it sometimes. Well about 4 years ago, I bought a NEW 2 DS XL and I like it way better because I prefer the 2D gaming too

[@yyouthcanoee]

Love the 3D effect for most games. bums me out most people turn it off

[@jrob0021]

I think it’s cool, but it just feels like an extra level of effort to process what I’m seeing lol especially with the original 3ds where you had to keep very still in order to see the 3d perfectly

[@tacotime3094]

@@jrob0021 but thank god they fixed it with the "new" versions

[@kiradomochi4961]

I love it too

[@gtcrgt]

Same! I don't understand how some people can't see the beauty and magic of 3d, their inner child must be dead lol

[@Evanhewitt-wo7nc]

i noticed that before i got my glasses i hated the 3d affect it looked horrible just looked like puke but now that i have my glasses i love the effect i think my eyesight affected it

[@mukeshgoolcharan6121]

Keep up the good work man see you on the next one

[@Syvarnal]

The new 3ds at 8:05, my guess would be that you would have to replace the screens, the screens could have been wiped with water and the water could have damaged the screens

[@trentlbk]

2:55 i still have one of those cases from back in the days of ds. the whole back part is filled with 2-3 games in each pocket😂

[@pland7114]

I love that Mario case it looks like one of those boot legs you would find at a flee market

[@yumark5800]

Almost got a complete 3DS Pokémon game collection from this. How lucky depending on how much you spent on this lot.

[@user-sg9ph7rw9w]

I'm really enjoying these videos man, keep up the good work!. I'm really enjoying these videos man, keep up the good work!.

[@SixOneNate]

The concept was neat, actually playing it in 3D causes a headache after a while

[@jrob0021]

That’s how I feel

[@derpdude32]

With the new nintendo 3ds however they improved the 3d system drastically so the 3d is better and drastically reduces the headache side effect if i remember correctly

[@HannahCharlesworth98]

@@derpdude32 Yeah 100%. I have the original 3DS and I rarely use the 3D function because it's so janky. My new 3DSxl though works fine. I still don't use it all the time but I'm way more inclined to use it on the new systems. They really perfected it by then

[@imac5834]

You should check if any of the 3ds are in the ambassador program (3ds' bought before the price cut) those are worth a lot more than normal ones

[@682chepstein]

These consoles go for so much money at resellers… Especially the year of luigi edition. And those DS pokemon games are worth a lot too. Goodwill you say??? Wow.

[@thejsteam1336]

at 12:52 in the corner of the wall in the video you can see a base station. a base station is used to track you in VR. just by looking at it it looks like a 2.0 because its a bit more round probably belonging to a valve index or htc vive pro 2. idk y im commenting this but as a vr gamer its cool to see

[@ButterFromDiscord]

For the 3DS that wouldn’t turn on (haven’t ontinued watching so idk if you fixed), I personally just turned it off and on over and over and it fixed. It seems to be called the “blue light black screen of death”

[@hangman10185]

so I have no knowledge of those 3DS games, but lego chima franchise was such a nostalgia hit on me.

[@iMonsieurAnthony]

I’ve been binge watching hours worth of your videos since yesterday morning. Hey from New Zealand.

[@jrob0021]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoy

[@jxstadri]

The way Animal Crossing New Leaf was the most played game from 2015 - 2020 on my 3DS XL like I used to play it for hours. I wish I could see the stats for my old 3DS but I dropped that one too many times and then after the final time, a specific part that is responsible for the console to turn went missing and it‘s the fact that it still has some charge which means if it would be prepared I could use it again

[@milmaxtor7602]

God, my 3ds was everything to me when i was younger, this feels like looking into your younger self's past.

[@slateportraichu5416]

That was so interesting. Thank you for the video=)

[@Aethelvlad]

I prefer 3D 100% of the time. The extra layer of immersion is always appreciated.

[@HexerDexter]

Interesting video & I wish that I would get just as lucky whenever I go to a GoodWill or any Thrift Store.

[@suprstar5363]

I actually have the silver luigi 30th anniversary 3ds xl and im 2018 it broke bc the inside of the charging port just came off. I was only able to fix it by taking it apart and recharging the battery itself. It's my dream to get it professionally fixed so it's nice to see it here.

[@dontbeaturd763]

I love the 3D feature for some games like Ocarina of Time 🙂

[@skylaar]

If you go to the activity log and click software library you can see every game they played, how long they played, and the last time they played the game.

[@jrob0021]

Yeah I just can’t do it all in one video or it would be an hour or longer lol

[@skylaar]

@@jrob0021 oh yeah didn't think of that lol

[@jrob0021]

@@skylaar maybe an idea of something to post of my 2nd channel. Extended versions

[@skylaar]

@@jrob0021 that'd actually be really cool. I'd watch

[@ItzYaBoyJesse]

Imagine turning all the 3DS consoles on at the same time, then next thing you know you get a lot of Street Pass tags

[@disgoodplays]

"And I found this Mii, kinda cool just to see," 16:33

[@georgecarlossaleh1804]

You have the best vids bro so creative

[@Plutoniumforbreakfast]

i love just seeing thes older consoles

[@Moon-je7ng]

The new 3ds xl probably has cfw on it. Try removing the sd card and try to turn it on, that could possibly solve the issue

[@somesalmon5694]

Id recommend testing with start or select when booting or load the sd card with the respective file structure to see if it boots loads the cfw or check the firmware version in settings

[@JaycieLP]

Have you tried holding Select while starting these? Could open Luma Menu if some of the 3DSs has custom Firmware installed!

[@kobysalsman5984]

if you plan on doing many more ds videos it might be worth looking into one of those 3ds charging docks so you can charge systems up to test even if their charging port is bricked

[@2000snostalgiaman]

My eyes somehow have adjusted to the 3D after only a month and I’ve played my console just twice before they adjusted

[@pinkthrall6038]

Bro my goodwills in my area really be lacking

[@KaleidoAbridged]

17:22 how much would you say those scrathes on the top screen caused by the lower screen subtract from the value of a 3DS?

[@tomb77]

Had a similar issue with the black screen. Cant remember exactly which cable it was but one of the connectors just had to be removed and reseated. Sounds like a strange fix but it actually did the trick for me on a New 3DS XL

[@steppintofreedomthings1894]

I'm sure the New 3DS XL has been fixed or sold by this point, but I bought a regular New 3DS with the same issue and wound up having to put a new motherboard in. Not sure what was bad on the old one, but I accidentally damaged a SMALL cable socket during reassembly, so I just replaced the board. Worked good as new after that

[@CommanderWiggins]

Probably a modded system that someone ended up bricking, used to happen a lot more with older mods.

[@dorianfreeman1129]

Fun fact: the way that the 3ds does 3d is by showing a different image to each eye. I forgot what the word was but it also means you can cancel out the 3d effect by closing one eye.

[@penti8345]

i will never forget the fact that u called swapnote “swap doodle”

[@lemonmeowy]

The black screen thing happened to my 3ds but I fixed it where I forgot what buttons but you hold some buttons down until the screen turns on and if that does not work you can try charging it at the same time it worked for me.

[@Pwns-pz9io]

you can charce the consoleby using the *stand* like think that have charching port but idk if it came with the console

[@Puppiesandmemes]

Jacob you probably have a whole ware house of untested consoles at this point 😆

[@randomthegoober]

The way I felt like I was telekinetically communicating with the person who had the ykw2 copy

[@FooFightersBootlegs]

Thought I would just say that the 2DS is still part of the overall 3DS family, it showing up here isn't unusual

[@kiapandora2094]

Lucky. Ive never seen any consoles at Goodwill here

[@ThatOnnline]

Dang ur lucky, my local goodwills and other thrift stores don’t sell any consoles and when they do they know the price and sell them for the same price I could buy a almost brand new one on eBay

[@gundarium4237]

Does anyone know the name of the case at 1:53. It looks pretty cool.

[@Erganize]

me and my dad infact went to a goodwill and they didnt have any ds consoles, i never knew someone who goes to goodwill lol

[@spooksstuff_42]

With the new 3ds xl that was showing a black screen, that was a BSoD (Black Screen of Death), just so you know :)

[@xWezza_]

4:08 was it only me that realised there was a couple games hidden in the back off that case u missed out

[@nigelgresley87546]

My Goodwill could never touch the one you went to💀

[@kamikazehussein]

man. i wanna just buy a bunch of used video game consoles now, and see if they work. xD

[@arthurpitt4032]

The virginia tech one just buy a charging dock and use the magnets beside the port 19:18

[@tuna5652]

6:11 seeing him say this hurt me on the inside given that I have 500 hours of play time on yokai watch 2

[@drewcraft0]

The 3ds XL has the BSoD (black screen of death) the DS XL must of been really badly taken care of, that’s sad 13:49

[@SynnekoNya]

Man's probably came across some bathroom photos of some weirdos out there XD

[@Z_sports790]

0:10 the N64 controller 3DS in the background looks stupidly big lol

[@Mojomanultra]

Man clamshells need to come back

[@shib9780]

4:08 idk if you checked and there wasnt anything so you didnt include it but these cases have like pages so there could have been more games and it kinda looked like it

[@gravvybiscuttt1907]

my old 3ds that i got in like 2015 says that pics i took to day are from 2011 too

[@lZeroTwol]

I think that the last new 3ds XL has cfw and the luma files are missing

[@chadslegostopmotions]

Just so you know, my 3ds I've had it since Christmas of 2017. But I formatted it just recently so if I make a video on it there won't be much data on it

[@the3dsaddict99]

most likely that new 3ds with the dead screens was bricked while doing something with homebrew because as you said you tried a few things and nothing worked. so most likely, if it's not hardware it's software

[@sunspot5]

That would make sense considering there was that looping loading sound

[@Samlewis.]

@@sunspot5 do u know how to fix that cuz mine does that

[@sunspot5]

@@Samlewis. is your 3DS home brewed?

[@kellyminton3821]

That new 3DS XL has the black screen of death

[@389OpiE]

Another theory of the time being off is because of the time bomb on the r4 cards you can set your date back and keep playing it without reflashing a different firmware You can also go to ranking in the activity log screen to see

[@Fish_doctorFishy]

Every time he went in to the activity log he has it as steps not play time😂

[@AlicePhantom]

The backdated 3DS are probably so they could get more coins. You could only get 10 coins per day, and it was a coin per one thousand steps. But if you changed the date, you could get as many coins as you wanted. I used to backdate/future date my 3DS when I knew I'd be walking alot so I could get more coins. I think I future dated more often than back date cause if I did games/photos it would show I played when I actually didn't. But future dating I'd probably play on that date or still have the 3DS. Which to this day I still have my 3DS even past the dates I'd go to. (Which would just be forwarding the year of whatever day I was out on.)

[@chicken5130]

No wonder i cant find a 3ds at any thrift store i check you bought them all

[@ZettiHDz]

Very confusing thing happened to me, I have a 2DS XL , a blue one like the one you have in this video. I hadn’t touched it or turned it on in over a year and a half. I went to boot it up and it was dead so I left it on the charger for about an hour and tried again, and both screens like the issue you had on the 3DS wasn’t turning on. The power light indicated it was on and charged, and the backlight even appeared to be on but it was just black. I figured since I had home brewed it, and hadn’t touched it in a while it somehow broke. Fast forward like 3-4 months and I tried turning it on again for the hell of it….and it now works flawlessly. I have no idea what the issue was but hey it’s back to life 😂

[@cringebird]

same thing happened to me the other day, i shut my n3ds for a few hours, opened it back up and both of the screens were dead, at first it wasnt making noise but i hit the home button and it then made the home menu sound, force turning it off and turning it on again seemed to miraculously fix it, seems like maybe homebrew consoles have a chance to just not have their screens work or smth

[@agent_galactic2856]

It's crazy how low people's steps are. Mine is well over 220,000 on my n3dsxl. Unfortunately, my o3ds broke so I can't see my steps from 2013-2015.

[@OccyP]

5:23 actually you can i bought the new 3ds xl and the person didn't delete the photos XD

[@Arden56-nation]

Me when seeing that blue 3ds startup: Bravo!!!!

[@hyruleguy812]

What is the 14:36 ds called to differentiate it between the other 3Ds’

[@elianhg2144]

Itas a og 3ds (first model)

[@kirbyfan3000_offical]

6:10 why tf did I get so excited when seeing yo kai watch

[@sheffrespawnz7235]

I enjoy the 3ds. Great system I my self have a couple 3ds my best one is the charzard one complete in box.

[@Flegz1]

*Nice* video!

[@kiapandora2094]

All those Pokémon games! Wow!

[@MrCarzo]

I don't know if it's still possible to do this, but try to see if those consoles have the 3DS ambassador certificate. Not sure you can still get the games since the store shut down though...

[@gofishingwhenyoucan]

Awesome video by my friend