Hey there,

I have a 3DS XL which I want to sell. I have some boxed games, and some games I downloaded on the store.

I have been trying to find answers to the following but the information out there is all a jumble of guesswork and nonsense.

Has anyone here ever sold their 3DS and how did you do it?

I do not wish any of my personal info, credit card info etc to remain on the system. It is my understanding that I am going to lose all the games I have paid for, so I would prefer to include them in the sale so I can recoup at least some of the money.

Heres what I think I have to do :

1) Delete my nintendo network ID (this gets rid of my info?) under NNID settings.

2) Format the system to get it back to factory settings.

My understanding is that when I do both of the above, the person I sell it to will have a fresh system, and once they set up their e-shop stuff they will be able to re-download any games I have bought. IS this correct?

If I buy a 3ds at some stage in the future, will I be able to use the store as the ID will still be linked to my email? I dont really understand the nintendo way of doing things!

I sold my XL a few months back, and it was pretty simple but I was able to transfer my account to my old school 3DS which I still owned and then format the system. I'm not sure if you'd be able to format the system and still download the software you purchased on it.

Yeah I am not getting a new one, so a system transfer is a no go. :(

Hmm it seems like if I delete the ID, then no ID can ever be set up on the 3ds again, effectively bricking it for any e-shop purchases.

Do I just completely remove any personal info I can manually? Am I ever able to set up another Nintendo ID account? All this shit is so confusing. I dont have a clue how to sell this thing without a) Forever losing access to the e-shop or b) Completely losing all money I have spent in the eshop and not being able to pass those games along with the system to someone else, unless I keep all my credit card details on it.

This shit does not make sense.

@splodge: Contact Nintendo's customer support. They can likely walk you through the process.

Already tried, the number the chat robot gave me is not in service. Cant find a number for europe that works either.

I think I have to just remove all info from my nintendo ID but leave it intact. Then format the system while leaving NNID intact. I think.