My rant on bad 3DS design: Power button

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pokeclaudel on 05 August 2011

I got my 3ds at launch and I pressed that button maybe 3 times. I've only just closed it and thrown it in the charger. I've pretty much forgotten in even exists.

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Galaki on 05 August 2011

pokeclaudel said:

I got my 3ds at launch and I pressed that button maybe 3 times. I've only just closed it and thrown it in the charger. I've pretty much forgotten in even exists.

I turned it off to swap SD card.

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I can imagine that pissed you off but I don't have that problem, press start the save, this problem never crossed my mind to be honest.

I'll admit it was a temporary lapse of judgement at the time. Surely if you played the N64 original, the GameCube version and the Virtual console version (along with the similar controls to Majora's Mask) that you felt even a little tempted to press start when you needed to save?

Maybe once or twice in majora's maks ,but i know you need to play the song of time or find a owl statue to save.

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d21lewis on 05 August 2011

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Joelcool7 said:

I thought this thread was about how the Power button only works half the time. At least with my 3DS I hit the power button and the thing doesn't turn on so I have to hit it again and sometimes its taken up to four times hitting the dang button before the power light comes on. Its really annoying, anyone else have that probelm.

As for accidently hitting the button I did it while playing LOZ:OoT as well I had just reached Princess Zelda at the beginning of the game and I moved the 3DS because my sweet spot was gone and somehow pressed the power button. I tried to get back to the game but had to start from scratch back at the beginning of the game. So freaking annoying!

Urgh. Anyone who's even a tiny bit experienced with games knows it's only common sense to save your progress regularly. I mean come on, seriously?

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Joelcool7 on 05 August 2011

Cheebee said:

Joelcool7 said:

I thought this thread was about how the Power button only works half the time. At least with my 3DS I hit the power button and the thing doesn't turn on so I have to hit it again and sometimes its taken up to four times hitting the dang button before the power light comes on. Its really annoying, anyone else have that probelm.

As for accidently hitting the button I did it while playing LOZ:OoT as well I had just reached Princess Zelda at the beginning of the game and I moved the 3DS because my sweet spot was gone and somehow pressed the power button. I tried to get back to the game but had to start from scratch back at the beginning of the game. So freaking annoying!

Urgh. Anyone who's even a tiny bit experienced with games knows it's only common sense to save your progress regularly. I mean come on, seriously?

lol when I get into a game I don't think the logical I should save. I'm an obsessive person I get way to into the games. I've done similiar things with playing Pokemon for a few hours then the battery dying or something happening and its all gone. Whats weird is no matter how many times this happens I always forget to save again.

Though I do try to remember saving, I just get so lost in the game!

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pearljammer on 05 August 2011

Joelcool7 said:

I thought this thread was about how the Power button only works half the time. At least with my 3DS I hit the power button and the thing doesn't turn on so I have to hit it again and sometimes its taken up to four times hitting the dang button before the power light comes on. Its really annoying, anyone else have that probelm.

Yes, I have the same problem. Hugely annoying.

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Mr Khan on 05 August 2011

Yeah, i've hit that button by accident once or twice. At the least, it should suspend your software to ask "Are you sure you want to shut down?" or give you the option of shutting down software and going to the home menu

I haven't done it in a week or so, though, because it really burns you when you do accidentally do it in Zelda. Other games i imagine it would be less damaging for, so long as they auto-save