Perfect timing, buy yourself a Pokemon 3DS XL now =D

The shoulder buttons on the 3DS are really fragile for some reason.

Mine arent^

Weird how people have already had some malfunctioning parts on their 3DS. I've had my 3DS for over 2 years now and everything works just fine. I use my 3DS a lot, too. I easily have over 2,000 hours of gameplay on the 3DS.

Any way you can clean it out. Someone (rolls eyes and looks around) got a little food on one of my controllers shoulder buttons, and it got a little funky.

I use some alcohol, q-tip and some paper to clean it out.

Something about do not eat cookie dough and play your games unless you are absolutely sure there is no cookie dough sneaking around on your hand(s).

they dont make em like they used to, same thing happened to my DS

i know what you mean, the ZL/ZR buttons on the thing would make Mario Kart a ton more enjoyable.

Call Nintendo customer service. You may still be under warranty even though it is over a year. I believe they give you a few months extension if you register your system through Club Nintendo. If not they might still fix it for free if you complain enough (if the phone call results in you still having to pay then send an email). I sent an email after getting off the phone with a representative and received a call back within a couple hours stating they would send me a free copy of Wii Sports (broke it in half after being frustrated with it being the only game my Wii didn't recognize sometimes, blamed it on the paper case they provided saying that it didn't protect the game as well as a plastic case).

Woot! The R button is working again! I may continue to wreck face in Mario Kart! ^_^


Now I just gotta hope it never screws up again.