Did u kno you can save on the 3ds cartridges themselves?

[fuggnificent]

Bought pokemon mystery dungeon for madison used and it had someone else's game on it. Had to delete it from the cartridge so she could start her own game.

[stilgar]

[Still Me]

13 minutes ago, fuggnificent said:

Bought pokemon mystery dungeon for madison used and it had someone else's game on it. Had to delete it from the cartridge so she could start her own game.

?

[André Toulon]

.......So essentially, you think telling us that used games are sold at a discount is some awesome life hack?

Seriously, I really hope you suffer from some tragic finger accident.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Noboru Yamaguchi

[Raptorpat]

That's generally how cartridges work

[André Toulon]

5 minutes ago, Adminderaptorpat said:

That's generally how cartridges work

Wait until she discovers she can take old games and trade them in for even more savings.....It'll blow her mind.

It'll make the same sound as a soap sud popping, but blown none the less.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Noboru Yamaguchi

[fuggnificent]

2 minutes ago, Adminderaptorpat said:

That's generally how cartridges work

i thought the cartridges were like cds or dvds... that you couldnt actually save stuff ON the cartridge.. and all the saving happens on the 3ds console itself. 

[fuggnificent]

i guess it make sense... if your 3ds doesnt have memory, you can still save your games. 

[fuggnificent]

2 minutes ago, Noboru Yamaguchi said:

Wait until she discovers she can take old games and trade them in for even more savings.....It'll blow her mind.

It'll make the same sound as a soap sud popping, but blown none the less.

you realize yet you misunderstood the OP?? 

[André Toulon]

2 minutes ago, fuggnificent said:

i guess it make sense... if your 3ds doesnt have memory, you can still save your games. 

Wait, this is about the save files???????

Did you like not own any gaming console ever?  Did super Mario world save to your SNES?

Edited February 26, 2018 by Noboru Yamaguchi

[fuggnificent]

Just now, Noboru Yamaguchi said:

Wait, this is about the save files???????

Did you like not own any gaming console ever?  Did super Mario would save to your SNES?

took you like 5 minutes

i thought the files saved on the game console... not the cartridges. 

[André Toulon]

1 minute ago, fuggnificent said:

you realize yet you misunderstood the OP?? 

Yes, and what you're actually talking about is stupider that what I gave you the benefit of the doubt for

[stilgar]

10 minutes ago, Noboru Yamaguchi said:

Yes, and what you're actually talking about is stupider that what I gave you the benefit of the doubt for

Her post was so stupid it caused you to think she wasn't as stupid as she is. That is a feat in and of itself.

[Raptorpat]

55 minutes ago, fuggnificent said:

i thought the cartridges were like cds or dvds... that you couldnt actually save stuff ON the cartridge.. and all the saving happens on the 3ds console itself. 

No.

Cartridges save data. The old consoles were literally just boxes that played the cartridge. That means you could take your cartridge to your friend's and play from your save on your friend's console.

Cartridges were replaced by CDs because that technology could store more data at the time, which meant bigger and better games. However, CDs can't save date because there was no way to rewrite a CD. 

While that doesn't matter today when consoles have internal storage, there was a generation of consoles (ps1, gcn, ps2) that introduced CDs but hadn't yet bridged the gap on internal storage. In order to save your games, you needed external memory cards. Those memory cards were basically cartridges.

[fuggnificent]

3 minutes ago, Adminderaptorpat said:

No.

Cartridges save data. The old consoles were literally just boxes that played the cartridge. That means you could take your cartridge to your friend's and play from your save on your friend's console.

Cartridges were replaced by CDs because that technology could store more data at the time, which meant bigger and better games. However, CDs can't save date because there was no way to rewrite a CD. 

While that doesn't matter today when consoles have internal storage, there was a generation of consoles (ps1, gcn, ps2) that introduced CDs but hadn't yet bridged the gap on internal storage. In order to save your games, you needed external memory cards. Those memory cards were basically cartridges.

wow i went thru the trouble of buying and installing a sd card in the 3ds for nothing

[Raptorpat]

Modern consoles like the 3DS do save things directly, just not gameplay data on a cartridge game.

Like a downloaded game saves to the system obviously, or if the cartridge game gets patched or updated, that saves to the system too.

[André Toulon]

1 minute ago, fuggnificent said:

wow i went thru the trouble of buying and installing a sd card in the 3ds for nothing

It not for nothing, I only buy digital games.....I have over 200 games, all stored on my 3DS with no need to have a bundle of cartridges.

[naraku360]

Did you know you can even save to memory cards?

[death_by_motorboat]

12 hours ago, fuggnificent said:

Bought pokemon mystery dungeon for madison used and it had someone else's game on it. Had to delete it from the cartridge so she could start her own game.

so you saved on what?

[fuggnificent]

26 minutes ago, mumbojummie13 said:

so you saved on what?

The cartridge

[Ric]

Yep. 

That is not the case with Switch though, first game cartridges/cards I know of that don't.

edit: Actually I don't think PS Vita does either. But all my games on it are digital so can't confirm.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Ric

[naraku360]

2 hours ago, Ric said:

Yep. 

That is not the case with Switch though, first game cartridges/cards I know of that don't.

edit: Actually I don't think PS Vita does either. But all my games on it are digital so can't confirm.

I think Vita can do both.

[death_by_motorboat]

3 hours ago, fuggnificent said:

The cartridge

ahh i see.  no one is saving any money 

[bnmjy]

Yes, I've known this since I was like 5 and had to buy a memory card my psone. 

[discolé monade]

[fuggnificent]

3 hours ago, bnmjy said:

Yes, I've known this since I was like 5 and had to buy a memory card my psone. 

my whole life has been a lie

[naraku360]

1 hour ago, fuggnificent said:

my whole life has been a lie

[André Toulon]

9 hours ago, fuggnificent said:

my whole life has been a lie

Yes.....Yes it has.  There may be hope fo.....Nah

[Phillies]

LOL FUGGZ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT