Can you play Nintendo 3ds games on a Nintendo DS?

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no, of course not. because all nintendo consoles support backward compatiblity, you can play all ds games on 3ds,just without 3d effect,but you can't play 3ds games on ds....Show more

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The 3DS is 99.9% backwards compatible with all DS games. I have to deduct 0.1% for the Guitar Hero: On Tour series (3 games) since the 3DS doesn't contain a slot 2 port that the Guitar Grip requires. All the DS games will work normally on the 3DS. You can even swap DS games while you're 3DS is on & at the 3DS Home menu, since DS games don't support the "program suspend" function (that 3DS & 3DSware supports). When you're done playing your DS game, just hit the home button & hit "OK" to return to the 3DS menu before changing games. With 3DS games, you have to hit "Close" after hitting home to completely leave that game before you can swap. Alternatively, hitting the power button will do forced closed on the active game, requiring you to hit the power button twice (once to close the active program & go into "sleep mode", once to actually turn off your system). Hope this helps!...Show more

No, they only work on a Nintendo 3DS since the size is way off and the other DS systems aren't capable of supporting 3D....Show more

If DS can play 3DS games, then there's no point in making the 3DS....Show more