can you play a ds game on a 3ds?

yes you can, but remember, if you want it to be 3d, it wont turn 3d because its not a 3d game :)

Mercedes is wrong, the 3DS and DS game cartridges are largely the same size, the 3DS games just have an additional part which prevents them from fitting into DS consoles

The 3DS will play DS games.

Here is a nice chart proving mercedes wrong from nintendo themselves

http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/software-comparison

YES. ds games play on the 3ds, just not in 3d

3ds games do not play on previous DS systems. that's be like trying to watch a blu-ray disc in a vcr

3ds games do not work in a ds

but ds games definitely fit in a 3ds

so yes, pokemon white will work on your 3ds

yes but not 3ds games on ds

Yes

If its a DS game you cannot play it on the 3ds as the games have a different shape and the ds game will not fit into the 3ds slot. NO YOU PEOPLE ARE WRONG I ASKED GAME STOP THEY WILL NOT WORK IN A 3DS CALL AND ASK BECAUSE I DID AND THEY SAID NO YOU ALL ARE WRONG WRONG WRONG

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201102...

Yes, if you turn your 3D off.

Yeah. Make sure you have the 3D off, though. :)

yes