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for the nintendo 3DS XL. is it better to buy all games in physical form, and have its own storage. or should i download all the games?
and when i say physical form, i mean like if they're floppy discs. obviously not. and when i mean have its own storage. i mean that it doesn't need to be put onto the SD card. and when you download games, it goes onto the SD card. and i would most likely have to get a big sd card. i would think 64g would be enough. and it would be a lot more transportable, like if i went on vacation, or something. but i would like to know if its better to have physical or downloaded games because i don't want to carry around a case all the time with me. but i would also like to know if you have like 10 or 11 games on there, would the 3ds take like 2 minutes to load each game. or would it be normal loading time, here is my list. http://www.mediafire.com/view/d41zeeap1k8t4va/wish...
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- JLv 46 years agoFavorite Answer
It depends on each person. If you don't mind having to swap out cartridges each time you want to play a different game, then having physical games gives you the benefit of being able to sell/loan them in the future. Having physical games will still take up a little bit of card space since save files are generally saved to your SD card.
However, having digital games is much more convenient since all you have to do to switch games is return back to the 3DS's home menu and load up another game on your card. Getting a large capacity card like a 64 GB is a good option, but you also have the option of having multiple SD cards; for example, you can download Mario Kart and its save files to one card, then have Super Smash Bros and its save file on a different card. If you were to go on vacation, then having digital games is more convenient since you don't have to carry around other game cartridges, and you also don't have to worry about losing them.
Regardless of which method you go with, no game should take 2 minutes to load up. Of friend of mine has a physical copy of Super Smash Bros and a digital copy of Mario Party, and switching between games doesn't take any longer to load.
I personally prefer physical since I like the option of being able to sell my games later on if I want to, but it really all depends on what is more important to you: the convenience of digital, or the ability to sell/loan physical copies.
- Sweet PeaLv 46 years ago
Personally I prefer the physcial copies over digital. Mainly because I can resell them if I don't like the game. Also if your DS and Sd card breaks, it is a pain to get them back (you have to recover your nnid, by calling Nintendo's customer support, then redownloading them again).
I just bought a cartridge case and put all my games in there rather than carrying all the individual cases.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Both have their pros and cons.
I like having physical copies because if I ever get so bored of a game I can trade it in for money off another game, but as you say going digital is more about convenience and more so with a handheld gaming system as you don't want to have to cart around tangible products with you as that takes up space.
- 6 years ago
With physical games you can also use it on other ds' in case your previous breaks, and if you store all the games on one sd, the sd might break if u misplace it or you could lose it. It's happened to me before so I would personally choose physical. Also if u don't want the game anymore you could always sell it too. Both have their pros and cons but I think physical is the best cause my friends ds acts glitchy and slow because of all the games he has on there. Good luck :)
Source(s): Personal, friend's device, sibling's device