Nintendo CTR-001 Manuel D’Utilisation

Free software received via SpotPass and software downloaded via Nintendo eShop are added as icons on the HOME Menu.  
A maximum of 300 items can be stored on an SD Card. The different types of software title icon are explained below.

The software title’s icon appears after a Game Card is inserted 
into the Game Card slot.

This icon appears when a new application is added to the HOME Menu. Touch a gift icon to unwrap it.

Note: The icon will flash if the application has not yet finished downloading. Place the system into Sleep Mode within range of a compatible 
internet access point to complete the download.

Read important health and safety information for your 
system.

Take 3D photos and videos using this application.

Listen to music and record sounds.

Make yourself and other people into Mii characters!

View information and videos about various software, and 
download new software.

Mii characters you meet through StreetPass 

 will 

appear here.

Adjust Nintendo 3DS system settings.

Record the number of steps you take while carrying your 
Nintendo 3DS system and the length of time you spend  
using software.

Download demos and play multiplayer games!

A shooting game that turns your face, or the faces of your 
friends, into the enemies!

Use the AR Cards together with the outer cameras to create 
believable augmented reality games.

Touch the software icon, then touch OPEN.

Press the HOME Button during game play to suspend a software title and display 
the HOME Menu. Touch RESUME or press the HOME Button again to resume play, or 
touch CLOSE on the HOME Menu to close the software.

When a software title is suspended, you can adjust screen brightness and also access 

 Game Notes, 

 the friend list, 

 Notifications, 

 the internet browser, 

camera mode and instruction manuals. Other software titles can be launched, but you 
must close the suspended title to do this.

 

Depending on the state of the software (wireless communication or outer cameras in use, etc.), the HOME Menu may not be displayed, or certain functions 
may not be accessible. Some software titles do not make use of certain HOME Menu functions.

 

Nintendo DS / Nintendo DSi software titles cannot be suspended.

Any unsaved data will be lost if you close a software title without saving.

Do not remove suspended Game Card software, SD Card, or turn the power off while in this state. Doing so can cause data corruption or loss.

 

Any software or video content that is pre-installed on the SD Card will also be displayed on the HOME Menu 

.