Good mornoonening Pixlbit!! Belated Happy New Year! Things have been pretty uneventful for me so far, until yesterday that is.
So there I was, playing the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy (the last case in Justice for All, to be more specific), and was just about to cross-examine a witness when my 3DS suddenly shut off. No warning or anything, just turned off despite the battery not even being close to low. Numerous attempts to turn the thing back on were unsuccessful. I had just about written it as a loss until by chance I only had the system itself open slightly and it managed to stay on, until I opened it up all the way and if just snapped off again. Then I left it slightly open again and that's about where I'm at now.
Pretty sure I can at least finish off Phoenix Wright at the angle I have to keep my 3DS open, but that and a few other games are probably the only ones I could do that with. So I guess I'll either try and see if I can get it fixed somehow, which might be doable but maybe getting a new one might be a better choice. So here's to a potential forced upgrade!!
Oh well, hope everyone's having a great new year so far!!
That sounds...annoying, to say the least. Have you tried percussive adjustment? Fixed my coffee maker.
Seriously, though, that sucks, and I hope you can either get it fixed for a reasonable amount or that your hunt for a newer replacement goes well.
percussive adjusment? like kicking it? 
That's exactly it, Matt!
That was the first thing I had thought of doing, but decided against it on the off chance I'd end up making things worse.
Managed to get my hands on a New 3DS, with major thanks to my brother. Once I've transferred everything, I'll have to resist the urge to punt my old system.
I am so stealing that term!
But yeah, my ps4 just broke so I can empathise. Hopefully it doesn't cost you too much to get things sorted.
Be my guest. I stole it from a customer at the market.
That stinks. I kindawant a 3DS.
That would be my best excuse to pick up the New 3DS. I'm not hoping my 3DS breaks though. I'd be sad.
That's pretty much what happened to me. I wasn't planning on upgrading anytime soon, but that's what I ended up doing anyway.
Damn that sucks. I wonder if its a connection problem between the screen and the unit? I had something similar a couple of years ago with a laptop and it turned out to be the monitor connection. Hopefully at this point (I'm a little late in reading your entry) you have this resolved.