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[Fixed] PSA: Don't factory reset your 3DS if you want to play online.

Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:11 pm
by Elysium
More details here: https://pretendo.network/blog/12-23-23

The gist is that if you factory reset your console you can no longer play online at all. You will receive error code 006-0303 whenever you try to play online. There's no fix, and will probably never be. Wii U is also affected. Pretendo will still work.

This also includes system transfers. I have a 2DS that I turned on after a system transfer months ago, and it receives error code 006-0303 because I did the setup process after this change was made. Not sure if both consoles are affected or just the source console, but I'm not going to test that out. 😀

Edit: NNID doesn't matter. Factory resetting at all after this change means you can't play online anymore.

Pokemon Bank will not work on a factory reset 3DS.

Edit: It's been fixed. https://pretendo.network/blog/12-27-23

Re: PSA: Don't factory reset your 3DS if you want to play online.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:22 am
by Rex_Dolor
Does this affect anything if I were to transfer my New 3DS information to another New 3DS?

Re: PSA: Don't factory reset your 3DS if you want to play online.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:28 am
by Elysium
My information was incorrect aside from the fact that the source console will no longer be able to go online. I don't know about the target console, and I don't want to test it.

Re: PSA: Don't factory reset your 3DS if you want to play online.

Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:41 pm
by Rex_Dolor
I just did a system transfer between my two old 3DS systems that I don't use much anymore. Looks like the target system is still able to go online after a system transfer! Though, both systems were able to prior to transfer, if that matters.

Re: PSA: Don't factory reset your 3DS if you want to play online.

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:25 am
by Elysium
I think it was fixed today after NN was down this morning.