Download Play is a pre-installed application on Nintendo 3DS systems. It is a returning feature from the Nintendo DS where only a single game copy is required to play with other players, or it can be used to download demos.
Unused Icons#
In the first version of this application, a set of 32 icons can be found in romfs/icons. Most of these are also present in a prototype 3DS menu.
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An early icon. |
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An early icon, also seen in the Nintendo 3DS 2010 trailer. |
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An early icon. |
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The gift icon that would later be used for software downloaded from the eShop. |
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This unused icon is also found in the files of Nintendo 3DS Camera with a banner. |
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This unused icon can also be seen in the Nintendo 3DS 2010 trailer. |
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An unused icon. |
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An unused icon. |
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This icon is also used in Nintendo 3DS Sound as a playlist icon. |
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This icon is also used in Nintendo 3DS Sound as a playlist icon. |
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This icon is also used in Nintendo 3DS Sound as a playlist icon. |
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This icon is also used in Nintendo 3DS Sound as a playlist icon. |
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An early icon of Mii Maker. |
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This icon is used in the Nintendo 3DS notifications applet. |
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An early icon; this icon looks similar to an icon shown in Nintendo DSi Camera when your photo was corrupted. |
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An early icon. |
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Possibly an early icon of Nintendo 3DS Camera; the background is borrowed from Nintendo Wii's Photo Channel. |
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A blue variant of the software present. A model of this can be found in Nintendo 3DS files on version 1.0.0-0. |
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The logo of Nintendo DS. Download Play (Nintendo 3DS) might possibly allow the user to choose DS software without rebooting to DS mode. |
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Parental Controls may possibly have been a separate app, just like the Wii U. |
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This is a dummy icon used in various places when a software's icon is deleted or missing. |
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An early icon. A similar one can be seen in Nintendo 3DS manuals. The text "ゲーム" translates to "Game". |
(discovery: MilesTheCreator)
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Default Apps |
Home Menu (Prototype) • Nintendo 3DS Camera (Prototype) • Nintendo 3DS Sound • Mii Maker (Prototypes) • StreetPass Mii Plaza (Prototype) • Face Raiders • AR Games • Activity Log (Prototypes) • Download Play • Health and Safety Information • System Settings (Prototype) • Nintendo Zone • Instruction Manual (Prototype) |
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Nintendo eShop (Prototype) • Miiverse • Nintendo Network Settings • Internet Browser |
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Downloadable Apps |
Virtual Console • Swapnote • Save Data Transfer Tool • Nintendo Badge Arcade |
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Downloadable Apps |
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DSiWare |
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