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Preferably, i’d rather not open up the system. My OG 3ds’s dpad is now acting similarly to joycon drift and always held right. It’s not the circle pad, recalibration didnt fix it. I hope there’s a way to fix it without opening the system… It’s on latest USA firm (11.10)

Do you know what could have caused it? Unfortinately like buttons the D-pad is just a plastic cap connected to rubber that touches the circuit board so unless you got a decent repair shop nearby you would probably have to open it up and hope anything looks out of the ordinary.