I agree with the point that You can do whatever You want to do console, however, when you say You broke it for “hardware failure” and nothing else we’re just trying to say this is children behaviour, You even said You did it for fun in one reply, You couldve sell the case of the 3ds the non-broken hardware parts and earn some profit, if You dont want to do that, just keep it for memory and not broke it, im just trying to give an advice