I bought this for my granddaughter to protect her Nintendo and because it had a different style charging port on it. She had damaged the original charging port, but with it secured in this case that wasn't such an issue as we were afraid she'd damage it to where it was unusable. What's really cool is that this case also has a battery in it that extends the life of their Nintendo gaming time for those long drives so you won't have to hear "are we there yet" every few seconds!! It's also a nice case to protect the body of the NIntendo too!