Nintendo has announced that the online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software will shut down on April 8, 2024. The shutdown will impact online play and functionality that utilizes online ...

The Nintendo 3DS is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, March 27, 2025. Below, we look back at its design philosophy ...

A New Nintendo 3DS XL costs nearly as much as a Switch 2.

This love letter includes the 2DS (released in 2013, often bundled with Pokémon) and the 3DS XL, which I have on my desk in ...

It's a bit of a sad day in the world of Nintendo, with the company officially shutting down online play functionality for both the 3DS and Wii U systems. Below are many of the fans saying goodbye to ...

It’s the end of an era for Nintendo fans: Online play for 3DS and Wii U games has officially ended. I adore the 3DS and Wii U libraries, and even though Nintendo has already brought so many great ...

Nintendo confirmed this week that it has discontinued production on all current models of the 3DS family of portable gaming systems, which ends the platform’s life cycle after nine years. The 3DS is ...

After the closure of the Wii U and 3DS digital storefronts in March 2023, Nintendo is preparing to turn out the lights for online gaming on both systems. The platform holder has announced that online ...

Nintendo will drastically cut the price of 3DS from $250 to $170, it said on Thursday following lower-than-expected sales of the glasses-free 3-D handheld game machine. The announcement of the lower ...

When it comes to unique gimmicks, the Nintendo 3DS is mainly remembered for the wow factor of its glasses-free stereoscopic 3D effects (which Nintendo would eventually abandon with the introduction of ...

Everybody who tried the Nintendo 3DS probably remembers the first time they saw the flat image on the screen extend into three dimensions, receding into the apparent depths of the system without using ...

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