While the final days of the Nintendo 3DS might have been a long time coming, that doesn’t take away the sting that comes with the final step of ending a generation of consoles. Nintendo shut down the ...

Now that the Switch 2 has been out for a while, I wanted to take a look back at Nintendo’s last handheld before the Switch era: the Nintendo 3DS. Released around the world in 2011, the 3DS was a step ...

Nintendo will soon be ceasing all sales through its eShop service for 3DS and Wii U consoles. Users will no longer be able to purchase new games digitally, although existing owners of those games will ...

One of Nintendo’s most beloved handheld consoles, the 3DS, has been discontinued. Nintendo confirmed in a statement today to Polygon that “manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has ended ...

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It's been 10 years since Nintendo released the 3DS console in Japan on February 26. Its pen-and-touch dual screen was one of the most advanced displays at the time among handheld gaming consoles. When ...

We knew it was coming, but that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye. Nintendo shut down the online servers for both the Wii U and 3DS today. This means the end of online multiplayer gaming for ...

Nintendo has discontinued the sale of its 3DS line of handheld gaming devices, to focus solely on its primary games console the Switch, moving away from a 30-year old tradition of the Japanese company ...

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 ...

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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 ...