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 has formally discontinued its 3DS handheld gaming platform. Word spread early Thursday, with Twitter users in Japan noticing the remaining 3DS models on Nintendo’s Japanese-language website ...

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 ...

While the Nintendo 3DS had a rocky launch, the handheld system recovered gracefully and ended up having one of the best game lineups of any Nintendo system. Many of these 3DS games, like Super Mario ...

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 ...

We'd throw our Rupees at Nintendo to revisit older games.

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 ...

Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life. Y'know, if we were present at some of these Shareholder Q&A sessions at Nintendo, ...

Looking for a Nintendo 3DS? Maybe you just want to upgrade to a better version of the handheld, or maybe you’ve been waiting for prices to go down so you can play Pokémon Sun and the remastered ...

Whether you own one of the more recent New 3DS or New 3DS XL consoles, or the original 3DS or even the cheese-wedge 2DS consoles, you'll be pleased to hear that there are some amazing games to play.

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