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 ...

After closing its 3DS and Wii U eShops earlier this year, Nintendo will shut down online services for those consoles in "early April 2024," it announced. That will put a halt to multiplayer features, ...

Nintendo has made some bold, weird choices with its hardware designs. But none were so bold and weird as 1995’s Virtual Boy, a “woefully premature commercial curio,” as one Ars writer put it, that ...

Nintendo has announced it will close down most of its online services for its 3DS portable console and the Wii U console. It had previously closed the Nintendo eShop online store for those consoles in ...

Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a surprise system update for its phased-out 3DS console just months after the company announced the shutdown of its eShop. The controversial update has left console ...

3DS game prices are soaring, with some titles reaching over $1,000 due to rarity and demand. Standout games like Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn and Pokemon Sun & Moon Dual Pack draw high values. Niche games ...

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. The Nintendo 3DS, the company’s 2011 ...

Nicholas Owen has been writing about videogames since 2016, covering almost every genre and system. Nintendo 3DS was Nintendo's last dedicated handheld console. While the system had to struggle with ...

Nintendo seems closer than ever to revealing its next console. A handful of notable developers visited Nintendo of America for undisclosed reasons. A Taiwanese newspaper reported an alleged price of ...

Since the Nintendo 3DS' official discontinuation in 2020, not to mention the shuttering of the 3DS branch of the Nintendo eShop, the console's sizable library of games has become largely inaccessible.

The first piece of paid downloadable content for Nintendo's 3DS console is now available. Owners of the Japan-only photo editing app Tobidasu Print Club Kiradeco Revolution can now choose from three ...