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 will discontinue online service for 3DS and Wii U consoles in April 2024, the company announced in a recent blog. After this point, the 3DS Pokémon storage app Pokémon Bank will be the only ...

Nintendo took to Twitter to announce that it is shutting down online services for 3DS and Wii U in early April 2024. Pokémon Bank and StreetPass will, however, remain available. They also confirmed ...

Alongside the release of the Nintendo Wii in 2006, Nintendo introduced a new form of custom avatar to go with the Wii's burgeoning ecosystem, Miis. Miis were cute little people you could create in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 3DS was discontinued in 2020, but even this shutdown won’t stop StreetPass. The 3DS was discontinued in 2020, but even this shutdown won’t stop StreetPass. is a senior editor following news across ...

The StreetPass Mii Plaza soundtrack is now available on Nintendo Music. A Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to access Nintendo Music, but the Expansion ...

Nintendo of Europe has reminded players of the 3DS and Wii U eShop closures scheduled for next month and advised them on what they can do in preparation for the closure. Reminder: as of 27/03/2023, ...

The Nintendo Switch turns five years old in 2022, yet it still has a certain charm that distinguishes it from other consoles. Several years ago, a gaming platform that functions as both a portable ...

Nintendo released the demo for "Miitopia," an RPG in which nearly every character is a Mii. "Miitopia," released as a demo on Tuesday, features an incredibly advanced Mii Maker. Here are 10 of the ...