When Nintendo officially ended production of the 3DS in September 2020, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. For one thing, some variation of the handheld system had been on the market since 2011. Which is ...

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 ...

Production of the mighty Nintendo 3DS system has been officially discontinued, Nintendo has confirmed. The news comes nine years after the handheld machine first hit the market back in 2011, ...

Nintendo had been getting good results on its more traditional, level-based Mario games like New Super Mario Bros. Wii. While the larger 3D platformers like Super Mario Galaxy were doing fine for ...

Nintendo has stopped offering repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS. While it's unsurprising for a company to end support for hardware that's a decade old, the reason in this case is that Nintendo has ...

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 ...

Blaise Santi is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts majoring in Dramatic Writing. He's had experience writing not only for screen and stage, but also for sketch and late-night. His ...

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TheNintendo 3DS, one of the most joyous little machines to ever grace the games industry, is dead -- or perhaps it’s more accurate to say it will be killed very slowly over the next year until it ...

After the positive critical reception to Metroid: Samus Returns, many fans are sure to be delighted by seeing the beloved bounty hunter return to the limelight. While the Nintendo 3DS title has landed ...

Nintendo seems to have a knack for repeat performances. Nintendo DS? Quickly supplanted by the DS Lite-- and the DSi didn't last too long either before it was succeeded by the DSi XL. Even the 3DS saw ...

After we enjoyed the wealth of the best GBA games, the pivot to the DS was a bit odd. The dual-screen design and touchscreen didn’t seem like it would be a recipe for success, but just like the best ...