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, ...

So I bought this crappy Nintendo 3DS console from Wish... and it's an interesting product. Wish calls it New, but it appears ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

While the console is essentially dead, the Nintendo 3DS has one of the most robust libraries stacked full of quality titles — though it did take some time to fill out. The handheld saw some stagnation ...

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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 ...