The prices of Nintendo 3DS consoles have skyrocketed in 2025, with some versions of the popular handheld going for just under $400. The going rates of some used Nintendo 3DS consoles have surpassed ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Nintendo’s iterative systems often get a bad rap, but 3DS proved that good software can overcome just about anything. Nintendo 3DS was basically just a more powerful DS with a stereoscopic 3D gimmick, ...

The Nintendo 3DS had a good run, but the latest update finally closes the book on the console once and for all. Despite a weak start that resulted in a price drop shortly after launch, the 3DS picked ...

While the final days of the Nintendo 3DS might have been a long time coming, that doesn’t take away the sting that comes with the final step of ending a generation of consoles. Nintendo shut down the ...

It has been reported that StreetPass Plazas with large quantities of Miis are most likely to be affected. "We are aware of some reports of technical difficulties which are occurring and are currently ...

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On July 17, 2015, Nintendo won a patent case in federal court in Oakland, California. Judge Saundra Armstrong found that eight of Nintendo’s popular hand-held systems, ...

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starting today, Nintendo 3DS ™ owners across the United States and Canada can download a free application that allows Netflix members with unlimited streaming plans to ...

It appears as if Nintendo is beginning to restrict the Wii U and 3DS’s ability to play online ahead of schedule (via Nintendo Life). The possible shutdown was first reported by Jonathan Barrow of ...

There should be no surprises here. The Virtual Boy is categorically the worst console Nintendo has ever released. It had a nugget of a great idea but neither the technology nor the games to bring it ...

Nintendo announced on Tuesday that it has shipped more than 4 million 3DS units worldwide in nine months. That's more than the number of Wii units Nintendo sold during that console's first nine months ...

When it comes to unique gimmicks, the Nintendo 3DS is mainly remembered for the wow factor of its glasses-free stereoscopic 3D effects (which Nintendo would eventually abandon with the introduction of ...