Take a look back at Engadget’s favorite Nintendo 3DS games

Posted on 26/02/2021 by Engadget

Today is the 10th anniversary of the 3DS’s release in the Japan and, while the Switch has certainly captured our hearts these past four years, Nintendo’s 3D handheld still left quite an impression over the past decade. The system might have ceased pr...

The Nintendo 3DS’s best feature was the under-appreciated StreetPass

Posted on 26/02/2021 by Engadget

Ten years ago today the 3DS debuted in Japan. It followed the DS family and the big selling point for this third generation of Nintendo’s dual-screened systems was the addition of 3D graphics. And yet, what people remember most about the 3DS isn’t th...

Netflix won’t work on Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS after June 30th

Posted on 06/01/2021 by Engadget

Netflix will stop streaming to Nintendo 3DS and Wii U devices later this year. In a support document spotted by Eurogamer, Nintendo says the company will discontinue support for the two consoles on June 30th, 2021 (coincidently, that’s the same day M...

Nintendo Switch lifetime sales soar past the NES

Posted on 05/11/2020 by Engadget

Nintendo sold 6.86 million Switch consoles last quarter, bringing lifetime sales to 68.3 million. That’s a 43 percent increase on the 4.8 million systems that were sold during the same period last year. We already knew that the Switch had outsold the...

Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS family

Posted on 17/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Three years after launching the Switch, Nintendo is putting the 3DS out to pasture. Back in July, the gaming giant shut down the Wii U and 3DS eshops in dozens of regions. Now, it has officially discontinued the family of handheld devices, which used...

What did the Nintendo 3DS mean to you?

Posted on 13/07/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

With this week's announcement of Nintendo's new Switch Lite console, we've been thinking about the handheld that preceded it: The Nintendo 3DS, a successor to the wildly popular DS that took the dual screen and added the ability to display games in 3...

The next ‘Detective Pikachu’ game is headed to Nintendo Switch

Posted on 29/05/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Now that the Detective Pikachu movie has had success at the box office without incurring internet outrage and a delay -- we're looking at you Sonic -- there's a new game in the works. At a press conference today, execs said "Plans are under way to br...

Humble now sells Nintendo Switch and 3DS games

Posted on 07/01/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you regularly turn to the Humble Store for new games, you'll be glad to hear you can get your Nintendo fix there as well. As of January 7th, Humble is offering Switch and 3DS games -- the first time any console games have been available through t...

Catch the September 2018 Nintendo Direct right here, right now

Posted on 13/09/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

The time has come. Nintendo delayed the September edition of its Nintendo Direct live stream after an earthquake rocked Hokkaido, Japan, earlier this month, but it's full steam ahead today. The show kicks off at 6PM ET / 3PM PT, and Nintendo will fin...

Hey Nintendo, where’s ‘Metroid Prime 4’?

Posted on 12/06/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you've been patiently waiting since last year's E3 conference for the reveal of the new Metroid Prime 4 game, we're sorry. The hotly anticipated next iteration of Samus Aran was nowhere to be seen during Nintendo Direct, the venerable gaming compa...

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