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 ...

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 ...

Nintendo announced that the company has run out of replacement parts in Japan for the Nintendo 2DS [FTR-001] model and the New Nintendo 3DS LL (XL) [RED-001] model handheld systems, and it is no ...

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 ...

On Thursday, September 4, Nintendo announced that it was officially ending repair services for the old New Nintendo 2DS XL. The publisher made the announcement on its Japanese customer website. The ...

In an unexpected turn for the gaming market, the Nintendo 3DS — a console now more than a decade old — is experiencing a dramatic price surge. Recent data shows that prices for this classic Nintendo ...

If you’ve recently been in the market to purchase a Nintendo 3DS, you’ve likely found that the throwback handheld has jumped up to some incredibly high prices at resale. Long before Nintendo took over ...

Nintendo Switch owners are not getting any version of Sun and Moon. They’re going to have to settle for Pokkén Tournament Deluxe for their Pokémon needs. During a Nintendo Direct video stream today, ...

Gosh, the passage of time is a nasty one, eh? There we are just trying to enjoy our day, when all of a sudden, BOOM, we're reminded that today is the 15th anniversary of the 3DS. Yes, the 3DS, that ...

Nintendo announced it will be shutting down online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U on April 8 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET. It will still be possible "for the foreseeable future" to download ...