Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

This love letter includes the 2DS (released in 2013, often bundled with Pokémon) and the 3DS XL, which I have on my desk in ...

The owner of the Nintendo Network After Hours Discord GaffsNotLaffs shared that Fishguy6564's 3DS simply "crashed", but to be honest the fact it's lasted this long without crashing sooner is ...

When Wii U was unveiled at E3 this past June, one of the first questions that crossed my mind was whether or not Nintendo would simultaneously launch a new online network that would either rival or ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The time has come and 210 days after the initial service was supposed to shutter, Nintendo's 3DS and Wii U online servers are officially gone. The ...

Nintendo says it’s finally going to get with the program and release an honest-to-goodness online gaming service, dubbed “Nintendo Network,” that’ll cover both the Wii U and 3DS. Hooray, I think. Say ...

I remember the day I got my Nintendo 3DS like it was yesterday. The handheld, which is 15 years old now, never really appealed to me at first; its 3D effect made me nauseous, and the available games ...

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 ...

The Nintendo 3DS is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, March 27, 2025. Below, we look back at its design philosophy ...