Choosing which Nintendo DS to buy has long been a matter of picking the color or game bundle you want. That selection process just became more complicated now that Nintendo is preparing to release the ...

The Nintendo DS is 20 years old as of November 21, but it feels like it arrived even longer ago than that given the rapid changes we’ve seen to gaming—handheld, mobile gaming, especially—since it came ...

On November 21st, 2004, the Nintendo DS made its debut in North America. Released in the region before anywhere else in the world, the system seemed like an unusual one for Nintendo. The company ...

The Nintendo DS line of products absolutely crushed the competition this month in the NPD Group sales information released Thursday night. The question is, how many of those 1.04 million units were DS ...

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 ...

The most important thing to know about the Nintendo 3DS is that it works. The handheld system displays games in glasses-free, stereoscopic 3D. The effect is uncanny and somewhat diminishing: The ...

At this point, we’re used to Nintendo releasing slightly tweaked cosmetic refinements to its portable systems pretty frequently (the latest example of the trend, the 3DS XL, came just last year). That ...

3DS system update version 7.0.0-13U is now available for download. The update adds support for Nintendo Network IDs, Miiverse, and lets you start the 3DS camera by pressing the L and R buttons ...

Nintendo, never content to create gaming products that are simply for gaming, is taking its portable DS system to school. Partnering with program developer Sharp System Products, the company that ...

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 ...

If you own a 3DS and want to upgrade to another or special edition model and want to make it your primary device, note that you can transfer all your system settings ...