Nintendo 3DS
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VideoUS 3DS trailer hypes Netflix, web functions
Rather than 3D capabilities.
VideoSchoolgirls fight in Senran Kagura 3DS
Almost definitely never coming to Europe.
VideoNintendo ad trails 3DS price drop
Highlights games, plays down 3D.
VideoNintendo 3DS e-Store firmware update
New shop capabilities detailed.
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Nintendo earnings improve, but Wii U and 3DS sales still slow
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PlayStation Vita weekly sales flagging in Europe, less than half 3DS
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Eye-catching Mario, Animal Crossing 3DS XL designs announced
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Surprise! Nintendo announces New 2DS XL handheld
Launches 28th July.
Nintendo launches new 3DS messaging app Swapdoodle
Free-to-download with paid-for doodle guides.
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My god, it's full of stars.
Five years on, Nintendo 3DS passes 60m sales milestone
Far less than DS, but far more than Vita.
Nintendo eShop half-price sale for fifth anniversary
Zelda! Pokédex! Metroid Prime Trilogy!
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Twilight Princess HD announcement please.
Nintendo Badge Arcade brings microtransactions to your 3DS home screen
Buy five chances at grabbing badges for 90p.
The new My Nintendo reward program will let you earn points as you play
To spend on DLC, merch and discounts.
Nintendo Direct broadcasts will continue
But return date and presenter still uncertain.
Nintendo fans pay their respects to Satoru Iwata
#ThankYouIwata
Tributes pour in for Nintendo's Satoru Iwata
Contemporaries and competitors unite.
Miiverse getting redesign this summer
Screenshot albums! Journals! Communities!
Nintendo dates E3 Digital Event
World Championships return after 25 years.
Nintendo "optimistic" on ending region locks, starting with NX
But no change for 3DS and Wii U, Iwata suggests.
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3DS' smartest feature, four years on.
Nintendo to launch five smartphone games by March 2017
Amiibo shipments reach 10.5m worldwide.
Nintendo records first annual profit in four years
Wii U lifetime sales crawl to 9.5m.
Modders turn 3DS into PC remote desktop
World of Warcraft works - just about.
New StreetPass Plaza 3DS games discounted for owners of previous DLC
Buy the Thank You Pack for £6.29.
New 3DS StreetPass games coming as part of International StreetPass Week
Relay activity at GAME, plus special Mii and home theme freebies.
EGXEGX 2015 tickets now on sale
80,000 expected at largest ever UK games event.
Use your remaining Club Nintendo stars on digital 3DS, Wii U games
Choose from more than 60 titles.
Who is Nintendo's new mobile partner DeNA, anyway?
Angry Birdo.
Nintendo to release games on phones and tablets
UPDATE: What does this mean for the company's future? Watch Chris B, Tom and Wes discuss.
Nintendo kills 3DS browser exploit via new firmware update
No more Pokémon Shuffle or ROM injection hacks.
Nintendo: "difficult" decision to hold back New 3DS release in Europe, US
"I think we could have tried harder."
New Nintendo 3DS sold 335k during EU/US launch week
5.7m Amiibo shipped, most popular figures revealed.
3DS browser exploit lets you play Game Boy Color ROMs
Pokémon Yellow, I choose you!
That was quick: people selling New 3DS Ambassador Edition for up to £400 on eBay
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Surprise! New Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Edition goes on sale
UPDATE: Nintendo "unable to disclose" criteria for eligibility.
Nintendo kills NINJHAX 3DS homebrew exploit
Coder warns users not to download new firmware update.
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Meet the student who just made 3DS homebrew easy - and set Nintendo on high alert.
3DS homebrew loader built, requires obscure puzzle game
Cubic Ninja sales soar after discovery, then pulled from eShop.
Nintendo adding pre-downloading to Wii U, starting with Super Smash Bros.
Heads to 3DS next year.
Nintendo earnings improve, but Wii U and 3DS sales still slow
Results are 1-UP on last year.
Nintendo 3DS sold 113k in Japan last week
Xbox One sold 728.
Nintendo's New 3DS and 3DS XL make strong start in Japan
Monster Hunter 4G rockets to 1.6m copies.
3DS system update adds themes, image share tool
Basic designs cost 89p, or decorate with Nintendo characters for £1.79.
New 3DS and New 3DS XL out in Australia this year
While Europe and North America must wait until 2015.
Nintendo celebrates 125th birthday today
Link to the past.
FeatureThe New 3DS XL unlocks the potential of Nintendo's handheld
Hands-on with the vastly improved New 3DS XL.
Nintendo shows off NES Edition 3DS XL
UPDATE: Nintendo has no plans to launch these in Europe.
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Mario! Link! Samus! Pikachu!
Nintendo announces new 3DS and 3DS XL designs with extra buttons, improved CPU
UPDATE: But they won't launch in Europe until 2015.
McDonald's Mario Happy Meal unboxing video
With extra mushrooms.
Iwata: Nintendo must harness smart devices, no restrictions for dev team
"Even not ruling out the possibility of making games."
Nintendo boss Iwata halves pay, Miyamoto's wage cut too
Latest Wii U and 3DS shipment figures announced.
Iwata: Nintendo losses won't mean "Mario on smartphones"
Stock drops after results disappoint.
Nintendo slashes Wii U sales forecast from 9m to 2.8m
UPDATE: Iwata apologises, will stay in office to see company return to profit.
This piracy-enabling 3DS flashcard tried to prevent itself from being pirated
But now it's bricking consoles.
Miiverse, cross-platform account system headed to 3DS
Mario Party: Island Tour for 3DS dated.
Nintendo's now-discontinued Letter Box service used by alleged child predators
Men targeted young girls through their 3DS, report states.
Now you can StreetPass the previous visitor to a location
3DS adds support for StreetPass Relay.
Nintendo's paid-for StreetPass games earned £2.6m in a month
eShop 'til you drop.
Nintendo adds paid DLC games and hats to 3DS StreetPass app
UPDATE: Nintendo "investigating" widespread crash reports.
PlayStation Vita weekly sales flagging in Europe, less than half 3DS
Below PSP, just above DS.
3DS and DS sales roughly equal after same time period
Latest Nintendo numbers show Wii sales drying up.
3DS sales "weaker than expected" despite Japan success
Nintendo revises yearly forecast, now expects slimmer profit.
Eye-catching Mario, Animal Crossing 3DS XL designs announced
Zelda, Mario 3DS games coming to Japanese eShop.
UK 3DS XL sales total almost 10,000 in one day
Steady start, but nowhere near Japanese haul.
Nintendo: 3DS profitability "improving" despite overall losses
UPDATE: 3DS no longer being sold at a loss, as of today.
Nintendo 3DS XL UK price round-up
UPDATE: GameStop to match GAME trade-in deal, includes older DS variants.
Nintendo: 3DS XL pixel size increase won't look "awkward"
"Many customers appear to be worried."
HMV store advertises 3DS XL with second Circle Pad using internet mock-up
"Just one particular store being a little over-enthusiastic," HMV explains.
Nintendo: 3DS XL not big enough to fit second circle pad
"It's a call we had to make and people will have to live with it."
Nintendo 3DS XL photographs
Hello big boy! Bertie poses with Nintendo's new handheld.
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Nintendo: UK retailers to set 3DS XL price
UPDATE: Zavvi, Play, ShopTo price tags vary between £179-£249.
Toyota creates Nintendo DS car navigation system
Come drive with Mii.
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Nintendo 3DS Ambassador GBA games out Friday
Zelda: Minish Cap! Fire Emblem! F-Zero!
3DS Circle Pad battery life revealed
AAAmazing.
Sainsbury's slashes PS3, 3DS, Wii prices
Supermarket serves up Christmas deal platter.
VideoUS 3DS trailer hypes Netflix, web functions
Rather than 3D capabilities.
3DS eShop to get DLC and demos
Accessible from PC, smartphones.
November 3DS firmware update details
10 mins vid recording, YouTube uploads.
FeatureSaturday Soapbox: 3DS Six Months On
Charting a troubled launch.
Feature3DS Circle Pad Extension
Up close and personal with Nintendo's portable Frankenstein.
3DS circle pad attachment pics
Does it block the 3DS game card slot?
First images of Misty Pink 3DS model
Colourful handheld hits Japan 20th Oct.
VideoSchoolgirls fight in Senran Kagura 3DS
Almost definitely never coming to Europe.
VideoNintendo ad trails 3DS price drop
Highlights games, plays down 3D.
3DS Nintendo Video European date
Watch 3D films and telly tomorrow.
3DS June firmware update detailed
UPDATE: Europe e-Shop contents confirmed.
VideoNintendo 3DS e-Store firmware update
New shop capabilities detailed.
3DS Splinter Cell, Driver bundles outed
UPDATE: Ubisoft claims report "untrue".
Nintendo 3DS e-Shop and browser delayed
UPDATE: 7th June launch confirmed for EU.
First 3DS firmware update detailed?
eShop unlocked, no sign of web browser.
VideoNintendo vid details 3DS e-Shop
Japanese trailer shows online store.
Nintendo 3DS off to a "smooth start"
Global sales just over 3.6 million.
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Nintendo dismisses 3DS headaches story
"Recent reports are incorrect."
Nintendo announces UK 3DS sales figures
Fastest-selling Nintendo console ever in UK.
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Shops break sales silence.
GAME's leaked internal documents
Tesco 3DS offer unable to be refused.
BP selling Nintendo 3DS
Well oil be.
Nintendo explains "garage" dev claim
"We embrace independent spirit."
Nintendo 3DS black screen error revealed
Forces hard reboot.
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UK shop offers astonishing cash price.
Amazon accused of 3DS delivery failure
UPDATE: Amazon responds.
Nintendo guarantees 3DS won't sell out
"You'll get one no matter what."
3DS price will rise, Nintendo warns
"Don't wait."
Where has 3DS stock this weekend?
Eurogamer canvasses the shops.
Tesco flattens 3DS price to £175
Currys drops tag to £179.
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Nintendo's new handheld ripped open and costed up.
GAME's 3DS launch outnumbers HMV's
482 midnight openings to 100.
Nintendo: 3DS demos worth resources?
"I'm not sure," mulls Hideki Konno.
Video3DS Augmented Reality card supersized
How to make your Mii three stories high.
HMV reveals £200 3DS trade-in guarantee
UPDATE: Specific trade-in prices detailed.
13 3DS VIP store openings planned
Nab a free taxi ride home.
Morrisons' £187 3DS offer ends on Sunday
Not long now.
3DS sets Amazon.co.uk pre-order record
Will probably be popular.
Video3DS vid shows new Zelda gameplay
Moving the handheld aims slingshot.
Nintendo 3DS price drop at Morrisons
Pre-order to get it for £187.
"Large-sized" 3DS AR Card revealed
A Club Nintendo reward.
Official Nintendo 3DS UK launch plans
HMV gets the gig.
Nintendo 3DS logs flash cart use?
UPDATE: Nintendo responds, stays cagey.
Nintendo: 85% will have seen 3DS TV ads
At least three times.
VideoNintendo 3DS trailer ramps up the hype
Prepare to be amazed. These guys were.
SEGA reveals Game Gear 3DS VC lineup
Sonic! Shinobi! Columns! More Sonic!
Nintendo 3DS can't run Unreal Engine 3
"There's nothing against Nintendo."
Miyamoto: 3DS is an "eloquent orator"
Pre-installed software will spread the word.
UK 3DS: "Seems to be enough stock"
But any more excitement and it'll sell out.
Rolando publisher slams NGP, 3DS
NGP "dead on arrival", 3DS "gimmicky".
Nintendo: 3G fees will hold NGP back
Will "decrease the customer base".
Nintendo 3DS GAME midnight openings
Huge push for UK console launch.
Nintendo 3DS sells 400,000 in a weekend
Dimension that shelves are refilling?
European Nintendo 3DS Reviewed
The Eurogamer verdict.
VideoEuropean Nintendo 3DS unboxing video
Eurogamer TV gets stuck in.
Nintendo 3DS: Launch Title Lowdown
Mario! Zelda! Monkeys! Cars! Etc.
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European Nintendo 3DS photographs
Eurogamer's 3DS from all angles.
GAME's £190 Nintendo 3DS trade-in price
If you trade it in by 25th April.
Nintendo 3DS Camera
3D photos! Mii Maker! Face Raiders!
VideoEurogamer Readers vs. Nintendo 3DS
Part 2: Hands-on impressions from last weekend's showcase.
Nintendo: Low app prices threaten industry
Games worth more than $2, says Reggie.
3DS eShop not launching until May
Iwata clears up confusion.
Why Nintendo 3DS gives Coins for walking
At "forefront of active gaming" - Fils-Aime.
Eurogamer Readers vs. Nintendo 3DS
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New worldwide Wii and DS total sales
Plus: Nintendo predicts 3DS numbers.
VideoThe EGTV Show: 3DS hits Europe
All the action from Amsterdam.
Video3DS shows packed software line-up
Zelda! Street Fighter! Rabbids! Resi!
GAME, HMV pin 3DS price at £229.99
UPDATE: ShopTo now asking £199.85.
European 3DS release date
25th March. No price.
European Nintendo 3DS Conference
Live from 2pm GMT / 3pm CET.
Nintendo: Why the 3DS is region-locked
It's "tailored" for different countries.
3DS uses DSi power cable
Yes really.
Experts: 3DS won't harm toddlers
Kids, it might actually be good for you.
Is a 3DS cart bigger than a DVD?
Word on the street pins it at 8GB.
VideoNintendo 3DS software showreel
Mario! Zelda! Pilotwings! Star Fox! Resi!
VideoNintendo 3DS firmware and functions
Tag mode! Mii support! 3D picture cards!
Digital FoundryNintendo 3DS tech spec exploration
Whatever happened to the NVIDIA "DS2"?
3DS date and price reveal in September
Nintendo pinpoints 29th.
N64 videos simulate 3DS screen
Pop a pair of glasses on and see.
Retailer admits to 3DS date/price guess
€169.95 "pure speculation" - Nintendo.