Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021 with a previous history of personal analytical writing. Michael is a lifelong ...

The 3DS was discontinued in 2020, but even this shutdown won’t stop StreetPass. The 3DS was discontinued in 2020, but even this shutdown won’t stop StreetPass.

The end is nigh for online network support on the aging Wii U and Nintendo 3DS platforms. Nintendo announced overnight that "online play and other functionality that uses online communication" on ...

The Wii U was Nintendo's successor to the wildly successful Wii. It was designed to be even more innovative than its predecessor, with its console's games controlled by a device called the GamePad, ...

After closing its 3DS and Wii U eShops earlier this year, Nintendo will shut down online services for those consoles in "early April 2024," it announced. That will put a halt to multiplayer features, ...

Nintendo is shutting down online servers for 3DS and Wii U games in early April 2024, with the exception of Pokémon Bank. The announcement came in a tweet (below) and in an update on Nintendo's ...

Only a few hours remain for anyone who wants to buy games from the eShops for Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS. These kinds of sweeping moves, while perhaps understandable from a business perspective, pose a ...

Nintendo discontinued the Wii U in 2017, and will shut down all online connectivity for the console by the end of this year. Despite it all, unopened units are apparently still out there on shelves: ...

Facepalm: When Nintendo released the Wii U in 2012, gamers weren't exactly lining up to purchase the new console. Now, after 12 years, the device is exhibiting signs of hardware unreliability that ...

Nintendo has announced it will close down most of its online services for its 3DS portable console and the Wii U console. It had previously closed the Nintendo eShop online store for those consoles in ...