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Friday19th Aug 2022

  • Random Mobile Game Spotted Using Official Nintendo Imagery

    Ex-Nintendo veteran makes the shocking discovery

    Mobile companies are often known to embellish marketing materials to make their games more appealing to prospective audiences. This includes running ads featuring misleading gameplay, hiring influencers to run over-the-top promos, and - in this case - using imagery from other IP entirely. Yes, as...

  • News Pokémon Shuffle To Enter 'End Of Life' Service On 3DS In 2023

    Everyday I'm shuffling - not for long

    Alongside the news that the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops would be closing on March 27th 2023, Serebii.net has today confirmed that the same closures will apply to the free-to-play puzzle game, Pokémon Shuffle. While all save data and play hours will be safe for those who already have the game downloaded,...

Thursday18th Aug 2022

Saturday13th Aug 2022

Wednesday3rd Aug 2022

Monday1st Aug 2022

  • Video Don't Forget About Attack Of The Friday Monsters!

    We're going on a summer vacation

    One of the games we're most excited for this month is Shin chan: Me And The Professor On Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey — yes, the title really is that long. The game is inspired by the My Summer Vacation series and has been developed by the same team, Millennium Kitchen. Originally released in...

Wednesday13th Jul 2022

Monday11th Jul 2022

  • News A Brand New 3DS Game Is Launching This Week (US)

    It ain't dead until it's dead

    If you remember a little while back, we reported on a rather ambitious indie developer from Australia who's looking to bring seven new titles to the Wii U and 3DS, defying the upcoming eShop closure. One of those games is about to come to fruition, as Silver Falls: Ghoul Busters will be launching on the Nintendo 3DS on...

Friday10th Jun 2022

Tuesday7th Jun 2022

Tuesday31st May 2022

Monday16th May 2022

Friday13th May 2022

  • Random People Are Recording Concerts On Their 3DS Consoles, And We Love It

    A new level of immersion

    We've never really been fans of the idea of buying an expensive ticket for a concert only to spend the 2 hours or so it's likely to last holding some sort of recording device up in the air, watching the whole thing through the lens of a screen. Call us old fogeys, but to us, concerts are one of few experiences in life where...

Wednesday11th May 2022

Thursday5th May 2022

Wednesday4th May 2022

  • News Reggie Fils-Aimé Wanted The 3DS To Launch At $199, But Was Rebuffed

    "With 3DS, we did not let the poor sales performance linger"

    When the 3DS launched it had a tough task as the successor to DS, a portable family of systems that had become Nintendo's greatest success story. Though the 3DS (and 2DS) range of systems couldn't hit those heights, by the end of its run it had been a reasonable success with 75.94 million...

Monday2nd May 2022

  • News A Bunch Of NIS America Games Get Huge Price Cuts On 3DS (Europe)

    Only for a week, mind!

    Ever since the announcement of the upcoming 3DS / Wii U eShop closure, gamers have been clamouring for sales left, right, and centre, eager to grab some last-minute deals to bolster their game libraries. RPG games for the 3DS in particular have become highly sought after, and while this latest sale doesn't include the likes...

Monday25th Apr 2022

Thursday14th Apr 2022

Saturday9th Apr 2022

Thursday7th Apr 2022

  • News Looks Like Nintendo Has Been Reprinting 3DS Retail Games For A Final Hurrah

    Look for thinner boxes and tweaked package design

    The 3DS was officially discontinued back in September 2020, with hardware production ending for a system that couldn't match the dizzy heights of its predecessor (the DS), but nevertheless remains a favourite for plenty of Nintendo gamers. There are definitely a few members of the 3DS fan club among...

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Sunday3rd Apr 2022

Thursday31st Mar 2022

Tuesday29th Mar 2022

  • News Andro Dunos 2 Switch Physical Edition Pre-Orders Fly Into View

    Or 3DS, if you want to go old school

    The Switch has an impressive range of shoot 'em ups, and we're still getting regular new releases to check out. One lower profile entry that arrived recently on the eShop is Andro Dunos 2, but if you're a fan of the genre you shouldn't sleep on it. We gave this one a hearty recommendation in our recent review...

Monday28th Mar 2022

  • Talking Point 3DS Is 11 Years Old, And Our Eyes Still Feel Strange

    Remembering the magic and buzz at a preview event

    Over this past weekend the 3DS turned 11 years old, not exactly the biggest of anniversaries but enough to make us look wistfully at the little portable. It's a real favourite in our team, and I still keep both it and its charger handy when a bit of sentimental play is required — or when I want to...

Friday25th Mar 2022

  • Random Look At This Custom Eggdog 3DS

    What's up eggdog

    Do you know Eggdog? The weird meme stemmed from a video of a fluffy white dog being groomed, but taken at a specific angle, the dog looks like an egg with a face. And thus, Eggdog was born. From out of the legend of Eggdog came a host of new memes, and one of the prime Eggdog memers is zamsire, who used a 3D render of the ovoid...

Wednesday23rd Mar 2022

  • Random Someone Just Spent $1600 On A Super-Rare Canadian Barbie 3DS Game

    Those are some expensive dogs

    Across the Nintendo Life staff, we've probably collectively been in and around the games industry for at least a couple hundred years... and yet, there are still things that surprise us every day. Today's surprise was finding out that one of the holy grails for 3DS collectors is a game called Barbie Groom and Glam...

Wednesday16th Mar 2022

Tuesday15th Mar 2022

  • News Capcom Launches Its Biggest 3DS Sale Ever (US)

    The end is nigh

    It's no secret that the 3DS — along with its console sibling Wii U — is heading toward that bright light at the end of the tunnel. With the handheld's eShop closing within the next year, it's natural that publishers will want to capitalise on this unfortunate eventuality with some rather sweet deals. It's a nice opportunity for...

Wednesday9th Mar 2022