Nintendo is ending repairs of the original Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL a few weeks earlier than expected in Japan. That February announcement reportedly led to more units than expected to be sent in for ...

The Nintendo 3DS had a good run, but the latest update finally closes the book on the console once and for all. Despite a weak start that resulted in a price drop shortly after launch, the 3DS picked ...

Nintendo has officially ended repair support for the New Nintendo 3DS. In a new X / Twitter post shared today to the Japanese Nintendo account, which has been machine translated, the company announced ...

.] Previously on February 25, 2021, Nintendo published a notification that it would no longer accept repairs of the original 3DS and 3DS XL (known in Japan as 3DS LL) due to a “difficulty in securing ...

On Thursday, September 4, Nintendo announced that it was officially ending repair services for the old New Nintendo 2DS XL. The publisher made the announcement on its Japanese customer website. The ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Nintendo has earned a reputation for god-tier customer service regarding hardware repairs, but that doesn’t mean the company can go on supporting units that have graduated to retro-gaming status ...

It's been 10 years since Nintendo released the 3DS console in Japan on February 26. Its pen-and-touch dual screen was one of the most advanced displays at the time among handheld gaming consoles. When ...