On the 3DS hardware section of the official Japanese Nintendo website, an announcement appeared today stating that the production of the Nintendo 3DS series has been discontinued. Meanwhile, the official U.S. Nintendo website no longer lists the 3DS in its hardware section and no mention of the 3DS line of products can be found. In fact, the nintendo.com/3ds URL redirects to nintendo.com. But unlike the Japanese website, there is no announcement of the handheld's discontinuation.

These news come abruptly as Nintendo has not made any official statement regarding the discontinuation of the 3DS line. The company even held a mini Direct today but made no such statement. With the Wii U long discontinued and the 3DS following suit, Nintendo seems to fully focus on the Nintendo Switch. An upgraded model has even been rumored by multiple sources briefed on Nintendo's strategy for an early 2021 release.

While the 3DS might be discontinued, it will still live on with emulators and homebrews that will give it a second life. In the wake of this news, what's your favorite 3DS game/memory?

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[Naster]

In the wake of this news, what's your favorite 3DS game/memory?

Guess it’s Super Mario 3D Land and Link Between Worlds. Too bad they didn’t had a good sequels for 3DS.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Alteast everyone isn't calling it the DS Switch, like the "gameboy ds", when they dropped the gb(a) line,


RIP NDS 2004-2020

 

[raxadian]

Alteast everyone isn't calling it the DS Switch, like the "gameboy ds", when they dropped the gb(a) line,


RIP NDS 2004-2020

The Nintendo DS fat and lite could play GBA games.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

The Nintendo DS fat and lite could play GBA games.

The Wii can play gamecube games, it's still a wii, not a gamecube

 

[raxadian]

The Wii can play gamecube games, it's still a wii, not a gamecube

Are you saying the Gameboy Color was a Color not a Gameboy?

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Are the saying the Gameboy Color was a Color not a Gameboy?

By this logic, my n3dsxl is an atari 2600, because I can play vcs games on it

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

By this logic, my n3dsxl is an atari 2600, because I can play vcs games on it

what chad says

 

[Deleted User]

RIP... Time goes on

 

[SSG Vegeta]

I've had some really good times with my 3DS one of my favorite moments with my 3DS was the ambassador program where we got 10 free NES games & 10 free GBA games. I gotta go out & buy a replacement 2DS XL before they're gone. The only reason why the death of the 3DS doesn't sting as bad for me is because of the Switch Lite.

 

[Crazynoob458]

rip 3ds
it was a console i really wanted

 

[PrincessLillie]

rip 3ds
it was a console i really wanted

...you can still get it, you know

 

[godreborn]

all those unstable 3ds rolling off the assembly line, just waiting for that all important update. <sigh>