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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[x65943]

I'm more surprised to learn they kept making them all this time

 

[GbaNober]

The switch hardware will follow suit too maybe after 7-10 years, it's just a cycle

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

The switch hardware will follow suit too maybe after 7-10 years, it's just a cycle

Don’t remind me

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favorite 3DS game/memory

For me it has to be smash 4, and Mario kart 7, even though i lost my copy of smash 4, i at least have ultimate now and Mario kart 7 came with my new 2ds xl

 

[Lumstar]

Nintendo was out of touch with streetpass. It barely functioned for those in the boondocks.

 

[diggeloid]

Oh man this is sad. The 3DS was my favorite Monster Hunter machine, even though I've probably played more MHGU on the Switch at this point.

EDIT: One thing I won't miss to be totally honest is that slippery joystick.

 

[spotanjo3]

It is nice knowing you, 3DS.

 

[Ev1lbl0w]

Well... It's finally official.

Goodbye 3DS, we had fun times.

 

[pedro702]

3ds will be remenber has having the last complete national dex pokemon games, RIP.

 

[eduall]

da 3DS effect was amazing ... more than a tablet gaming (switch)

 

[MilesTheCreator]

This handheld.. I'll really miss it for sure.

I had many good memories with it, from playing pre-installed games to chatting with friends in Swapnote, to playing online with MK7 and Smash.

Heck, the homebrew scene is what got me to sign up to GBATemp.

Rest in peace Nintendo 3DS..
(at least until they close eshop and online and it'll be dead for sure)

 

[stüssy]

Thrilling times, saudades

 

[Payne]

F

Never owned one since nintendo has never been popular in where i live (tho at least switch is more or less getting recognized lately), always wanted new 3ds xl, never got around collecting enough money to buy it.

 

[Urbanshadow]

Being the owner of five of them and having had the time of my life in this forum and IRC/Discord channels on cfw and hombrews in general for the system, this announcement fills me with sadness.

 

[Aletron9000]

The 3DS was one of the first gaming systems I ever got an exploit to work on and the start of homebrew for me. Lot of good memories with my 3DS. But, I knew it was going to happen soon with no new games and the popularity of the Switch.

 

[Asia81]

Nintendo was out of touch with streetpass. It barely functioned for those in the boondocks.

mac spoofing was good tho
to meet people while you was at home

 

[VinsCool]

Almost a decade. Not bad at all.

 

[playstays_shun]

I got my 3ds after getting a switch, same year in 2017. a top IPS n3dsxl, then last year I got a dual IPS n3ds and n3ds xl. so many good games on sale, with a lower msrp to boot

I had more fun with it, with a vast library when switch's was slim. still think the switch cow is being milked extra hard and hope that changes one day but dont see it happening any time soon with how well its doing

...and it has physical DS backwards compatibility, and can load GBA since it has the cpu for that too. its an absolute beast glad I didnt skip out on it.

I even may be of the minority on this one, but I think the 3d effect is AWESOME! not a gimmick at all (though that may depend on one's eyes, and even TN vs. iPS not really sure but never understood the hate for this feature or Nintendo wanting to omit it aside from for cost saving measures)

 

[godreborn]

Tales of the abyss is probably my favorite game on the system. I never appreciated the ps2 version, but I've matured since then. I seem to recall the ps2 version having a lot of bugs. lol

 

[PrincessLillie]

I posted this earlier, how dare you steal my front-page

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

Mmm.... That's a hard one. I'll separate it into three groups:
The game I spent the most time with was Animal Crossing: New Leaf
The game I remember enjoying the most was Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
The game I wanted the most was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (did get it and completed it btw)

I hated the fact they shut down Streetpass. I had years saved of "streetpass friends " that was all erased when my first 3ds died.

Nintendo cannot "shut down StreetPass", it's completely independent from online services and is done locally between systems. You're thinking of StreetPass Relay.

 

[Retrojunkies]

Commence switch to replace the handheld market as nintendo are going to need a better home console to keep up with the ps5/xbxsx.

But bet itll be another inferior system, likely beefed up ps4/xbx1 and third parties will finally be able to port all its titles the switch couldnt handle.

It may be lucky to run early next gen titles dumbed down.

But wonder what bs gimmick theyll force to mask the fact its another cheap hardware console.