It has been years since Nintendo stopped producing its Nintendo 3DS line of portable hardware and months since the company officially shut down the 3DS eShop for new downloadable game purchases. But ...

Hacking your Nintendo 3DS can unlock a world of possibilities, from playing homebrew games to running custom firmware. However, it requires careful steps to avoid any potential risks or complications.

When Nintendo officially ended production of the 3DS in September 2020, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. For one thing, some variation of the handheld system had been on the market since 2011. Which is ...

Nintendo has always been very wary about allowing independent and homebrew developers making games for their consoles, and the 3DS is no exception. It’s locked down, and a few 3DS and console hackers ...

Late last year we told you about Nintendo's rather intriguing "Bug Bounty" programme, which was offering monetary rewards for tip-offs to security vulnerabilities on 3DS; when the Switch launched the ...

Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a surprise system update for its phased-out 3DS console just months after the company announced the shutdown of its eShop. The controversial update has left console ...