Nintendo and Best Buy are teaming up on the 3DS.(Credit: Nintendo) Nintendo and Best Buy are teaming up to try to improve the 3DS experience.Starting in June, Best Buy will offer 3DS owners free wireless access inside 1,000 stores. When folks connect to the Best Buy network via the portable’s SpotPass feature, they will find [...]

After a knockout launch in Japan, the Nintendo 3DS is now scheduled to release in the U.S. on March 27. What makes this handheld device interesting is that you don’t need glasses to enjoy its three-dimensional effects. Plus, a 3D slider makes it easier to create a 3D depth that works best for you. Nintendo 3DS [...]

Nintendo Co. this week said it will hold a Nintendo 3DS Demo Tour in the U.S. to offer consumers the chance to test drive the new handheld. Nintendo 3DS Demo Pods and Demo Squads will be in select U.S. cities beginning Mar. 11 to allow users to try built-in software, launch titles, and new Augmented [...]

March 10, 2011 – 1:04 A.M.March 8, 2011Visitors to this year’s PAX East event will get more than just a glimpse into Nintendo’s all-star lineup of console and hand-held video games. Running March 11-13 in Boston, the festival also marks an opportunity for U.S. consumers to experience the new Nintendo 3DS™ portable system in advance [...]

In a keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference on Tuesday, Nintendo announced that it will bring the streaming video service Netflix to the 3DS handheld gaming system this summer. Netflix users can stream Netflix over a wireless connection, much as the service works on the Wii.“Nintendo 3DS will be the most connected Nintendo device [...]

Nintendo recently held a special event in Japan called Nintendo World. As you’d expect, the star of the show was the 3DS, and we were treated to a whole host of new information on many of the countless games heading to Nintendo’s brand new 3D handheld.. Here are our ten choices for the games you [...]

Nintendo is preparing to kick its 3DS hype machine into full gear. With the March 6 release of Pokemon Black and White upon us, the publisher will turn its considerable might towards its North American (March 27) and European (March 25) launches. This past weekend, the 3DS launched in Japan, and I managed to steal [...]

A remastered Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 3DS will be ready by June, a 25th anniversary title is on the way, and Skyward Sword for the Wii is shaping up nicely, according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.“Some of you may want to hear about Zelda. Our intention is for you to [...]

Gadget fans could find themselves in a dilemma over where to spend their hard-earned money on March 25, with both Apple’s iPad 2 – which was unveiled by Steve Jobs last night – and Nintendo’s innovative 3D handheld games device released on the same day.Apple and Nintendo wouldn’t have been considered direct rivals until recently, [...]

Nintendo Co. this week detailed new Nintendo 3DS battery life options that will vary the amount of time users can play on a single charge. Ryuji Umezu, head of Nintendo 3DS system design, said this week that the handheld will last about three to five hours playing Nintendo 3DS titles. When users set the LCD [...]