Nintendo 3DS

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Nintendo 3DS is a handheld system that was released in 2011 as the successor to the Nintendo DS. It was discontinued in 2020. It is backwards compatible with both Nintendo DS and downloadable Nintendo DSi titles. It is relatively popular, selling 75.94 million units as of March 2022.

Software

The Nintendo 3DS comes with several preinstalled apps.

Nintendo eShop

The Nintendo eShop is a place where users download and buy games. In February 2022, Nintendo announced that it, along the Wii U eShop, would be closed in late March 2023 with the credit card support ending on May 23, 2022 and Nintendo eShop gift card support ending on August 29, 2022. There are over 4,800 games, 350 of which are first-party games. The number of games in each genre are as follows:

  • 600+ platform games
  • 600+ adventure games
  • 450+ role-playing games
  • 400+ racing games
  • 400+ action games
  • 300+ simulation games
  • 300+ puzzle games
  • 200+ shooter games
  • 500+ games from other genres

There are also over 400 Virtual Console games and over 200 DSiWare games.

The last third-party game produced for 3DS was Gal Galaxy Pain, which was released as a digital-only title on April 14, 2022, over 11 months before the Nintendo 3DS eShop closes.

Internet Browser

The Nintendo 3DS showing Wikipedia main page

The Nintendo 3DS comes with Internet Browser. It renders some HTML5 and JavaScript content. Users can save up to 64 bookmarks. It passed Acid1 and Acid2 tests and scored 69/100 in Acid3, though it does not render box shadows and text shadows. Most websites now use SSL certificates that the 3DS cannot handle, which means that several websites, such as Wikipedia and Miraheze, can no longer connect. Due to memory limitations, very large pages may not fully load.

Hardware

The Nintendo 3DS has a dual-core 268 MHz ARM11 processor and single-core ARM9 processor. It also has 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of flash storage. It comes with 2 GB SD card, which can be expandable to 32 GB. It also has 6 MB of VRAM. Its performance is on a par with Nintendo GameCube and original iPhone. It has 2 screens: 3.53 inches (800x240, 400x240 viewable) and 3 inches (320x240). It supports 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.

Variants

Nintendo 3DS XL

The Nintendo 3DS XL is released in 2012. It has larger screens: 4.88 inches and 4.18 inches. It includes a larger 4 GB SD card.

Nintendo 2DS

The Nintendo 2DS is basically a 3DS without 3D support and clamshell design. It was released in 2013.

New Nintendo 3DS

The New Nintendo 3DS was released in 2014. It includes slightly larger screens at 3.88 inches and 3.33 inches. It has a faster 805 MHz quad-core CPU, 256 MB of RAM, 10 MB of vRAM and larger 4 GB of flash storage. It includes a 4 GB microSD card.

Video game consoles and add-ons
Home consoles Color TV Game 6 (1977) • Color TV Game 15 (1978) • Color TV Racing 112 (1978) • Color TV Game Block Breaker (1979) • Computer TV Game (1980) • Family Computer (1983) / Nintendo Entertainment System (1985) • Super Famicom (1990) / Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) • Nintendo 64 (1996) • Nintendo GameCube (2001) • iQue Player (2003) • Wii (2006) • Wii U (2012) • Nintendo Switch (2017)
Handhelds Main Game & Watch (1980-1991) • Game Boy (1989) • Virtual Boy (1995) • Game Boy Color (1998) • Game Boy Advance (2001) • Nintendo DS (2004) • Nintendo DSi (2008) • Nintendo 3DS (2011)
Pokémon-related Pokémon Pikachu (1998) • Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS (1999) • Pokémon Mini (2001)
Other Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020) • Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda (2021)
Remodels Home consoles New-Style NES / AV Famicom (1993) • New-Style Super NES (1997) / Super Famicom Jr. (1998) • Wii Family Edition (2011) • Wii Mini (2012) • Nintendo Switch Lite (2019) • Nintendo Switch – OLED Model (2021)
Handhelds Game Boy Pocket (1996) • Game Boy Light (1998) • Game Boy Advance SP (2003) / AGS-101 model (2005) • Game Boy micro (2005) • Nintendo DS Lite (2006) • Nintendo DSi XL (2009) • Nintendo 3DS XL (2012) • Nintendo 2DS (2013) • New Nintendo 3DS (2014) • New Nintendo 3DS XL (2014) • New Nintendo 2DS XL (2017)
Add-ons Family Computer Disk System (1986) • Satellaview (1993) • Super Game Boy (1994) • Super Game Boy 2 (1998) • Nintendo 64DD (1999) • Game Boy Player (2003)
Other products Nintendo-related VS. System • Nintendo PlayChoice-10 • Nelsonic Game Watch • Super Mario Bros. Watch • Gamewatch Boy • Sharp Nintendo Television • SF-1 Super Nintendo Entertainment System TV • LodgeNet • Mini Classic • Triforce • Classics (NES Classic Edition · SNES Classic Edition)
Other MS-DOS • NEC PC-88 • Philips CD-i
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