While Nintendo's Wii U video game console has languished both in terms of sales and interesting content available on the device, the Japanese gaming giant's mobile counterpart, the 3DS, has continued ...

A new system update is headed to the Nintendo 3DS, which may enable more frequent StreetPass encounters, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shared with analysts this week. While StreetPass encounters ...

Stan owes their love of turn-based RPGs and all other things gaming to a second-hand Game Boy Advance SP and Wario Land 3. Persona, Zelda, and Pokemon rank among their all-time franchises, but they ...

Upon the launch of Nintendo's successor to the wildly popular Nintendo DS, the Japanese video game company introduced fans to the new StreetPass feature on the Nintendo 3DS. While the 3DS came with ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. A new update to the 3DS’ StreetPass Plaza will let you finally skip a lot of the chatter that slows down clearing out your StreetPass queue—but it’ll ...

Why isn’t StreetPass on the Nintendo Switch? Of the long list of unique features Nintendo supported during the 3DS and Wii U era — your Miiverses, SpotPasses, and the like — StreetPass, a wireless ...

When it comes to unique gimmicks, the Nintendo 3DS is mainly remembered for the wow factor of its glasses-free stereoscopic 3D effects (which Nintendo would eventually abandon with the introduction of ...

One of the coolest features of the new Nintendo 3DS console is StreetPass -- a feature that lets your 3DS wirelessly trade information with other nearby consoles. We explain what it's all about. Luke ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. One of the best features of the Nintendo 3DS is its ability to StreetPass. You will find this feature in no other portable device that plays games.

Last year, Nintendo announced a National StreetPass Weekend for October 31-November 2, 2014, to take advantage of people taking their Nintendo 3DS systems with them while trick or treating or ...

Nintendo Direct Mini Reveals Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Updates REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- At long last, Super NES classic EarthBound is now available as a Virtual Console game in the Nintendo ...

The ability to share information via StreetPass with other players has always been a fun reason to carry your 3DS everywhere. But you can only capture up to 10 users' Miis at a time, and going through ...