Bad news for those that plan on using a flash card with their 3DS-- if Nintendo detects that you've been dabbing with one, the company might send a firmware update that could possibly brick your ...

3DS flash card manufacturer Gateway has been accused of allowing users' 3DS consoles to become irretrievably bricked by a secret "kill switch" it introduced in a recent update. Report indicate that ...

Users who have attempted to use a specific 3DS flash card device have been left with a permanently broken console. A thread on the gbatemp forum, as spotted by Eurogamer, reports that users of Gateway ...

We report this slippery slope to bring to light the desire of earnest 3DS fans to play 3DS games region free. In a shocking development, hackers have revealed that they have successfully broken into ...

Nintendo’s new 3DS gaming device has only been available in Japan for a few days and hasn’t even started shipping worldwide as yet. But a few inventive hackers have already been able to modify the ...

Nintendo's system updates for the 3DS are relatively frequent, and often simply cited as bringing 'stability' and 'minor adjustments' to the portable; this is often jokingly referenced - by us, anyway ...

Earlier today we reported on the latest 3DS system update to version 9.5.0-22, another that falls into the 'stability' category. We often have a little joke about these updates and allude to the fact ...

A firmware update released last week for Nintendo’s handheld 3DS console has blocked flash carts on the system, according to a forum post on a device manufacturer’s website. In a forum post from ...