Yesterday, Nintendo officially announced the Switch, a hybrid home/portable games console that seems destined to replace both the Wii U and the 3DS. As such, one of the biggest questions to arise ...

In other words, if there are any digital 3DS or Wii U games you’ve had your eye on, you’ll want to get them bought within the next three to six months. After that you’ll need to rely on ...

Speaking with Famitsu (thanks, Perfectly Nintendo) a Nintendo representative confirmed its new Switch console would not be compatible with Wii U or Nintendo 3DS discs and cartridges, respectively ...

The giveaways come following the recent closure of the Wii U and 3DS and Nintendo eShops. In other words, you can no longer buy digital 3DS or Wii U games from Nintendo.

If you have a 3DS and/or a Wii U, and you want to pick up some games before they’re gone, there’s another quirk you need to deal with. Nintendo stopped supporting credit card purchases on the ...

Unfortunately for fans of the Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo Wii U, there is even more bad news. Gamers will not be allowed to use a Nintendo eShop gift card to add funds to an account associated ...

Last night @ArcadeBrooklyn I opened a Wii u in order to remove some switch games from the disc drive. Yes you heard correctly, the console owner's son stuck a bunch of switch games in there. pic ...

Latest builds of Terraria on 3DS and Wii U shown off at EGX. Having had a chance to try out the 3DS version of Terraria at previous shows this year, the EGX show in Birmingham was the first chance ...

Mario Kart 8 remains the best-selling Wii U game with 8.26 million units sold. That's comfortably ahead of the second-best seller, New Super Mario Bros. U (5.62 million).

Nintendo confirmed that its upcoming Switch console/handheld duo is not compatible with physical 3DS cards or Wii U discs. Japanese gaming publication Famitsu sent the company a number of ...

You can see the full lists of Nintendo's best-selling Wii U and 3DS games below. All figures are good as of September 30 and include physical and digital, as well as games bundled with hardware.

Nintendo Switch won't be able to play your library of Wii U discs or 3DS cartridges, as Nintendo has confirmed that its upcoming console doesn't feature physical backwards compatibility.