In an alarming move, Nintendo have abruptly terminated online sharing in the Swapnote application for Nintendo 3DS, that allows 3DS users to exchange notes and drawings with one another over the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Nintendo just turned off one of the online features of the 3DS, seemingly forever, deactivating the online support for its note-sharing SwapNote ...

On October 31, Nintendo suddenly announced it was ending its SwapNote service for the 3DS. Nintendo said Swapnote had been “actively misused” to transmit “offensive material” among system users, ...

Ryan is the Editor-in-Chief at DualShockers and has been a lover of games as long as he can remember. He holds a BA in English and Cinema and lives in New York City. Although the 3DS has been thriving ...

The next age of video games is upon us, and it’s filled with even more technology that will bring us together, letting us connect with people in new and fantastic ways. But that might not always be a ...

This may shed some light on why the service’s online functionality was suddenly shut down earlier in the month. Two separate reports, one from the Yomuri online and another from Mainichi, have come in ...

Nintendo has released Swapnote, a free app for the 3DS for sharing hand-drawn notes. Similar to Pictochat for the DS, Swapnote adds voice clip, 3D drawing, and 3D photo attachments. Nintendo has ...

It's no secret that the 3DS' Swapnote app makes it easy to exchange salacious images, but that's apparently news to Nintendo. The company has shut down internet-based SpotPass messaging in Swapnote ...

Nintendo released an update today Swapnote, bringing several new features including photo sharing to the 3DS messaging app, according to a press release from the company. When composing messages, the ...

A High Summoner from the Woods of the North (read: New England), Alexa and her ragtag band of comrades have saved the world from cataclysmic destruction countless times -- you just didn't notice. When ...

Nintendo’s history of slowness in enabling online features is a result of the company’s legitimate fear of children being able to send and receive messages from strangers. However, Nintendo’s ...