The demo for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has been released on the 3DS eShop worldwide! The game has been released in Japan, and will release in most major regions on October 3rd 2014. Nintendo released the 7.1.0-15 update the the 3DS on January 22, 2014, this added the feature of Miiverse and Nintendo Network IDs. The 11.13.13 Nintendo Direct has revealed that a system update will be released in December 2013 that will bring Nintendo Network IDs to the Nintendo 3DS. Once created, users will be able to merge their Wii U account with it and combine their eShop balances between the two. The 3DS version of Miiverse will also be released alongside this. Swapnote's SpotPass feature has been discontinued due to reports of "suggestive material" being sent between users. (October 31, 2013) Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi, who made the company into the video game behemoth it is today, has died at the age of 85. (September 19, 2013)

The Wii U, Nintendo's new high-definition console, has now been released on November 18, 2012. The newly Japan Exclusive Nintendo Direct revealed Professor Layton 6 and Rhythm Hunter: HarmoKnight , by the same time , the release date of Animal Crossing . Sad news: Nintendo has annouced that as of August 21, 2012, its once long-running monthly video game magazine, Nintendo Power, after 24 years, will be shutting down production at the end of this year. Its final issue will be the December 2012 issue, and that the company who had published the magazine up until this point, Future US, hopes that the final issues will be memorable. Goodbye, Nintendo Power, we will miss you. (1988-2012). The Nintendo 3DS XL has been released in Japan, Europe, and North America!