application for Nintendo 3DS, that allows 3DS users to exchange notes and drawings with one another over the Internet. “Nintendo has learned that some consumers, including minors, have been exchanging ...

Nintendo just turned off one of the online features of the 3DS, seemingly forever, deactivating the online support for its note-sharing SwapNote service on systems worldwide. The company did this, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nintendo shuts down 3DS SwapNote messaging over internet due to mucky messages Nintendo has shut down the SpotPass feature of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Come December, you’ll be able to send messages your other 3DS-owning friends via a new app. Nintendo are calling this Swapnote, which sounds a little reminiscent of Flipnote Studio (right) on Nintendo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nintendo has just announced Swapdoodle, a free-to-start drawing app that is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Much like its predecessor, Swapnote—which was suspended due to "offensive material" ...

Nintendo launched a new app for Nintendo 3DS Thursday morning: Swapdoodle, a free download that lets players illustrate and send messages to friends, with some drawing lessons thrown in the mix.