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The Nintendo 3DS’ Surprisingly Social Legacy – WIRED
Nintendo just discontinued the iconic portable game console, but the real 3DS was the friends we made along the way.
I tell this story a lot: I didnt have much of a life before the Nintendo 3DS.
It happened a year after I moved to New York. Aside from my housemates and a couple of over-friendly acquaintances, I didnt know a lot of people, and certainly none whod play video games with me. It was a sunny fall day in 2014 when Nintendo released its free demo for Super Smash Bros. 4 on the handheld 3DS system. The competitive fighting games launch, a month from then, was slated to be my highlight of the year. Id…
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