The American launch will fall three weeks after the European shipping date of July 28. Not surprisingly, this also coincides with another 3DS game launch, this time for New Art Academy. Color-conscious buyers can choose between red and blue for the North American version, with silver an additional flavor for European buyers. The device’s price point has been set at $199.99.
As the name implies, the 3DS XL is larger than the present-day Nintendo 3DS. The original 3DS display is only 3.53 inches as opposed to 4.88 inches for the 3DS XL.
As for the touchscreen, the XL has a 4.18 inch screen, also an increase over the 3-inch touchscreen on the original 3DS. The device will come with a 4 GB memory card and include a battery capable of up to 6.5 hours playing time. This figure could go as high as ten hours if playing DS-compatible games. Other features expected include an AC adapter for U.S. buyers.
In our opinion, this looks like an attractive alternative for portable gamers, a very promising product.
Will you buy the Nintendo 3DS XL once it’s released in the United States?
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Nintendo 3DS XL Gets 90% Bigger Screens for $199
Nintendo has a habit of releasing multiple versions of the same console, incrementally improving it in some way with each iteration. The Game Boy Advance paved the way for the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS paved the way for the DS Lite. And now, Nintendo is doing the same with the 3DS.
The original Nintendo 3DS hasn’t been quite as big a hit as Nintendo had hoped, so they’re coming forward with a supersized version called the Nintendo 3DS XL. This is essentially the same thing that they did by following the Nintendo DSi with the Nintendo DSi XL. The bigger version of the 3DS essentially has the same guts, but it gets 90% bigger screens for 18% more money.
Set to retail for $199.99 when it ships August 19, the Nintendo 3DS XL will have a 4.88-inch display on top and a 4.18-inch touchscreen below. It still has the three cameras (two in the back for 3D), just the one analog stick (or analog “slider,” if you prefer), and the same Wi-Fi connectivity. Is it worth the $30 premium over the regular smaller 3DS that you already didn’t buy?
Check out the official Nintendo Direct video announcing the 3DS XL, featuring Reggie Fils-Aime himself, on the Nintendo website.
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Nintendo to start selling 3DS with larger screens
Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. has upgraded its 3DS handheld to sport a screen nearly twice as big as the previous model amid hot competition against smartphones and tablets that are wooing people away from dedicated gaming machines.The Kyoto-based maker of the Super Mario games and Wii home console said Friday the Nintendo 3DS LL, called 3DS XL in overseas markets, goes on sale in Japan and Europe July 28, and in the U.S. from Aug. 19.
It will sell in Japan for 18,900 yen ($236) and $199.99 in the U.S. It did not give a price for Europe.
The 3DS, which has a touch panel and delivers 3-D imagery without special glasses, has two screens — one is 3.53 inches and the other is 3.02 inches.
The LL or XL version’s screens are 4.88 inches and 4.18 inches, according to the company. Screen inches refer to the diagonal measurement so LL screens are 1.9 times bigger.
‘‘There were demands for a bigger screen, and so we are ready to respond with a size-variation model,’’ Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said in a video on the company’s website. ‘‘You can enjoy powerful 3D imagery.’’
It weighs a bit more and is slightly bigger than the previous model. But battery life was extended to up to six and a half hours for 3D games from the previous five hours, and up to 10 hours from eight hours for regular games.
Yusuke Tsunoda, analyst at Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., said bigger screens are generally almost always a plus for game machines sales, and the affordable price adds to the appeal.
‘‘People who already have the 3DS and those who don’t may but it. After all, it’s so cheap,’’ he said.
Nintendo and Japanese rival Sony Corp. with its PlayStation Vita handheld are fighting tough competition from smartphones and tablets, which allow users to not only play games but also spend time on social media and other entertainment.
The bigger screens may help differentiate Nintendo’s handheld from other devices, but the upgraded screen is still smaller than the iPad.
Iwata has repeatedly shrugged off the threat from smartphones.
‘‘Nintendo doesn’t want to compete in a sector other than where it feels its strength lies,’’ said Tsunoda.
Nintendo has sold 17 million 3DS machines worldwide so far. Sony has sold 1.8 million of its PS Vita machines.
Nintendo is also planning a new home console called Wii U for later this year. It will have a 6.2-inch touchscreen controller that works separately from what’s on the TV monitor. But it won’t work as a portable like the 3DS or 3DS LL.
http://www.boston.com/ae/games/2012/06/25/nintendo-start-selling-with-larger-screens/oY198L3ituDZrhcQwXqsjM/story.html
Nintendo 3ds Xl
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