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[Nintendo Direct] 3DS XL (90% larger screen, 4GB SD, better battery) OP has details

Forever

Banned
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Good God.

I'm literally hard right now.
 

Ragus

Banned
Imagine, just imagine playing:

-Kid Icarus
-Mario 3Dland
-Revelations
-Paper Mario
-Monster Hunter
-Pokemon

on this magnificent screen. It's magical ;_;.
 

Seik

Banned
Oh snap, are Red/Black Blue/Black the only colors available for NA?

Because that silver one looks good, very good, I WANT ONE!!
 

Clunker

Member
The real surprise here is how many posters seem surprised about the glory of the DSi XL - the baller Cadillac Escalade of handhelds. I've bought and sold a fair amount of my gaming hardware in my day, but selling my XL was the one move I really regretted (needed the money and technically I still have a Lite for my DS/GBA games, so I couldn't justify the DS redundancy). That bronze XL was heavenly. :(

I sold my launch 3DS a while back with no regrets, but by the time the US gets some non-Playskool colors, I'm hoping the game library has improved enough for my tastes to justify a 3DS XL.
 

Rich!

Member
New french preview here:
http://www.bamarenlive.com/2012/06/test-nintendo-3ds-xl.html

- the screen looks good, very good
- while the image looked worse on a DSiXL than on a DSi, it's not the case here. 3DSXL pixels look as defined as on 3DS.
- the screen seems very luminous
- 3D effect is more comfortable and more immediate

Well, along with the other previews, I think that's finally put everyone's moaning about the resolution to rest.
 

XPE

Member
I remember when the 3DS was 1st announced all the pics of it looked ugly but when you got it in your hands it looked so much better, the 3DS XL looks to be following the same trend.
 

BY2K

Membero Americo
New french preview here:
http://www.bamarenlive.com/2012/06/test-nintendo-3ds-xl.html

- the screen looks good, very good
- while the image looked worse on a DSiXL than on a DSi, it's not the case here. 3DSXL pixels look as defined as on 3DS.
- the screen seems very luminous
- 3D effect is more comfortable and more immediate
- the analog stick is more convenient to use, no need to bend your thumb anymore

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This is hot. This is fucking hot.

Those french impressions needs its own thread to shut up the moaners.
 

MicH

Member
HOLY SHIT that silver one looks SOOO good!! I had already settled myself on getting the red, but I just changed my mind!
 

CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
I remember when the 3DS was 1st announced all the pics of it looked ugly but when you got it in your hands it looked so much better
3DS looks worse in person than in pictures, for sure. There are A LOT of dumbass design decisions in that hardware.

3DS XL looks to be fixing most, if not all of them.
 

Toad-fr

Member
Hi there,

We managed to not only take a few pictures of the 3DS XL, but also to make a nice video which really shows how nice the screens are when they're bigger!

Have a look and spread the word if you feel like about this nice video :
We played the 3DS XL : hands-on!

The footage embedded on the webpage was made today during the IDEF show, happening this week in Cannes, France, where all videogame professionals are going to enjoy the sunshine and the beach... and work a couple of hours playing games :)

Cheers,
Xavier from Puissance Nintendo
 

BY2K

Membero Americo
Hi there,

We managed to not only take a few pictures of the 3DS XL, but also to make a nice video which really shows how nice the screens are when they're bigger!

Have a look and spread the word if you feel like about this nice video :
We played the 3DS XL : hands-on!

The footage embedded on the webpage was made today during the IDEF show, happening this week in Cannes, France, where all videogame professionals are going to enjoy the sunshine and the beach... and work a couple of hours playing games :)

Cheers,
Xavier from Puissance Nintendo

Woah! Xavier? You have an account on NeoGAF? Holy crap!
 
someone who knows french maybe want to create a new hands on thread; these images are just creamy!


Hi there,

We managed to not only take a few pictures of the 3DS XL, but also to make a nice video which really shows how nice the screens are when they're bigger!

Have a look and spread the word if you feel like about this nice video :
We played the 3DS XL : hands-on!

The footage embedded on the webpage was made today during the IDEF show, happening this week in Cannes, France, where all videogame professionals are going to enjoy the sunshine and the beach... and work a couple of hours playing games :)

Cheers,
Xavier from Puissance Nintendo
That TWEWY avatar, A+
 

Rich!

Member
Just made this to show the extra room below the d-pad, and to prove that both the d-pad and circle pads are both the same size, as they layer over perfectly:

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There's a significant amount of extra room on the XL below the D-pad that isn't on the original 3DS, which should make it far, FAR easier to use.
 

Mlatador

Banned
I myself think that DSi games on DSi XL look good. I prefer to play them on the big screen.

Now the question is: Will playing DSi games on 3DS XL be the same - size-wise - as playing DSi games on DSi XL, and will the transition DSi > 3DS XL - quality-wise - look worse or same as DSi > DSi XL???
 

Aeris130

Member
I've waited a year for a revision, guess I can wait another year for the white to be sold in Europe. Hopefully someone's cracked the region lock by then.
 

Mr Swine

Banned
Just made this to show the extra room below the d-pad, and to prove that both the d-pad and circle pads are both the same size, as they layer over perfectly:

iXv69ZiU9qdOZ.jpg


There's a significant amount of extra room on the XL below the D-pad that isn't on the original 3DS, which should make it far, FAR easier to use.

Oh my god, i really need to get this one! And the screens are huge compared to the original 3DS 0_0
 

kunonabi

Member
3DS XL is just too sweet looking. I can't wait to play SMT 4 on it. I might just let my 3DS backlog sit until this drops.
 
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