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New 3DS European Launch Faceplates

Not sure if this has already been posted, but according to NoE's Twitter, these are the new 3DS faceplates that will be available at launch in Europe.

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https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/555371103892553730

lock if old!
 
I know port begging is bannable, but port this to North America please :-(
 
I'm so jelly that not does the XL not have this but we can't even get the smaller ones in the US to use em. really like the pokemon one
 
Surprised that the smash plates are not coming with that batch, they where not exclusive to the Ambassador bundle, at a later date a guess.
 
I want the black 3DS so options are kinda limited I feel like. The wooden one could be cool but it'll surely cost something like 40€. Too expensive.
 
Salt in the wound .. anyone see the Majora's Mask face plate Japan is getting? So upsetting

Don't mean to rub it in but the European Direct showed that too as something we'd get later down the line.
 
The wooden one is actually the thing that makes me hesitate with an XL ....

I know how crazy that sounds but ....
 
I like the black 3DS better but the white one is better suited for faceplates. (I wouldn't buy all of them, one or two max.) What to do?
 
I really let myself get excited that the US would be getting an ambassador version and I would get a chance to have some fun with faceplates.

:(
 
By the way these aren't region specific or anything, you can import any faceplates you want from Japan. I have the red and blue ORAS plates and they're supreme.



You have yuck taste in handhelds tho

Was trying to find the Jibanyan faceplate when I got my JP n3DS but it was sold out in every store I went to :/ That black Monster Hunter one looks sublime though. Will have me some of that.

EDIT: DAMN that ORAS Faceplate is nicer than I expect D: Not sure how good it would look on black though. Hmmm.
 
I like the two in the top left, the white or the wood one. If I was to buy a new 3ds, it would have been the xl model. But I do like the customisation of the case.
 
Europe is getting a load after launch too, including the Majora's Mask and Pikachu one

Well that is a nice reversal. When the Game Boy Micro came out in Europe they didn't release any faceplates to go alongside it. I might buy those Majora's Mask and Isabelle ones just in case of getting a new 3DS in the future.
 
Just been looking into these online and am I right in thinking that the wooden one does actually have a layer of wood on the faceplate? Not sure if they're available anywhere else yet but does anybody have one of the wooden ones?
 
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