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Special designed 3DS XL for China

I can't wait until NoA announces 'NEW COLOR! Silver/Black' in February and then never releases another 3DS XL color again

yeah I'm bitter
 
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Amazing holy shit I NEED this thing in my life, wow!
 
Look at that White Mario one. Holy Shit.

Stand alone region means it is pretty pointless to aquire :-(

Come on now guys,

You know we are going to get the Red Mario XL from Japan or this one for Black Friday.
 
This is a general question for handheld hardware all together but really, why does the U.S. get screwed over royally on colors and special editons of handheld hardware? It's not like sales are horrible here so what is the reasoning?
 
If we do get one I'm sure it will definitely be the vastly inferior Red/Black Mario XL. :'(

Hey now, I ordered that one from Japan.

Hehe, maybe the Black Friday bundles will be with Crosswords and Art Academy along with a faux leather case.
 
Hey now, I ordered that one from Japan.
Well, it doesn't look bad, I do think it looks nice (definitely a LOT better than standard red/black and the red/black one in OP). It's nothing to me compared to the white one in the OP though. That and the Charizard XLs are by far my favorite XL designs... and I'll never be able to get either of them.
 
I wonder if the reason China gets its own reason is piracy-related. Maybe they plan on selling the games for fairly cheap in China and don't want people importing those copies from elsewhere.
 
In this case you can't even blame NoA. Japan hasn't got these (yet?), and they always get the best stuff.

Maybe Reggie will wake up and release at least one of these for the holidays, but it would be a miracle.
 
All this NorthAmericaGAF whining really grinds my gears.

Meanwhile in PAL land, still waiting on Devil Survivor Overclocked.
 
I like those, but I hope we get a different one for Black Friday or something.
But if we got any of those I would be happy.

I wonder if they realize that we are willing to throw money at them?
 
All this NorthAmericaGAF whining really grinds my gears.

Meanwhile in PAL land, still waiting on Devil Survivor Overclocked.
Hey, there's plenty of whining for all of us, Nintendo has made sure of that. :p

Im still waiting for a better color XL before i upgrade, the rest of the Wario Lands, and Picross E or the Japanese club Nintendo picross exclusive!
 
I have a 3DS, don't need an XL and am spending way too much money on electronics this month (iPad Mini + Wii U) and I would go out and fucking prebuy one of these tomorrow if they got released in the US. Fuck you NOA.
 
Standalone region code... I wonder how the mainland market is going to affect HK. The region lock is such a mess since not all games on Nintendo consoles are localized.
 
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