In a press conference this week, Nintendo announced the release of a new line of Nintendo 3DS’s with the 3DS XL. The 3DS XL will sport screens that are 90% bigger and Nintendo claims it will have better battery life. This move is not entirely surprising as Nintendo did a similar move with the Nintendo DSi a couple years ago.
I can honestly say this announcement solidifies my sense of buyer’s remorse for the latest Nintendo handheld. I had my first taste when Nintendo announced the original 3DS price drop from $250 to $180. Next, was the Ambassador program. Sure, I like getting free games, but it didn’t make me feel better about losing $70. Now, we have the announcement of the 3DS XL. Not only would I rather have the increased screen size, but the new XL will only cost $200. Please don’t misread this as true bitterness; it is more like a face palm on my part.
Now, you can say many things about Nintendo, but you can never say they don’t know how to market their products. The 3DS XL is releasing on August 19th, concurrently with New Super Mario Bros. 2. While it does not ship with NSMB2, plan on that game flying off store shelves along with the new system. The Nintendo 3DS XL will be available in red or blue and will ship with a 4GB SD card. With Nintendo coming off a good showing for 3DS at E3 game-wise, it looks like this holiday will be another good time to be Nintendo.
[..YouTube..] Actually go read the song ai no uta it explains the pikmin
[..YouTube..] Yes.
[..YouTube..] Eh, I would have rather seen the addition of a second analogue stick first. Plus, fitting that thing comfortably in my pocket probably wouldn’t be all that easy. A bigger screen is nice, but not that nice. I’ll stick with my original 3DS for now thank you.
[..YouTube..] no flipnote memo dang it
[..YouTube..] that wouldn’t be good
[..YouTube..] Super Smash Bros + Tekken = A awesome fighting game!
[..YouTube..] Pretty sure the car from Asphalt is gonna be in the next SSB game. You know, as a character. Damnit, Namco.
[..YouTube..] A bigger screen is nice, but I’ll stick with my original 3DS for now..and it’s not worth buying for..it’s still the same but bigger screen for drawing, watching, and playing 😐 but it’s really cool!
[..YouTube..] Nintendo is the best!
[..YouTube..] 7:04 for Smash Bros 4!!
[..YouTube..] I have both pikmin games, I enjoyed them both, completed them 100%…felt that pikmin 1 made more of an emotional connection with the pikmin
[..YouTube..] Read it…so the pikmin, or olimar, loves something?
[..YouTube..] With the new 3dsxl, If they improve
1. The quality of the ds games on the 3ds
2. The camera quality
3. The position of the stylus
4. And make it able to transfer dlc from the 3ds to the xl
Then I’m in! But Nintendo..
WHY WONT YOU MENTION MORE OF ANIMAL CROSSING DAMMIT
[..YouTube..] @Tehdarkringmaster Thanks
[..YouTube..] i have small hands 🙁
[..YouTube..] you can buy the 3DS -XL lol
[..YouTube..] Okay so, 1 ain’t happening, sorry. 2 this is an update, not a redesign, no change in specks. 3 the stylus’ position it’s back on the right side of the system.4 system transfer, you’ll lose all data on you’re 3ds and it will be moved to your 3ds xl. (in this case, it will work all the same from 3ds to 3ds. xl or not) and last but not least *ahem* THEY SAID EARLY 2013 OUTSIDE JAPAN!!!!11!!!!!11! >:(((.
[..YouTube..] ok, so nintendo 3ds xl, so…, big games
[..YouTube..] a nintendo é burro enves de lança o 3ds xl primeiro lança o pequeno
[..YouTube..] I am NOT getting pokemon after watching this. THEY COMPLETELY RECREATED THE IDEA OF INVIZIMALS!!!! -.-
[..YouTube..] Man, why does NoA suck so much? No Pandora’s Tower, no Fatal Frame 2 remake. Getting the 3DS XL and NSMB2 almost a full month later than the rest of the world. No silver or white, instead just boring red and blue. We’re lucky GameStop and XSEED stepped in to bring Xenoblade and The Last Story here, otherwise we would have never seen them. It’s shocking how many great Wii games the US never got.
I want to give you my money, Nintendo. But you don’t seem to care.
[..YouTube..] No, YOU get over the fact that you’re a fucking fanboy. The Vita IS better than the 3DS, WITH better sales, games, and overall quality. Call of Duty is better than any of the same old rehashed shit Nintendo has churned out in ages. Get over yourself and come join the real hardcore gamers.
[..YouTube..] Oh shut up you testosterone infused douche bag.
[..YouTube..] No YOU shut up you casual fag gamer infused fanboy. Get hardcore like me.
[..YouTube..] Please! Give me more Super Smash Bros, Nintendo!!!!!
[..YouTube..] if call of duty is so good, then why are you on the internet making comments on how crappy Nintendo is and their games and not playing it right now? there’s more to life than just killing virtual people over and over again… anyway not every plays FFP’s and Nintendo has and always will be family driven.
[..YouTube..] Once again, I own almost all of the gaming consoles for both, Nintendo, Microsoft AND Sony. So dony call me a fanboy, when its obvious you are. Are you kidding me? Better sales? The 3DS has been selling better then the vita since day one. When the vita came out, it only pushed 60,000. When the 3DS already hit its 1 mill mark. As of now, vita only reached 1 mill, the 3DS hit 15 mill. Sales? once again, you are wrong.
[..YouTube..] And games? CoD is one of the most overrated game series i have ever heard of. Sure, the first of them was. But that was when ignorant fanboys like you didnt exist. Nintendo has more games then the ones you just describe. In fact, it has a bigger library then both sony and MS combined. What is a “real hardcore gamer”? Not what you say it is. A real hardcore gamer plays and enjoys any kind of game, no matter who makes it.
[..YouTube..] Alright, thats ENOUGH! I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO BE IGNORANT BECAUSE THEY PLAY COD! Oohh you play a shooter game, who cares! That doesn’t make you cool because guess what, so does a crapload of others!
[..YouTube..] Just remember, CoD didn’t exist at one point in time! And just because you play it doesn’t mean shit so quit being ignorant and grow a pair. If you think playing CoD makes you hardcore, you obviously have problems. I play it and I don’t think its enough to make you hardcore so get over yourself. I hate when people are so F**king ignorant!
[..YouTube..] ALL RIGHT YA LITTLE SHIT!! codfanboyzunite, you can suck my foot long COCK!!
1 COD is more rehashed than ANY game that nintendo has released cuz all you do is shoot people
2 the Vita sold only a FOURTH of the 3ds’s sales
3 people who play only cod are not hardcore, they are retarded as fuck like YOU
4 compare cod to ocarina of time, mario 64, metroid prime, link to the past, and nintendo RPGs like pokemon and paper mario. How does it compare? It sucks funky gorilla diarrhea when compared to tho
[..YouTube..] se games!
Stop being a dick and get off the fucking internet!!
[..YouTube..] @Nintendo Will the Wii U have Virtual Console service? I have ALOT of games.
[..YouTube..] kingdom of hearts, professor layton, ssbb… a great 2012 year is what I hear
[..YouTube..] At least Nintendo games aren’t rushed like your little COD games. Every game is a freaking DLC pack adding on to the last game. Also I hate you guys thinking your so pro with gay ass QU1CKSC0P1NG. Your games are populated by whiny 12 year olds. How is COD quality? It takes no skill at all. Whoever has the AK-47 and camps the most wins. Cod isn’t balanced at all. If you get freaking three kills you can see everyone on the radar. The killstreaks are WAY OVERPOWERED.
[..YouTube..] Can people SHUT UP about this stupid COD!!! Who the hell started this fight! Dammit you lazy trolls! What is wrong with these people. Why the hell are you arguing here? On a Nintendo video? Go troll in your basements!!! I’m sick and tired of these trolls!
[..YouTube..] So if you think a game populated by whiny 12 year olds, unbalanced gameplay, same game every year, and no skill is fun, you really have not been exposed to a lots of other games like any Mario game or Team Fortress 2.
[..YouTube..] Now, to what I was thinking before the previous comment. Nintendo 3DS XL is kind a cool. But just like the DSi XL, it’s pretty much an update rather than a redisign. Not worth it. I’ll stick with my 3DS I bought since launch.
[..YouTube..] good shit nintendo!
[..YouTube..] Define a hardcore gamer.
[..YouTube..] Don’t keep responding to him. He’s just trying to get a reaction out of you.We enjoy our Nintendo games and that’s all we should care about. Don’t waste your time with this kid.
[..YouTube..] But i’m having fun!
[..YouTube..] @Nintendo
I know you guys probably don’t read these comments, but on the off chance that you did read this one, I suggest you release Metroid Fusion to everyone on virtual console. I know you offered it to the people who bought the 3DS before the price cut, but I don’t see why you couldn’t leave it up and just slap a price tag on it. I’d buy it!
[..YouTube..] Nah they suck
[..YouTube..] Sony and Xbox fanboy no lives coming here saying Nintendo sux Xbox and ps3 get all there ideas from Nintendo
[..YouTube..] @Mega4point0 What did you say that gaystation pee sux
[..YouTube..] @wilfre2097 hardcore gamer Is a gamer that wants a challenge you no life bitch get of the Internet and go call of duty any 2 year Los can pick up a controll and start shooting it requires 0 skill at all like bastards like you
[..YouTube..] @CoDfanboyzUnite Hey fanboy no life fat ass sitting in the couch all day eating chips and soda go exercise and stop playing call of duty just go to the army and get shot now all of us are Ganna be happy
[..YouTube..] they are awesome, you don’t know what your talking about. You say that kinnect is way better then the wii? Well, they stole the feature of motion sensitive gaming from NINTENDO!!!!! you say that call of duty is sick? The whole idea of a first person shooter came from NINTENDO with duck hunt for NES (one of the first to my knowledge)
[..YouTube..] I really hate stupid Xbox and PlayStation fanboys coming here to ruin our party nintendo is better than microsoft (in gaming) and sony and ALWAYS will be!!!!!!