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[Izayoi]

I really love the all-red LE Mario XL that I've got. I'm kinda torn, honestly. I want to wait for a different color because I know I'll get it whenever it comes out, and I don't want to waste a transfer, but at the same time I'll want to start playing one immediately - I love my XL to death. Hopefully they'll have special Black/White editions for the BW2 launch.

This is how you do launch colors. You used to know that, but I don't know what happened.

That red is hot, I'd get it in a heartbeat.

 

[TheCongressman1]

Ok Nintendo, take some notes.

This is how you do launch colors. You used to know that, but I don't know what happened.

Quoted for new page.

 

[Deadly Joker]

I REALLY wanted to buy a 3DS XL, but there's no white model.

So, I guess I'll wait for it or maybe a black version later this year when I'm desperate to play all of the new 3DS games.


EDIT: God Damn at DAT RED. I'd buy that shit day 1.

 

[jooey]

I hope you guys saying you're selling your old 3DSes make sure to do so AFTER you buy an XL and do a system transfer.

 

[Bgamer90]

Quoted for new page.

Man. I wish that was real

 

[Eusis]

Now that's the blue I want. They really should err for darker to work with black better (and, possibly, compromise for those that want a black system).

 

[IrishNinja]

damn, that blue one makes me sad that the interior is black now. you've got my vote, congressman.

 

[Chittagong]

I still can not comprehend that they would not put in the second stick and the triggers. It's not like you could add the strap-on controls to this. Would have instantly bought one if they had.

 

[PKrockin]

I still can not comprehend that they would not put in the second stick and the triggers. It's not like you could add the strap-on controls to this. Would have instantly bought one if they had.

The reason is simply because Nintendo does not give a crap about the Circle Pad Pro. It was made to appease third parties.

 

[DeVeAn]

I would Love the all white but noooo. I would love an all black but noooo. Well they do make a silver/black but nooooo can't have that either.

 

[Ermac]

Launch Blue DSi always reminds me of a motel pool.

 

[LeleSocho]

Transparent or nothing

*brofist*

mine is still rocking

 

[dwu8991]

those colors are great !

maybe one day ...

 

[RawkHawk2010]

All of the "second stick" whining is really stupid. You'd have to add extra shoulder buttons too, otherwise you'd create a three-way control scheme rift between regular 3DS games, games that allow the use of CPP as an option, and then future games that use just the second stick. It'd be fragmenting as all fuck.

Especially since no developer would ever actually make any of this mandatory, lest they risk half their potential sales. At best you'd have a second stick that most of the time just sits there, only coming into play as a "side option"(which obviously would not be advertised at all to avoid confusing original 3DS owners). At worst you'd have a second stick and two shoulder buttons that most of the time just sit there, and I don't think I have to explain what Nintendo's response to that would be.

 

[345triangle]

It is... especially considering there still isn't a green one for the mainline 3DS. I suppose Luigi is much too soon for a new 3DS XL color. A lost opportunity.

yeah i got the aqua blue 3DS because it sort of looks green under the right (wrong) light

just pre-ordered a red LL. it's not green, but i do like it and it'll at least match my super kinoko special edition 3DS.

i'm a little worried that none of the press shots seem to show how thick this thing is when closed! still, design-wise it seems to look light years ahead of the original 3DS (if not up to the original DSi, which is nintendo's all-time high point).

 

[Log4Girlz]

I may pick one up now.

 

[Ermac]

I dunno the rounded corners give me a fisher price vibe

 

[Dimmuxx]

I will probably buy one at launch even though I haven't really used my old 3ds that I bought at launch. I just love new gaming hardware so much.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

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= mine

33 days and counting!

 

[Celine]

... Is what I first thought. But I think I know: to have a 3DS that's profitable from day one. Hence the absence of a charger.

This will please investors I guess, but it's a joke from a consumer's standpoint.

Nintendo probably found out with DS XL that a bigger size version won't impact directly the sale of the "standard" version but it could tap in new buyers that prefer a bigger screen for visibility reason.
Thus providing a bigger version with a higher MSRP but more favorable manufacturing cost (due to the redesign) is a big win for Nintendo.

Not sure where is the "joke from a consumer's standpoint" since 3DS XL really don't add functionality compared to the OG versione.
Unless you mean the exclusion of the charger in Europe and Japan, that's really a joke.

EDIT:
Oh and I think the absence of charger is meant to prevent reselling in the used market ...

 

[Danielsan]

I can't get over how ugly the 3DS XL looks. More than ever it looks like a cheap knock-off aimed at a younger segment.
Given the lack of a second analogue stick I'll probably end up picking a standard 3DS instead.

 

[Symphonic]

Cameras still the same shitty quality?

 

[PansenHansen]

Cameras still the same shitty quality?

im afraid its still this 0.3 mpx crap.
totally not understandable considering the whole ar stuff.
you need a decent camera for that, 1mpx at least

 

[Symphonic]

im afraid its still this 0.3 mpx crap.
totally not understandable considering the whole ar stuff.
you need a decent camera for that, 1mpx at least

No purchase from me then. You can't make bigger screens and not do shit about the camera quality.

 

[Mistle]

Cameras still the same shitty quality?

3DS camera is so, so bad... and it sucks because it makes the 3D look bad also. 3D pics would have been great if not for the awful cam.

 

[redcrayon]

I'd say it's almost guaranteed that there are a shedload of colours and other designs to come down the pipeline, it just doesn't make much sense to release them all at once when they can get people to buy several models. Patience is a virtue.

It is a bit strange that a pure black one isn't amongst the first colours released though, seeing as I'd guess it is amongst the most popular colours. Perhaps they are holding them back, to see if anyone bites on the others first then changes their mind ;-)

The silver one looks alright, but I'll wait 'till next year and see what the options are then, I think most regions will probably have red/blue/silver/black/white by then, just typing '3DS' into Amazon brings up at least half a dozen designs already.

Also, if you wait a bit you'll probably find accessories like cradles and hard cases designed by third parties will be cheap too.

I do prefer the 3DS metallic colours to these primary colours though.

 

[Tenbatsu]

3DS camera is so, so bad... and it sucks because it makes the 3D look bad also. 3D pics would have been great if not for the awful cam.

The recent Nintendo Japan Photography contest produces some great looking photos. They look really good in 3D too, on the small screen of course.

 

[wsippel]

im afraid its still this 0.3 mpx crap.
totally not understandable considering the whole ar stuff.
you need a decent camera for that, 1mpx at least

Higher resolution requires much more processing power for AR. Not a good idea on 3DS. And all games with AR functions are designed to deal with 2x640x480. They would either not benefit from higher resolution cameras or cease working/ crash.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Oh. I'd rather stretch the image. Does the 3D scale not help hide some of the graphical impurities?

The 3D scale does nothing when playing DS games. 3D is just off.

Not necessarily.

I'd think if a second stick was coming, it'd be on the 3DS Lite or 3DSi or whatever similar size and form factor model intended to actually replace the 3DS. Not for the more to love model.

I think, though, if they intended to ever put additional controls on, they'd want to do it as soon as possible to lessen the split factor. Better to in the end have a two-stick/one-stick split of 100/25 million than 75/50.

I can't believe people fail to understand why it displaying a higher resolution would be completely impractical, not to mention nigh-impossible.

Right. It's about as feasible as that mythical "Wii HD" which just plays regular Wii games but at 720p.

The fact that they're only releasing this in Red and Blue in NA makes me think NOA really does think all their potential 3DS owners are kids. 'Hey, Ipods are mostly white and sometimes black. Those are popular, but we can't have people think we're an idevice or something. So let's release our handhelds in tacky red and tacky blue. It's huge and vibrant so a kid lets all his friends know that he's got a Nintendo handheld. A kid doesn't care that it won't match with his WiiU! We are geniuses!'

Nah, there's just no consistency. GCN, DSL, Wii, DSi, 3DS were all available in white or black at launch. DS was silver.

Admittedly that's completely different hardware emulating a console, for something like this it'd be a simpler issue of putting in more powerful versions of the components already in there, similar to an iOS device or how GC games ported to Wii can get Widescreen added.

Those GCN->Wii ports are ports, though. GameCube games gain nothing for free. If they wanted to add in a higher resolution and let new games optionally use it, that would be a simpler thing than making all old games use it. But it would still be a much bigger revision, like GB->GBC, GCN->Wii, or DS->DSi.

There is the crazy get two systems and swap the casing but that voids warranty and I'm not sure how easy it is to put the product back together.

I've done a bit of stuff like this. However, I found it muuuuuch easier to mess things up with DS and DSi than the simpler Wii Remote and GBASP.

im afraid its still this 0.3 mpx crap.
totally not understandable considering the whole ar stuff.
you need a decent camera for that, 1mpx at least

No purchase from me then. You can't make bigger screens and not do shit about the camera quality.

Not that I'm a fan of 3DS's cameras, but it's not like Vita or even the HD systems' cameras are of higher resolution, and they're not including 3 of them.

 

[MicH]

Give me the red one posted above! GIVE IT TO ME NINTENDO... please

 

[FyreWulff]

3DS camera is so, so bad... and it sucks because it makes the 3D look bad also. 3D pics would have been great if not for the awful cam.

Iwata has explained this already. Their suppliers don't have a high res camera that works fast enough for what they want to do with it.

It's a camera-as-input-device, not a primary photo taking device.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

yeah i was even debating picking up a standard 3DS but then the added battery life plus the fixed screen issue really make the XL a MUST HAVE now if you want to own a 3DS

 

[Danj]

So wait, looking at all the UK preorder pages, we're only getting Red, Blue and Silver? Why is there no White or Black?

EDIT: oh I see the OP has been updated. Why are there pictures of a black 3DS XL in there when none of the regions is getting one?

 

[MasterSheen]

So wait, looking at all the UK preorder pages, we're only getting Red, Blue and Silver? Why is there no White or Black?

EDIT: oh I see the OP has been updated. Why are there pictures of a black 3DS XL in there when none of the regions is getting one?

The red, blue, and silver colors are all black inside.

 

[Rich!]

The red, blue, and silver colors are all black inside.

Yep. If you brought a Red or Blue XL, it would be coloured on the lid and the base, but black inside.

Same presumably for the Silver model (silver base and lid, black inside). The only XL with an interior that isn't black is the white one, and that's Japan exclusive.

 

[Prozel]

The could drop the cameras for all I care. If that would make the console cheaper.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

The could drop the cameras for all I care. If that would make the console cheaper.

you're actually right, who really gives a fuck about those cameras nowadays anyway? It might have been funny with the first DSi or whatever brought em first but now? Every 5 year old kid has their Iphone or whatever now to take pictures anyway!

(sorry if i stepped on the toes of anyone who actually uses the cameras but that's how i feel)

 

[Rich!]

The could drop the cameras for all I care. If that would make the console cheaper.

Consider this:

The EU console is coming without an AC adapter and it's £180. That's $280. The cameras are worth maybe a couple of pence each to produce. Excluding them wouldn't reduce the console's price at all - they're worth fuck all. Yeah sure, Nintendo could take them out and save themselves a bit of cash - but you're kidding yourself if you think they'd reduce the console's price because of that. They wouldn't.

 

[sakipon]

The could drop the cameras for all I care. If that would make the console cheaper.

With the advertized AR features I doubt they'd ever leave cameras out.

 

[Danj]

Consider this:

The EU console is coming without an AC adapter and it's £180.

Really hoping we get some supermarket price war action up in this. That starting price really is too high.

 

[Rich!]

Really hoping we get some supermarket price war action up in this. That starting price really is too high.

We will. ASDA and Tesco will have their prices next week, going by a memo I saw earlier on. It's not going to be a big focus for them, but it'll drive the prices down - just like the 3DS did originally.

Remember, it ended up with £50 being knocked off the original listing price by the time it launched due to the supermarkets battling against eachother - and amazon matched those prices.

 

[PumpkinPie]

We will. ASDA and Tesco will have their prices next week, going by a memo I saw earlier on.

What do you think, £150?

 

[Rich!]

What do you think, £150?

No. Not to start with, anyway.

I'll make sure my girlfriend keeps me updated, she doesn't work at a supermarket, but she works management in a company in direct competition with them - and they themselves are going to be announcing a price soon.

 

[Prozel]

The cameras takes away fokus for the actual purpose of the console; playing games. No one but Nintendo gives a flying fuck about AR stuf and shit like that.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Yep, was interested until I found out no white for NA

no thanks

 

[Gianni Merryman]

+

= mine

33 days and counting!

If they made a bundle of these I would definitely dive in; Art academy as far as I'm concerned is a true system seller, and given the good sales overall of the first one in Europe - I don't know about NA and other territories - this one could hopefully drive hardware sales a big deal..

 

[Rich!]

The cameras takes away fokus for the actual purpose of the console; playing games. No one but Nintendo gives a flying fuck about AR stuf and shit like that.

Having managed a retail games store for the past year up until a few months back, I have to say that's definitely incorrect.

In fact, having the AR functions demoed in store inticed a HUGE amount of casual customers to buy the console in the first place. The majority of the people who brought the console didn't give a shit about Zelda or the lack of a second slidepad. They wanted funny AR shit and mario kart.

 

[Prozel]

Really? That's interesting.

Whether I've been talking kid owners or people at my own age, they've all said that they never used the AR part. Some didn't even knew what the cards was for!

Still think it's one of those feature that seems so cool when you gets your hands one the console the first time, but in reality you never use it.

 

[Rich!]

Still think it's one of those feature that seems so cool when you gets your hands one the console the first time.

And that's why it exists. I went to the 3DS experience show last February (over a month before release date), and whilst a lot of us went straight for OOT, Kid Icarus etc, the AR part of the exhibition was by far the most popular, and in talking to a lot of the visitors and the crews there, it had sold a lot of people on the console itself - more so than the games displayed in the other room.

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

The cameras takes away fokus for the actual purpose of the console; playing games. No one but Nintendo gives a flying fuck about AR stuf and shit like that.

Spirit Camera likes to disagree with you.