wraggster
July 10th, 2012, 23:33
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Nintendo 3DS XL announced (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/nintendo-announces-extra-large-3ds-ll-with-4-88-inch-top-screen/)
Nintendo 3DS review (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/nintendo-3ds-review/)
Nintendo's gunning for retailers, expanding eShop offerings for Wii U, 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/27/nintendo-e-shop/)
If you like your portable gaming three-dimensional, clam-shelled and big, then Nintendo's 3DS XL (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/nintendo-announces-extra-large-3ds-ll-with-4-88-inch-top-screen/) fulfills those broad, unconventional requirements. It's a design refresh that more closely references bothprevious generations (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/nintendo-dsi-xl-review/) of DS hardware (and the incoming Wii U (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nintendo-wii-u-and-games-hands-on-video/)) -- all while touting a substantially bigger, 3D-capable, parallax-barrier screen. Aside from a larger battery, the XL's internals rehash what we first saw over a year ago: the controls remain the same, with no addition of a (mildly) hardcore gamer-courting second analog stick. For what it's worth, the device does arrive with a 4GB SD card in-box (up from 2GB in the original), matching the approximate doubling in physical dimensions. 18 months is a long time in gaming,especially these days (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/Nintendo-Sony-Microsoft-talk-portable-gaming-at-GDC-2012/), and although 3DS sales have recently rallied against Sony's latest (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/13/playstation-vita-review/), we reckon the 3DS XL has double the appeal of its forebear. We'll explain why right after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/nintendo-3ds-xl-review/
Nintendo 3DS XL announced (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/nintendo-announces-extra-large-3ds-ll-with-4-88-inch-top-screen/)
Nintendo 3DS review (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/nintendo-3ds-review/)
Nintendo's gunning for retailers, expanding eShop offerings for Wii U, 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/27/nintendo-e-shop/)
If you like your portable gaming three-dimensional, clam-shelled and big, then Nintendo's 3DS XL (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/nintendo-announces-extra-large-3ds-ll-with-4-88-inch-top-screen/) fulfills those broad, unconventional requirements. It's a design refresh that more closely references bothprevious generations (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/nintendo-dsi-xl-review/) of DS hardware (and the incoming Wii U (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nintendo-wii-u-and-games-hands-on-video/)) -- all while touting a substantially bigger, 3D-capable, parallax-barrier screen. Aside from a larger battery, the XL's internals rehash what we first saw over a year ago: the controls remain the same, with no addition of a (mildly) hardcore gamer-courting second analog stick. For what it's worth, the device does arrive with a 4GB SD card in-box (up from 2GB in the original), matching the approximate doubling in physical dimensions. 18 months is a long time in gaming,especially these days (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/Nintendo-Sony-Microsoft-talk-portable-gaming-at-GDC-2012/), and although 3DS sales have recently rallied against Sony's latest (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/13/playstation-vita-review/), we reckon the 3DS XL has double the appeal of its forebear. We'll explain why right after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/nintendo-3ds-xl-review/