Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc00480.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/19/3ds-circle-pad-pro-review/)Nintendo seems to have a knack for repeat performances. Nintendo DS? Quickly supplanted by the DS Lite (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/nintendo-drops-ds-lite-to-100-makes-it-easier-to-mario-party/) -- and the DSi (http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/nintendo-dsi-unboxing-and-hands-on/) didn't last too long either before it was succeeded by the DSi XL (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/nintendo-dsi-xl-review/). Even the 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/nintendo-3ds-review/) saw a revision, when it was supersized (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/nintendo-3ds-xl-review/) last summer. These redesigns typically don't change more than the device's size, but when the 3DS XL was announced, some gamers were left wanting. Didn't the original 3DS get an accessory specifically to address the lack of a second analog pad (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/02/nintendo-slide-pad-for-3ds-review/)? Why didn't Nintendo take the opportunity to add dual-analog controls? Well, if that happened, Nintendo couldn't release an encore Circle Pad Pro (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/18/circle-pad-pro-accessory-3ds-xl/) accessory, could it? Let's take a look at the 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/20/circle-pad-pro-3ds-xl-hands-on/) and see what's changed.

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